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Lutech Group Becomes Fifth Company to Drop Partnership with Milan Fashion Week After Anti-Fur Protests

London – (June 18, 2026) – Lutech, a Milan-based tech firm offering technological support to Milan Fashion Week, has officially ended its partnership with Milan Fashion Week over its continued use of fur. The global anti-fur campaign targeting Milan Fashion Week, announced by the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) on January 8, 2026, has now claimed its fifth major corporate sponsor, following the departures of DHL, Wella, Visa, and Acqua Fiuggi earlier this year.

There were 9 protests across 4 countries and 6 cities over the course of the 6 day campaign across Europe and North America. Demonstrations were held at affiliates of Lutech including Apax Partners and its subsidiaries. 

Lutech confirmed that it had severed ties with Milan Fashion Week in an email sent to CAFT on June 17, 2026. 

This fifth withdrawal comes on the heels of CNMI’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Use of Fur published May 15, 2026, which stop short of a binding fur-free policy and explicitly declines to impose a ban, in sharp contrast to enforceable bans already adopted by London, New York, Copenhagen, Berlin, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Helsinki, and Melbourne fashion weeks.

“Lutech’s exit comes just days before Men’s Milan Fashion Week opens, and remaining partners of Milan Fashion Week should take notice,” said Suzie Stork, Executive Director of CAFT. “CNMI had its chance to act with the May guidelines and chose not to. Activists will be on-the-ground in Milan for the upcoming fashion week, and in every corner of the world, protesting every and any affiliate of Milan Fashion Week. We expect this list of departures to continue growing.”

Advocates argue that corporate sponsorships of fur-holdouts like Milan Fashion Week uphold and fund the fur industry. Fur production has been extensively documented to cause severe suffering to millions of animals, significant environmental damage, and heightened public health risks.

With Men’s Milan Fashion Week scheduled for June 19–23, 2026, CAFT has announced that protests will continue.

About CAFT: The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) is a grassroots organization dedicated to dismantling the global fur industry through hard-hitting, volunteer-driven, decentralized pressure campaigns. CAFT represents activists around the world who expose the cruelty of fur farming and hold corporations accountable for their exploitation of fur-bearing animals.

For more information, visit abolishfur.org or follow CAFT on Instagram @caftusa.

Pictures and videos of Lutech and affiliate protests: 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hcZqxeBE7T1GOflrAfffUhZtgriCzwgK?usp=drive_link

Pictures and videos of Protests at Milan Fashion Week: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r6UvRM9sGZ2hf4Yfe8NkI7rIrsLxWcGl?usp=sharing 

Media Contact:
Suzie Stork
Executive Director
310-853-3476
[email protected]

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