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Research & Development in the European Leather Industry
GERIC

GERIC is the Grouping of European Leather Technology Centres. Chaired by President Alcino Martinho (CTIC – Portugal) for his second consecutive term it constitutes a living network of European Leather Technology Centers focusing on providing the leather industry the technological and educational tools required for a sustainable development. GERIC is formed by the following leading Leather Technology Centres: AIICA (Igualada, Spain), CTC (Lyon, France), CTIC (Alcanena, Portugal), ELKEDE (Athens, Greece), ICPI (Bucharest, Romania), SSIP (Naples, Italy), LGR (Reutlingen, Germany).

GERIC constitutes the technological backbone of Europe’s Leather industry. Its secretariat is managed by COTANCE, the Brussel’s based representative body of European Tanners. GERIC meets regularly for exchanging information of crucial importance for maintaining the leadership of Leather research European based. In a series of projects that have gained the financial support of the EU and National Research funding, GERIC has produced numerous tools for improving the technological performance of the leather industry and the training skills of its human resources. GERIC institutes provide testing, training, consulting, project and research services to domestic and foreign customers with guaranteed superior quality.

See also our Position Statement on R&D for SMEs.