throughout the Americas, from which two finalists emerged to compete in the final. The shortlisted tanneries were, in alphabetical order: Arlei, Las Toscas, Santa Fe, Argentina Curtume Fridolino Ritter, Picada Café, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Curtume Viposa, Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil Fuga Couros, Jales, São Paulo, Brazil JBS Couros, Cascavel, Ceará, Brazil Lefarc, León, Mexico Sadesa, San Luis, Argentina SB Foot, Red Wing, Minnesota, US Suelas Wyny, León, Mexico Tenería Panamericana, León, Mexico Tyson Group, Dakota City, Nebraska, US. From this list the two finalist tanneries for the Americas this time were: - Lefarc, León, Mexico, and - SB Foot, Red Wing, Minnesota, US. In-depth reports on the work of both tanneries appeared in the August–September 2012 issue of World Leather and both went forward to take part in the final. After the Americas, the attention of Tannery of the Year turned to China, followed by Africa and then the fifth of the regions, Asia excluding China, at the start of 2013. Finalists for China were PrimeAsia Leather Corporation, Huangjiang, Guangdong province, and Xuzhou Nanhai Leather Factory Company Limited, Suining County, Jiangsu province. Owing to an unsettled situation in important tanning regions, particularly in North Africa, in 2012 and 2013, there was only one finalist for Africa in the third programme, Seton AutoLeather, South Africa. For Asia excluding China, the finalists were Midori Hokuyo, Japan, and Royal Leather Industries, Pakistan. Tannery of the Year 2013 Winners The final of the third programme took place in Hong Kong on March 25, 2013. The following tanneries emerged as regional winners. Africa - Seton AutoLeather, South Africa. Americas - SB Foot, Red Wing, Minnesota, US. Asia excluding China - Midori Hokuyo, Japan. China - PrimeAsia China. Europe - Sepici Grubu, Turkey. From these five regional winners, PrimeAsia China was named as the global Tannery of the Year for 2013. Tannery of the Year 2014 The fourth programme of Tannery of the Year began at the end of calendar year 2013, with Europe the first region to come under scrutiny. From eleven shortlisted European tanneries, two emerged as finalists: Couro Azul, Alcanena, Portugal and Wollsdorf Leather, Wollsdorf, Austria. Detailed reports on both these tanneries featured in the December 2013–January 2014 edition of World Leather magazine. When the programme moved to Asia, excluding China, in the early part of 2014, Packer Leather, from Narangba, Queensland, Australia, and Saigon Tan Tec, Binh Duong Province, Vietnam,