The Santa Croce-based Italian tanners association L'Associazione Conciatori has hosted the second edition of Tanning Orienteering – an initiative to help school teachers learn more about tanning and leather so they can encourage students to enter the sector.

The project, supported by national tanning association UNIC with the support of the Tanners' Consortium of Ponte a Egola, highlights job opportunities and university courses related to leathergoods manufacture, in a bid to encourage new generations to enter the industry.

It builds on the Amici per la Pelle project, which introduces students to the sector through workshops and tannery tours. The students work with leather and present their projects at the Lineapelle leather fair in Milan.

The Tanners' Association was founded in Santa Croce sull'Arno in 1976 and it counts 150 tanneries in Santa Croce sull'Arno, Castelfranco di Sotto and Fucecchio as members.