GOLDING’S TAKE: Green leather
Author: Rob Golding | 1 April 2011
Car makers this month (April) will meet to deal with the growing crisis of restricted leather supplies. The Federation of Automotive Leather (FOAL) is shocked at the severity of the squeeze on leather following the control order on CO2-producing cattle herds.
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