New SATRA webinar dates announced

Registrations are being taken for SATRA’s live online presentations on issues relating to the production of footwear.

SATRA’s programme of regular webinars presented on a variety of key industry topics is proving very popular with members around the world. Hundreds of online attendees have taken advantage of this provision, all of whom have the opportunity to pose questions before the event, during the presentation or afterwards. Answers can then be provided either as a live response at the conclusion of the session (when it is presented live) or as personalised emailed advice, which is a particularly valuable service whenever confidential information about the member’s products needs to be discussed.

The following SATRA webinars will be presented at 10:00 GMT and repeated at 16:00 GMT in order to accommodate delegates who are located in North or South America.

Thursday 11th January 2024 – ‘Testing shoe care products’. ‘Shoe care’ is not only the action of restoring footwear to near new condition, but can also mean re-establishing or, in some cases, adding physical performance such as water resistance and stain resistance. This extends the life of the investment and, importantly, is directly connected with environmental sustainability. This webinar, which is reserved for SATRA members, will discuss the options available to evaluate shoe care products.

Thursday 18th January 2024 – ‘Recycling technology for footwear’. In this webinar, which is open to both SATRA members and non-members, Gareth Smith, managing director at ReNew Shoe Ltd and Mike Kunst, operations manager at Fast Feet Grinded, will present innovative new recycling technology that can be used to separate a shoe into its constituent parts, thus enabling each element to then be completely recycled or repurposed. This allows manufacturers to reuse the output materials from the recycling process as inputs to manufacture new footwear.

Thursday 25th January 2024 – ‘Halogenation in the shoemaking process’. SATRA is pleased to review this industry-wide process which uses halogenation primer on rubber, while explaining how to do it correctly and noting health and safety precautions. This event is reserved for SATRA members.

Online library of video presentations

In addition to the regular live events, SATRA has built an online library of recordings of the webinars as well as supplementary video presentations on many key footwear-related issues, access to which is reserved for member companies. This online provision ensures that all members who were unable to watch the live online events can still benefit from the experience of SATRA’s experts and other industry figures by logging onto the dedicated website section at www.satra.com/resources whenever they choose.

SATRA members can also access a comprehensive library of SATRA Bulletin technical articles and other industry-related information at this location.

Publishing Data

This article was originally published on page 35 of the December 2023 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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