Lineapelle, Simac-Tanning Tech, Filo: it’s time for synergies

The 2025 edition of the global benchmark event for the leather, materials, accessories and technology sector was presented on 11 September in Rome at the ICE Agency. Lineapelle celebrates its 106th edition by presenting the AW 2026/2027 fashion season collections of around 1,150 exhibitors – including tanneries, accessories and components, fabrics and synthetic materials – from 36 countries. As usual, Lineapelle will be held alongside Simac-Tanning Tech, the technology fair for the footwear, leather goods and tanning industries, now in its 51st edition, with a total of 1,450 exhibiting companies from 37 countries and 25,000 operators expected to attend.

‘With our trade fairs, we bring a district to life, creating an alchemy that is difficult to reproduce. We collaborate with machine and chemical manufacturers on a daily basis. The innovations that are brought about are due to this close connection, so being together at the trade fair also gives us much more strength,’ said Fulvia Bacchi, CEO of Lineapelle.

Mauro Bergozza – President of Assomac (National Association of Footwear, Leather Goods and Tanning Technology Manufacturers) – first highlighted how Simac-Tanning Tech, unlike other comparable events around the world, is the only trade fair where technology is brought “physically”, with physical and practical demonstrations of many machines. Bergozza then stated that ‘the proximity to Italian tanneries, and therefore to UNIC (National Union of the Tanning Industry), is very important, and we want to intensify this collaboration because we believe that, today, the unification of work on the supply chain is more important than any other strategy’.

For the first time, Filo, the B2B event dedicated to high-end yarns and fibres for weaving, knitwear, furnishings and technical textiles, with around a hundred exhibitors, will also be held at the same time (23-24 September) and location as Lineapelle/Simac/Tanning Tech. Representing the high-end yarn fair, which was founded in the Biella area in 1993 and is now in its 64th edition, FILO General Manager Paolo Monfermoso reiterated: ‘Only by cross-pollinating can we achieve significant results.’

Fulvia Bacchi also emphasised that, at a time of general difficulty for the system such as the current one, the fact that Lineapelle continues to maintain its numbers demonstrates the resilience of these sectors, and this is only possible thanks to innovation, research and the ability to consistently present collections that are not only beautiful, but above all cutting-edge and sustainable.

‘Lineapelle,’ said Bacchi, ‘aims to be a laboratory of ideas, with conferences and seminars on innovation, research and artificial intelligence. At the fair, we will have an area dedicated to the innovative technologies we use to support our small and medium-sized enterprises, so that they can find new stimuli and new ideas to be competitive on international markets.’

To underline the strategic importance of the leather-materials-technology sector for the relaunch of the Italian industrial system and Made in Italy, the presentation of the three events took place in the presence of Roberto Luongo, advisor to Minister Urso for the internationalisation and promotion of Made in Italy, Fabrizio Lobasso – Deputy Director General for the Promotion of the Country System/Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – and Matteo Zoppas – President of ICE Agency.