Since November 1997, Yves MORIN was previously Chief Operating Officer of CTC in charge of the operations worldwide. By his experience of business, he drove the change and piloted the growth of the activities of CTC, which become the leading global resource providing quality assurance solutions, consultancy and training for the leather, the footwear, the leather goods and the glove industries.

Before joining CTC, Yves MORIN was an auditor at KPMG, and then occupied various top managerial positions in France and in several countries within groups such as Colgate Palmolive and GL Events.
Yves MORIN obtained a Master in Political Sciences, a Master in Economy, and then he gained a MBA at EM Lyon Business School.
A GLOBAL NETWORK
The 180 employees of CTC spread out 20 international subsidiaries located in France, Spain, Germany, Portugal, the United States, Tunisia, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam. CTC is the leading global resource providing quality assurance solutions, consultancy and training for the leather, the footwear, the leather goods and the glove industries.
The strategic alliance concluded with STR® allows CTC to develop the same expertise in quality assurance for textile and clothing. A unique partnership with BioMechanica® reinforces the offer for research and testing services in the biomechanics field and innovation for sports shoes.
GLOBAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SOLUTIONS
CTC offers global solutions guaranteeing that ensure the quality, the performance and the innocuousness of clients' products:
o Factory and social audits.
o Pre-production, in-line, pre-shipment and loading inspections.
o Physical, biomechanical testing of raw materials and finished goods.
o CE marking of Personal Protective Equipments (PPE) gloves, footwear, clothing.
o Chemical testing of raw materials and finished goods.
o Consultancy: quality systems, clean technology, safety in factory, innovation, product and manufacturing process development, rapid prototyping, technologic intelligence.
o In-company professional training and at CTC European campus based in Lyon.
o Information, publications, technical and pedagogical books, web portal (www.ctc.fr), data bases, video, competitive intelligence services.
o International standardization.
o Study and research: leather and tannery, sustainable development, traceability and counterfeiting, information and communication technologies and visionic, comfort, industrialization.
Press release
23 January 2008
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