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WE RECEIVED THE VISIT OF THE WINNERS OF THE FLANDERS FASHION INSTITUTE (FFI) AWARDS.
Thanks to the agreement between the Belgian institution and the Movex Foundation, we had the pleasure to receive, for the second consecutive year, the most outstanding students in creating leather accessories, winners of the 2011 Fashion Awards.
The Flanders Fashion Institute (FFI) was established in 1998 with the support of the Government of Flanders. Since July 1, 2009, FFI creates a unit of Flanders District of Creativity (www.flandersdc.be).
FFI promotes entrepreneurship in the fashion industry in Flanders, raises designer's awareness about business skills, career guides and also promotes Flanders Fashion at national and international level.
The mission of Flanders District of Creativity is to promote entrepreneurial creativity and entrepreneurship in Flanders and establish synergies between them.
In this second edition, Niels Peeraer and Hannah Jacobs have been awarded for their innovative leather treatment in garment manufacturing and their accessories.
Niels Peeraer (Belgium, 1989), studied at the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and graduated in 2011.
His collection 2011 "Guess in not ready for pancake technology teleportation":
deals with the story of a boy who has an imaginary boyfriend, but prepares everyday to get married to his love. He wears his grandmother's couture jackets and does nothing but playing videogames and eating sweets shown in a collection full of pastels colors, winning 5 awards, including a limited edition of handbags in collaboration with DELVAUX (luxury leather goods company)
The aim of this laboratory is to enable SMEs and Micro SMEs from the sector to develop products with greater added value facilitating the improvement of its technology and innovative capacity in order to open new lines of business at national and international level.
The main objectives and benefits that the laboratory intends to provide the sector are:
• Enable SMEs and micro SMEs to access to the services and technical assistance of a R&D Department for these projects.
• Facilitate the manufacture and supply of a product with greater added value for the customer. Increase product differentiation. Promote further development, growth and specialization of human resources and companies of the sector, expanding their business opportunities.
• Provide a place of experimentation to create new products and applications.
• Increase the effectiveness of customer relationships by offering higher value added services to major brands.
• Increase the visibility of the sector.
• Improve the competitive position in the market, both at national and international level.
To carry out this project, we have the participation of technicians graduated in chemistry from the University of Cadiz, who coordinate and supervise the research group "FQM 166 Simulation, Evolution y Characterization de Materials" thanks to the collaboration of the two entities.
In the following link of "El Diario de Cádiz", you will find the news published on the experimental laboratory:
An interview with the technicians responsible for this project will soon be published.
- We generate new business opportunities.
- We look for new contacts.
- We combine innovation and tradition.
To this end, we had the participation of 15 prestigious brands and 20 companies belonging to the sector of Ubrique and the rest of Andalusia.
UBRIQUE, ITS LEATHER AND ITS KNOW-HOW and thanks to this unique event, a dozen of mass media have been present summing a total audience of 488.344 readers - spectators.
We offer you this summary video showing the actions carried out in our locality during the Workshop.
Cooperation project between 7 technology centers in Andalusia (Citta, Andaltec, Innovarcilla, Ctap, Cetemet, Citma and Movex) in order to provide solutions at production level using Lean Manufacturing methodologies based on continuous improvement.
Lean Manufacturing thinking consists in a series of methods and tools designed to:
- Eliminate losses for delays and inefficiencies in the internal processes of the company.
- Prevent and eliminate equipment failures, interruptions and other losses in productivity.
SOME OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED IN PREVIOUS INTRODUCTIONS OF THE LEAN MANUFACTURER METHODOLOGY IN THE SECTOR OF LEATHER:
- Increase of over 12% in the productivity of the cutting process.
- Decrease of 19.5% of lead time (time elapsed between starting the manufacturing process to completion)
- Reduction of over 50% of space used.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
- Advice to improve productivity.
- Identifying opportunities for improvement in management systems and production control (planning, cost control, time control, etc.)
- Finding solutions that add value to businesses.
- Increased competitiveness of companies.
During this project, a group of technical specialists at these Technological centers in Andalusia analyze the state of production processes in 14 companies from various industries (2 companies in the leather sector).
As a result of this analysis, the companies participating in the project will get an initial diagnosis of the conditions of the undertaking in relation to their production processes and industrial organization. In this document, will appear the opportunities for improvement identified during the diagnosis as well as a work plan with the proposed measures that can be adopted.
Participation in the project is free for the 2 selected companies. If you are interested in receiving more information contact MOVEX by phone (0034) 92 956 46 or via email info@movexct.com.
This tool is a system of catalogues from a laptop, integrating them into your company's ERP. Showing products in a digital form, reported in the closing sales of the client´s profile, risk in course, stock of the product, anticipated delivery time, etc.
INACATÁLOGO is likely to adapt to computer systems and needs of individual businesses, providing a substantial improvement in their logistics.
Leading companies have already shown interest in that tool at national level as it offers among others the following advantages:
- Increases sales, focusing on the customer's needs, allowing more visits in one day, selling only what can be served, knowing the customer better and sell THE STOCK.
- Saves printing and distribution costs of processing paper catalogues in computerized orders.
- Allows selling through different channels: online stores, shops, final customer.
- Provides autonomy and immediacy of the sales team. The sellers have information on the stock, offers, rates and news at the time, providing customers photos, emails, orders, news or items of interest.
- Control your sales team management.
Free design for each catalogue may differentiate your company from the competition and give an image of advanced enterprise and increase the sellers´ motivation.
The project does not require large investment and you can start with few sellers. The implementation is simple and can be operational within a week.
Basically, the advantages we offer to the interested companies are the chance to test this system by developing an ongoing pilot catalogue during 60 days or a 20% discount on licenses.
For further information, please contact Movex Foundation by via email info@movexct.com or phone (0034) 956 461 292.
Revitalization Program and Consolidation of Companies for the Sierra de Cádiz. The project offers companies and project developers, a suitable environment, effective advice and access to tools and support lines that facilitate achieving their business goals.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
- Promote entrepreneurship.
- Adding value to new business initiatives.
- Encourage and build synergies and exchange of experiences.
- Consolidate the existing business base in the Sierra.
- Promoting Innovation.
- Provide International Perspective.
- To promote competitiveness and consolidation of traditional industrial companies in the area of the Sierra.
- Mentoring and monitoring from the beginning to the consolidation of the company.
REGISTRATION:http://www.camaracadiz.com/images/stories/desarrollo-territorial/formulario-cecrea-sierra.pdf
The main function of this cell is to establish methods and processes model for the companies comprising the industry according to their typology.
Among other functions, a department would host a samples laboratory in which to perform tests and analyze the possibilities and technical feasibility of innovative products and prototypes. In a first phase it could have a strong demonstrative character which enhances the provision of advisory services with a view to transforming business ideas into finished products prepared and tested to be transferred to the market. This laboratory is formed as an enclave, where industrialists, creative and fashion and design professionals can come closer to the leather industry through research and feasibility analysis of new possibilities in the use of leather and its combination with other materials, new applications, new product development, testing processed products, and so on.
This cell includes a side devoted to analyzing the possible recovery and utilization of byproducts generated by the leather industry in manufacturing processes through the creation of industrial byproducts stock.
ACTIONS TAKEN:
- Image design of the project for publication actions.
- Graphic design of tools for publication.
- Printing posters / folders - notebooks, pens and pencils for forums / seminars / workshops.
- Planning of disclosure conference and public awareness actions.
- Selection and recruitment of participants.
- Specific session of reinforcement.
- Accomplishment of 4 seminaries.
- Development of 2 workshops.
- Best practices guide preparation.
Seminar "Customer satisfaction" Organization of an SME. Case Study:
Seminar by the founder of PANCRACIO Sr.Don Pedro Alvarez. Model Company that operates in the segment of market corresponding to the accessible luxury which headquarters is in Andalusia, though its products are exported to several countries. We should emphasize his presence in the cast of products selected to represent Spain in Shanghai's Universal Exhibition 2011.
Seminar on "Management of Research & Development and creativity. Strategic Opportunities for the leather industry"::
Seminar by Mr. Don Joaquín Moreno representative of the Technology Department at the University of Cadiz. He talked about the importance of management innovation for SMEs belonging to traditional sectors and ended his speech with a workshop on leather and creativity.
Seminar on equipment selection, optimization and maintenance of industrial equipment for leather:
Seminar by Mr. Don Miguel García, Lectra Company's settled in Spain. Lectra is a leader worldwide in equipment and technology solutions for companies in the world of fashion textiles, footwear and accessories.
Seminar on Lean Manufacturing. Reduced costs. Just in time. Lay outs. Quality control:
Seminar by Mr. Don Francisco Hernandez, foreman of the company STL-Lonia Textile Society. Located in Galicia, the company provides its services in a transversal and really exemplary way for agents from all around the world working in the fashion sector as Purificación García and Carolina Herrera. Textile specialty and leather accessories.
Workshop on the situation of the leather goods industry:
Participating businessmen and executives of companies in the leather goods industry.
Workshop on production management in manufacturing companies in the sector of leather goods::
Participating foremen, production engineers and experts in equipment and production solutions.
Collaboration between the leather sector in Andalusia and the Flanders Fashion Institute (FFI).
Among the conclusions drawn from the "Laboratories of Innovation" and the " How do they see us?" developed during the years 2008 and 2009 in several cities at national and international level and within the National Plan for the Promotion of Fashion Leather Accessories (PLAN COMO), with support from the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, DDI, Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Navigation of Cadiz and ASEFMA-National Association of Manufacturers of Leather Goods, and included in the GUIDE COMO, are detected the needs to establish effective tools and mechanisms for publication of the leather sector, while highlighting a lack in the access of companies in our sector in Andalusia to the trends and design.
That is why in September 2009 an agreement was signed between Movex and Flanders Fashion Institute (FFI) with the aim to allow freshly graduates of the Fashion and Design schools of Antwerp and Ghent to make their final projects in the sector of Leather in Andalusia.
It is worth mentioning that Antwerp is the city of diamonds, Rubens and fashion. The "Antwerp Six", six designers trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp who got international fame (Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck, Dries van Noten, Dirk Van Saen, and Marina Yee), and together with others from the same school, created a fertile ground for the flourishing of fashion in Antwerp, which is evident in its catwalks, Fashion Institute of Flanders (FFI), the Fashion Museum (MoMu), and the many shops that can be covered in the five routes of fashion.
The objective of this project is the realization of practical manufacturers of leather and leather goods by graduates in Fashion Design.
Collaboration with the company Curtidos Cabezas for carrying out yhe embossing courses taught by the Teacher Luis Domínguez Rojas, in order to recover this traditional technique.
http://www.curtidoscabezas.com
http://www.museodominguezrojas.com
The main function of this cell is to establish methods and processes model for the companies comprising the industry according to their typology. Among other functions, a department would host a samples laboratory in which to perform tests and analyze the possibilities and technical feasibility of innovative products and prototypes.
In a first phase it could have a strong demonstrative character which enhances the provision of advisory services with a view to transforming business ideas into finished products prepared and tested to be transferred to the market. This laboratory is formed as an enclave, where industrialists, creative and fashion and design professionals can come closer to the leather industry through research and feasibility analysis of new possibilities in the use of the skin and its combination with other materials, new applications, new product development, testing processed products, and so on.
This cell includes a side devoted to analyzing the possible recovery and utilization of byproducts generated by the leather industry in manufacturing processes through the creation of industrial byproducts stock.
Research project on instruments for product innovation, tools to facilitate the process of developing new products through research in materials and combining them with components and technology.
REAL LEATHER: Research project to study new types of leather, new materials to use together with leather, usability of new leathers and / or materials for the leather industry, as well as exploring new combinations of materials with which to develop components and technical elements to include leather goods, in order to supply offers that bring added value to the market.
Collection of t-shirts created by nine designers incorporating leather elements from Andalusia, part of the project 'Symbiosis', with the aim to combine tradition and innovation in the leather industry.Designed by David Delfin, Roberto Diz, Antonio Garcia, Juana Martín, Vanesa Aller, Rafael Muñoz, Sebastien Gleize Solitas and Laura Domort from Ubrique.
If you are interested in any of these pieces or in carrying out a similar project, ask for a quotation. In leather, everything is possible.
Research project led by Professor Luis Angel Lucendo (University of Seville). Edited by MOVEX Foundation. This project bets on transforming into market opportunities the processes associated with the industrial relocation in the leather sector in Ubrique. This project opts for creating value with foundations in the product / origin, rescuing the reputation of the raw material and associating it with a model of innovative success. The aim is to introduce innovation in the supply chain incorporating all the key competitiveness of territorial base.
The industry in Ubrique is the extension of a centuries-old craft tradition; it remains at levels of collaborative or family activity and with a foreign-oriented market. It focuses on the transformation of leather and in the production of high quality leather goods.
Prominent Values: Sustainable potential and low environmental impact, high-quality natural territory, quality work with prestigious national and international brands, design, heritage and knowledge, craft tradition, and so on. Turning territorial competitiveness in key value is in the process of innovation: achieving economic profitability of industrial activity making it compatible with the revenues of the parks, pastures, and so on.
OBJETIVES:
1. Defining a framework of action to guide the business initiatives of leather manufacturing sector to achieve improved competitive positioning within the sector.
2. Determine the attitudes and habits of the Spanish population to the leather goods: their tastes, shopping habits, the determining factors in purchasing decisions, and so on.
3. Carry out an assessment of the leather goods that are currently available in the market, both from the consumer point of view and the specialized trade dealer.
4. Diagnose the leather manufacturing industry in Spain, identifying strengths and weaknesses of the business, threats and opportunities offered by the environment and the critical factors that determine its competitive positioning.
5. Develop a study whose results will help in improving the competitiveness of the sector for its competitive development in the coming years.
6. This study should be seen as a useful tool for promoting and managing a process of continuous improvement in the manufacturing sector of leather goods in Spain.
The building has a strong multipurpose character since the Foundation works for projects that have to be adjusted annually to the needs of the sector that also turn to depend on a market in constant evolution. The building is a landmark building for the sector but in line and in respect with the environment. The existence of natural parks such as the Sierra de Grazalema and Alcornocales show the importance of the surroundings.
Words such as crafts, know-how, dedication and passion have always been linked to Ubrique and its region. Its location between two national parks, its history, its industry and many other things make this area a strategic location not only for tourism but also to respond to the trends seen in today's market, as they are, the appreciation of the craft, the weight of history and the knowledge passed from generation to generation.
Everybody knows that in the South of Spain, there are people with knowledge of the techniques in the manufacture of leather and skills in other parts of the world. The book in your hands contains the results of a demonstration project named "The New Truth of Leather", which contacted the industry and the creativity.
On the one hand, the industry represented by a group of manufacturers of leather goods with a long history in the manufacture of fashion leather accessories and on the other hand, the creativity comes from the hands of professionals and artists from different disciplines (Architecture, Fashion, Food, Sculpture, Jewelry, ...) and figured they wanted an object to become a reality by using the skin as the only raw material. All this highlights the efforts of leather sector in Andalusia to respond and provide solutions to the world of creativity and design at the time of turning ideas into tangible objects.
Welcome to "The NewTruth of Leather"
DIGITAL BOOK: See book
If you are interested in any of these pieces or in carrying out a similar project, ask for a quotation. In leather, everything is possible.
