Martin Heise With great sadness, we announce the loss of Martin Heise. Martin passed away on December 9th after a long period of illness. Martin Heise spent his entire career in the leather industry and was a popular and well-known person in the industry. At Royal Smit & Zoon Martin was the Head of Product Management for Wet End wet-end leather chemicals since 2019. Martin joined Smit & Zoon after more than 20 years at Trumpler. Before that Martin spent his career at TFL, Naturin and two tanneries being Bayern-Leder-GmbH (BLG) and, before that, Südleder. Martin completed the leather technician course at Reutlingen in 1986. Martin was a very active expert in the leather industry and at the forefront to make leather production more sustainable. Martin was active in several industry groups. Martin was also a recent president of the German Leather Technicians and Chemists Association (VGCT). He was elected as president of VGCT in 2016 until the completion of the successful 2019 IULTCS Congress in Dresden. We will miss Martin as person a respected colleague, a very warm and an open person. We will remember Martin as a person who was charismatic, energetic, passionate for leather and valued for his expertise. We extend our condolences to his wife and his family and wish them strength in dealing with this tremendous loss. On behalf of the Board, Marc Smit, Hans van Haarst, Dennis Maas Interesting for you Discover more news Royal Smit & Zoon After officially receiving the predicate “Royal” in September we are proud to present our new Royal Smit & Zoon logo. Also, we will carry the name Royal Smit & Zoon in our communication. APLF Dubai: ILM Conference ‘Future Trends in a Post-COVID Leather Industry’ On March 29, Royal Smit & Zoon will host a conversation about 'Enabling positive change in the leather industry' during the half-day hybrid conference ‘Future trends in a post-Covid leather industry’ at APLF Dubai, co-organised by International Leather Maker and APLF. Royal Predicate for Smit & Zoon On the occasion of our 200th anniversary, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has granted Smit & Zoon the Royal predicate. More news Go to all news articles Discover Stay informed Receive the latest company news and industry updates Subscribe to our newsletter Share this: