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(11/02/2013)

The contest, which will put the candidates' skills and aptitudes to the test, will take place between 13 and 16 February at Feria de Madrid

The 34th edition of the VT OLYMPICS brings together the best Vocational Training students from all over Spain

A total of 273 Vocational Training (VT) students from all over Spain are to take part in the 34th edition of the VT OLYMPICS. This nationwide contest, promoted and organised by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport through the Directorate General for Vocational Training, with the active collaboration of the autonomous regions and IFEMA, will see candidates from 32 professional specialities put their skills to the test between 13 and 16 February.

The main objective of the VT OLYMPICS is to promote Vocational Training as a valuable alternative for the future as well as helping promote the job prospects offered by this type of education and in particular the importance of specialising, both for traditional and new professions, so that young people can make their way in the current job market, adapting their studies to the reality of the market and the demands of the sector.

The candidates, all of them aged 16 to 22, will represent each of the 17 autonomous regions, as well as the cities of Ceuta and Melilla. They will demonstrate their skills and be assessed by a jury specific to each skill which will be coordinated by a Technical Committee chaired by the Ministry of ...

(08/02/2013)

Hispanitas Diversifies Its Range of Products

Hispanitas is a Spanish footwear firm that has always been characterised by its comfortable, high-quality and fashionable women's footwear products.

According to sources at the brand, its inspiration for each new collection consists of "the Hispanitas woman": "an urban, dynamic and enterprising woman". Although women continue to play the starring role in the brand's collections, in recent seasons Hispanitas has incorporated specific lines ...

(08/02/2013)

CTCR Develops Recycled Polyurethane Soles

The Footwear Technology Centre of La Rioja (CTCR), in conjunction with its partner companies, Garmaryga and Cauchos Ruiz-Alejos, has set up the Recalza Project.

(08/02/2013)

Gioseppo Will Collaborate with Madrid Fashion Week

Gioseppo will play an active role at the forthcoming edition of Mercedes-Benz Madrid Fashion Week (MBMFW), which is due to take place between 18th and 22nd February.

Thus, the hostesses at the Madrid event will wear shoes belonging to this brand, by virtue of an agreement signed between the footwear firm and the organisers of Madrid Fashion Week (MBFWM), which was formerly known as Pasarela Cibeles. However, Gioseppo's presence at MBMFW will not end there. ...

(08/02/2013)

GENERA and CLIMATIZACIÓN will make Madrid the capital of energy efficiency and sustainability

Feria de Madrid to host both exhibitions between 26 February and 1 March

Nearly 900 companies will showcase the latest in air conditioning, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, energy and the environment

A full programme of parallel activities aimed at sector professionals will complement the fair

Madrid will become the capital of energy efficiency and sustainability in the last week of February when it hosts the GENERA and CLIMATIZACIÓN trade fairs. The fairs will be held simultaneously at FERIA DE MADRID where nearly 900 companies, including direct and represented exhibitors, will showcase ...

(08/02/2013)

"Los + Cool" from Coolway

Last 14th January the young people's footwear firm, Coolway, launched its competition known as "Los + Cool 2013" ("The Coolest of 2013").

Those who would like to take part simply have to fill in a form on the brand's web page in one of the five categories in which they would like to participate: Cool Girl and Cool Boy, Music Band, Fashion Design, The Best Coolway and Urban Image. Through this competition, Coolway will choose ...

(08/02/2013)

Joma Continues to Dress the Members of the Spanish Royal Athletics Federation (RFEA)

The Manager of Joma, José Manuel López, and the President of the Spanish Royal Athletics Federation (RFEA), José María Odriozola, recently renewed the sports brand's sponsorship of Spain's athletes for another four years.

Thanks to this agreement, Spain's athletics team will wear Joma clothing at the next Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, amongst many other competitions.

Following four years of excellent relations between Joma and the RFEA, both sides have renewed the sponsorship agreement that ...

(08/02/2013)

Garvalín Will Once Again Take Part in the Maroc Challenge

Next 23rd March, Garvalín will take part in the charity raid known as the Maroc Challenge 2013, for the second time.

The footwear firm will take advantage of this automobile race in order to distribute items of footwear made by the brand throughout the poorest parts of the Moroccan desert. At the previous edition, the footwear firm donated around 300 pairs of boots.

The Maroc Challenge runs for 1,240 ...

(08/02/2013)

Francis Montesinos Unveils His New Footwear Brand

Next March, the first Spring/Summer Footwear Collection from the designer, Francis Montesinos, will be placed on sale under the brand name Francis Montesinos Shoes.

This new brand has been created based on a collaborative project between the Valencian designer and Cristina María Sánchez, the Managing Director of the holding company, the Otsu Group. Whilst Montesinos is responsible for the design of these models, Cristina María Sánchez is responsible for the ...

(08/02/2013)

Inescop Presents Its Courses for the Next Four Months

The Footwear Technology Institute, Inescop, has recently presented the forthcoming courses relating to the footwear industry that it will be imparting during the months of February, March, April and May.

Inescop has organised nine different courses, which will cover aspects ranging from production (footwear production processes and quality control) to sales (footwear course for salespersons). Special rates are offered for the unemployed, former students of Inescop's Footwear Diploma and ...

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