the Year competition ran from the start of November 2010 until the Gala Final event in Shanghai on September 6, 2011. Organisers World Leather have worked out that the Awards programme will work best on 18-month cycles. The third programme will start in early 2012 and come to a conclusion in Hong Kong in March 2013. Tannery of the Year 2011 Finalists Ten finalist tanneries gathered in Shanghai on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 to make presentations to a panel of four judges and answer questions. The finalists for Tannery of the Year 2011 are as follows. Africa - Elico, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and Nakara, Windhoek, Namibia. Americas - Artículos de Piel Los Favoritos (B’Leather), Santiago, the Dominican Republic; and Coming Indústria e Comércio de Couros, Trindade, Goiás, Brazil. Asia excluding China - PT Budi Makmur Jayamurni, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; and TehChang Leather Products Co Ltd, Ta Yuan, Taiwan. China - Gansu Hongliang Leather Limited, Gansu Province; and Xing Ye Leather Technology Company, Fujian Province. Europe - Heller-Leder, Hehlen, Germany; and Hulshof Royal Dutch Tanneries, Lichtenvoorde, the Netherlands. Tannery of the Year 2011 Winners At the final in Shanghai on September 6, 2011, the following tanneries won the regional awards. Africa - Nakara, Namibia. Americas - Coming Indústria e Comércio de Couros, Brazil. Asia excluding China - TehChang Leather Products Co Ltd, Taiwan. China - Xing Ye Leather Technology Company, Fujian Province. Europe - Heller-Leder, Germany. From these five regional winners, Heller-Leder from Germany was named as the global Tannery of the Year for 2011. Tannery of the Year 2013 The third programme of Tannery of the Year began in May 2012, with candidates and finalists already named for two of the five regions, Europe and the Americas. The list of nine shortlisted tanneries from Europe, from which two finalists for the third programme have come were (in alphabetical order): António Nunes de Carvalho, Alcanena, Portugal Bader, Göppingen, Germany Conceria Montebello, Montebello, Italy Gruppo Dani, Arzignano, Italy Industrias del Curtido SA (Incusa), Silla, Valencia, Spain Marmara Deri, Corlu, Turkey Sepici Grubu, Caybasi-Izmir, Turkey W.J & W Lang, Paisley, Scotland Wollsdorf Leder, Wollsdorf, Austria. From these, Gruppo Dani and Sepici Grubu emerged as finalists, with detailed reports on each published in the June–July issue of World Leather. After Europe, the programme moved to the Americas. The list of candidates there contained the names of eleven excellent leather producers in a range of countries