High distinction for Mr Paul Batigne

Haute distinction pour le Président du Conseil National du Cuir 

Monsieur Paul BATIGNE a été promu Chevalier dans l'ordre de la Légion d'Honneur et recevra officiellement cette distinction le 26 mai à la Préfecture du Tarn. Cette nomination récompense plus de 40 années passées dans la filière cuir, dont 8 en tant que Président du CONSEIL NATIONAL DU CUIR, de la SEMAINE INTERNATIONALE DU CUIR et PDG de la SIC SA.

Monsieur Paul BATIGNE est Président Directeur Général de la société SABIN SA, spécialisée dans le négoce des cuirs et peaux. Auparavant, il a dirigé l'entreprise familiale de Mégisserie pendant près de 40 ans. Il est par ailleurs Président du Syndicat de la Mégisserie Française, Vice-président de la FFTM (Fédération Française de la Tannerie Mégisserie), Administrateur et Vice-président de CTC (Comité Professionnel de Développement Cuir, Chaussure, Maroquinerie).

Monsieur Batigne fut également membre de la Présidence de COTANCE entre 1996 et 2002.

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Mr Paul Batigne was promoted "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" and will officially receive this high national distinction on 26 May. This nomination rewards 40 years spent in the service of the leather industry, among which 8 years as President of the Conseil National du Cuir, SEMAINE INTERNATIONALE DU CUIR and CEO of SIC SA.

Mr Paul Batigne is CEO of the SABIN SA company, specialised in the trade of hides and skins. Before that, he had been managing the family tanning business for 40 years. He is also President of the Syndicat de la Mégisserie Française, Vice-president of the FFTM (Fédération Française de la Tannerie Mégisserie), Administrator and Vice-president of CTC (Comité Professionnel de Développement Cuir, Chaussure, Maroquinerie).

Mr Batigne was also a member of the COTANCE Presidency between 1996 and 2002.

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Creative Leather Technologies

Press release 24 January 2011

Innovation at Northampton

New ways of studying Leather Technology at Northampton

From September 2012 The University of Northampton will offer its undergraduate programmes in Leather Technology internationally by flexible modes of learning. This will be achieved through the new Institute for Creative Leather Technologies.

Northampton courses will be delivered in collaboration with key strategic partners around the world allowing students to gain a quality assured University of Northampton qualification in their home country. Agreements are already in place with the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences in Lahore and the Associazione Culturale Olga Fiorini in Milan. Negotiations are underway with institutions in India, China and Brazil.

This new flexibility will support modular, accredited CPD, making Northampton courses and qualifications much more accessible to those already working in the leather and leather-using industries.

As these exciting new programmes are being rolled out, the University’s portfolio of traditional, full-time courses in Leather Technology will be slimmed down, allowing the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies to focus its physical resources on accredited CPD for industry, leading to formal qualifications, and multi-disciplinary research and development.

To support this, following the £800k upgrading of the tannery and public areas of the Leathersellers’ Centre (co-funded by the University and the Leathersellers’ Company), a new research laboratory will be created in the Centre during summer 2011.

Vice Chancellor Professor Nick Petford sees the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies leading the way for the University in the development of novel and innovative modes of course delivery to meet the professional development and employment needs of industry both in the UK and internationally.

Dr Mark Wilkinson
Director: Institute for Creative Leather Technologies