On March, 10-13, 2020 the annual specialized International exhibition “MOSSHOES 2020” took place in the international exhibition centre “Crocus Expo” in Moscow. “MOSSHOES” is the largest B2B exhibition in Russia and in the Eastern Europe. Year after year the exhi-bition attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world for whom “Mosshoes” is a kind of indicator of the current state of the market, its development prospects and current trends. The “Mosshoes” exhibition provides an excellent opportunity to get maximum information about the current footwear and leather goods trends in various price segments during four days. As part of the business program of the exhibition forums are held with the participation of leading industry experts covering current issues of the market. In recent years European manufacturers have begun to show an active interest in the Russian market for whom the Russian market is one of the development priorities....

Technological trials with a Pielcolor (Spain) specialist were conducted at one of the tanneries. Shoe articles with and without milling, wax articles, oil finishing of nubuck, an article with tumble dry were made during trials. A new nitro lacquer water-based emulsion LA 6060 was used to fix the nappa article and flexible leather without milling. The lacquer is suitable for fixing leather goods and shoe leathers when you need to get excellent gloss and good wet and dry rub fastness. Recipes of wax finishing and buffed floater with the use of Pielcolor (Spain) chemicals were tried. All articles were positively assessed by the tannery management and will be presented at the exhibition “Mosshoes” in March at tannery and Shebekinskaya industrialnaya khimiya, LLC booths and also sent to customers to get their feedback....