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A Welcome from the
President June,
2011 For one hundred seven years the ALCA has been about research, scholarship and fellowship FOR ITS MEMBERS. Those three goals have kept this group cohesive and vital. Today we face many challenges, shrinking US- leather- and shoe manufacturing, environmental regulation, global competitiveness and competition. The question is of how to face these challenges? The first step will be a renewed effort to provide our membership with value by improving our products and services. The present membership represents all facets of the global leather manufacturing industry: hide processors, tanners, leather manufactures, chemical suppliers, researchers and consultants, tanning machine manufactures. Our JACLA continues to be one of the most important Journals in our industry, providing a well- respected outlet for the many leather researchers around the globe. Our annual convention attracts speakers from all over the world and provides a unique forum for the many parts of our industry to interact. Our Environmental, Education, Research Liaison, and Methods and Specifications Committees as well as our Uses of Collagen Subcommittee are aimed at assisting our members and the industry in general. In 2012 we will host the 108th Annual Convention at Grandover Resort, Greensboro, NC. The technical program chair is Steve Gilberg, and he can be reached by e-mail at steve@tanmach.com. Finally, let me encourage you to visit our website and review our organization and see what our members are discussing in our forum. We are your organization and want to serve you to the fullest extent possible. Please consider joining the ALCA!
Sincerely, Andreas Rhein President, 2011-2012
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