by mplgcouk_main | Nov 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Sometimes it’s good to get out of the factory and visit some of the great museums and galleries in the area. In the summer I visited Gawthorpe Hall, owned and maintained by the National Trust. It dates from the early 1600s (Jacobean period) and is worthy of a...
by mplgcouk_main | Apr 3, 2022 | Textile & Fashion Industry
You may have heard that fashion is one of the most polluting industries. Apparently, it is second only to the oil industry and produces 20% of global water pollution. Jarring statements – but how true are they? What do the sources actually say? And how much raw...
by mplgcouk_main | Oct 29, 2021 | Textile & Fashion Industry
This year at MPLG we’ve been trying to tackle waste leather leaving our production line in a bid to improve our sustainability. We put out a post on our instagram for upcyclers – anybody who would be interested in repurposing our leather offcuts. We were...
by mplgcouk_main | Jun 29, 2021 | Vegan Leather
ELeather – or ‘engineered leather’ – joins “vegan” leathers in the market for alternative synthetic materials to traditional leather. Customers often remark that ‘vegan’ leathers, though more attractive for...
by mplgcouk_main | May 24, 2021 | Vegan Leather
If the future of fashion is sustainability, then could lab-grown leather be the solution to the industry’s environmental problems? VitroLabs Inc certainly believe so. The company is a startup based in California and fronted by CEO and co-founder Ingvar Helgason....
by mplgcouk_main | May 10, 2021 | Textile & Fashion Industry
There’s a label we should be looking out for in 2021: Made in the UK. In fact, the textile industry is long overdue a shift back to British manufacturers. Now, after Brexit and with the threat of our impending climate crisis, it’s more important than ever. At MPLG...
by mplgcouk_main | Mar 19, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Perhaps an apt metaphor for the inconstant nature of any city is street art; just as buildings rise and fall, as people come and go, so too does the art that appears sometimes out of nowhere. MPLG Ltd was founded in 1976 in Salford, the industrial centre of the city....
by mplgcouk_main | Feb 12, 2021 | Vegan Leather
As part of our ongoing series of articles about different materials that can used to make bags and wallets, we review Piñatex. Piñatex is another vegan leather growing in popularity amongst accessories brands. We have worked with this material on a variety of projects...
by mplgcouk_main | Jan 6, 2021 | Vegan Leather
Viridis is one of the emerging mainstream vegan leathers on the market. We receive many enquiries at our Manchester factory about how to use vegan leather in accessory production. Let’s answer some questions! For clarity, the industry markets vegan leather under...
