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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

LERIG-2007 begins tomorrow

Special Correspondent

Lectures, panel discussions planned

CHENNAI: This year's Leather Research-Industry Get-Together (LERIG-2007) with `Benign Environmental and Sustainable Technology for Indian Leather Sector' as its theme gets under way here on Saturday.

The Central Leather Research Institute, which organises the three-day event, has lined up a slew of programmes, including a panel discussion, scheduled for Monday, on technology for reject management and solid waste, zero liquid discharge and funding for modernisation.

At a press conference here on Thursday, CLRI acting director A.B. Mandal said the inauguration of LERIG-2007 would be followed by a theme lecture on `Liquid Waste Management'. On the same day, an expert lecture and demonstration of membrane bioreactor and reverse osmosis would be organised.

On Sunday, director (strategic management) of the German firm BASF Tilman Tager would deliver the BM Das memorial lecture on `Reach Management in Leather Industries.'

The other programmes scheduled for Monday included a discussion on modernisation of environmental facilities and policies on the management of waste in the leather industry. LERIG-2007 was being organised in association with several associations.

Modeurop Roundtable

Events pertaining to the leather industry in Chennai continue beyond LERIG-2007, as the city would play host from Tuesday to the prestigious Modeurop Roundtable congress to decide on the leather colours/textures for the Spring Summer 2008 season.

Zackariah Sait, a leader of the leather industry, said 10 leading fashion experts comprising the Modeurop jury had confirmed participation at the three-day congress.

Pilot plant commissioned

Listing the CLRI's achievements in the current financial year, Mr. Mandal said a pilot plant for Zero Emission Research Initiatives in Leather (ZERIL) had been commissioned at the pilot tannery on the Institute premises.

It would provide the technology solution to near zero discharge from tanneries. The Institute also developed a technology for treatment of domestic wastewater for use in leather processing.

Rise in exports likely

Council for Leather Exports executive director K. Elangovan said leather exports in the current fiscal would surpass the target of $2.96 billion.

The growth over the 2005-06 performance would be around 13 per cent. Exports in the first half of the current fiscal grew by 7.42 per cent.

The former CLE chairman, M. Rafeeque Ahmed, said many leather product manufacturers in Romania were evaluating the prospect of relocating their operations to cost-effective locations elsewhere after the country joined the European Union. This meant a big opportunity for India. On the conditions to attract such investments in Tamil Nadu, Mr. Ahmed said the State must develop the special economic zone approved by the Centre more than a year ago for the leather industry at Irungattukottai.

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