Alcantara – the Italian producer of the trademarked luxury synthetic leather for vehicle interiors based on special spunlaced microfibre nonwovens – held its second International Symposium on Sustainability in the Automotive Industry in Venice, Italy from October 16-17th.
As one of the first companies in Europe to achieve Carbon Neutrality certification, Alcantara worked closely with the Venice International University and the Centre for Automotive Mobility and Innovation at Ca’ Foscari University to organise the symposium.
Conference speakers and panelists included representatives from car makers BMW and Toyota, along with university professors and non-governmental organizations from Asia, Europe and the USA.
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