Crash course on bisphenols at FGL Academy 2025

When the world of work meets school, the benefits always outweigh the efforts, on both sides. The fourth edition of the FGL Academy training project has happily concluded. From May 5 to May 22, 2025, a team of professionals from the chemical company FGL International, which has been serving the tanning industry for twenty years, made itself available to the Galileo Galilei Technological Economic Institute (ITTE) of Arzignano for an intensive course on bisphenols.

A very valuable opportunity for male and female students to be able to draw directly from the knowledge and field experience of those who work every day in the world of tanning chemistry with expertise and passion.

The program kicked off with a talk by Dr. Franca Nuti on “Analytical Methods and Specifications in the Tanning Supply Chain” addressed to the fifth classes, and then continued by involving the fourth classes in a series of meetings that ranged from theory to practical applications to laboratory analysis.

The training project this year was dedicated to “BISPHENOLS AND THE TANNERY INDUSTRY: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE. Determination of Bisphenols in Leather with HPLC Technology.” A course of lectures conducted by the company’s professionals – Giacomo Giacomelli, Serena Matteoli, Stefano Brea and Davide Vigolo – with the coordination and support of lecturer Prof. Laura Iannone.

The course was met with great interest, so the objective of the initiative was successfully renewed: that of giving a 360-degree information to those studying tanning chemistry, making the students participate in real experiences in this sector, to prepare them with a critical eye to the work they will face in their future employment.

FGL International, part of the Lapi Group holding company, has once again demonstrated the importance of investing in the education of new generations, sharing its expertise and innovative technical solutions.