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Alex Marquoin from CETIA talks about Re_Shoes, a closed-loop recycling solution

Premium ContentNov 28, 2023 / France
We spoke with Alex Marquoin, the Head of R&D at CETIA, a French-based innovative platform working on solutions to transform textile and leather articles into materials ready for recycling. Read all about their Re_Shoes solution for dismantling shoes

Portuguese Lavoro introduces ecological sole made from air

Nov 14, 2023 / Portugal
The Portuguese professional footwear brand presented a new ecological sole resulting from the combination of gas and TPU with a better mechanical performance

Participants at the 7th World Footwear Congress call for greater international cooperation

Nov 14, 2023 / World Footwear Congress 2023
The 7th edition of the World Footwear Congress ended last week on a positive note, with the industry recognising the need for greater international cooperation to reshape its future

Digital prototyping: what tools are available for the footwear industry?

Premium ContentNov 7, 2023 / World Footwear Reports
Just released! A new paper dedicated to some of the new digital tools and softwares commonly used for prototyping in the footwear industry

Inditex signs a three-year agreement to buy recycled polyester for 70 million euros

Nov 2, 2023 / Spain
The owner of Zara, among others, will be collaborating with the material sciences company Ambercycle to help scale a textile made from post-industrial and post-consumer polyester waste

Meet the speakers of the upcoming Word Footwear Congress

Oct 30, 2023 / World Footwear Congress 2023
As the World Footwear Congress draws closer, we give you some more details about the speakers, who will be debating new business solutions, sustainability and circularity, and the future of labour

Amazon to expand drone deliveries to the UK and Italy

Oct 26, 2023 / United States
The Seattle-based online retail giant announced the expansion of the Prime Air drone delivery system to customers in Italy and the UK by the end of 2024. A third US city will also be covered

The best moments of the 21st UITIC Congress

Oct 11, 2023 / UITIC Congress 2023
The World Footwear attended the 21st edition of the Congress of the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) in Milan and Vigevano last September. Today we bring you a short film with the best moments of the event which gathered shoe industry technicians from all over the world

UITIC Congress ends on a positive note

Sep 29, 2023 / UITIC Congress 2023
The 21st edition of the UITIC Congress ended last week on a positive note, calling on companies to pursue digital transformation to be more innovative and sustainable. Sergio Dulio replaced Yves Morin as President of UITIC

New business models for brands and retailers: what strategies are available for footwear?

Premium ContentSep 26, 2023 / World Footwear Reports
Just released! A new paper dedicated to some of the new tools grabbing the attention of businesses and how they can be applied to the footwear industry

Impending UITIC Congress to address sustainability and digitization

Sep 18, 2023 / UITIC Congress 2023
From the 20th and the 22nd of September, in Milan, main stakeholders in the footwear industry will meet to address pressing issues for the sector in the midst of today's complex reality

21st Edition of the UITIC Congress: innovation as a pathway to sustainability

Sep 14, 2023 / UITIC Congress 2023
Key stakeholders in the footwear industry will come together between the 20th to the 22nd of September, in Milan, to discuss how innovative solutions can ensure a more sustainable future

Final countdown to the next UITIC Congress has now begun

Sep 12, 2023 / UITIC Congress 2023
With the definitive programme closed, expectations grow for the 21st edition of the International Congress of Technical Footwear, which will be held from the 20th to the 22nd of September in Milan

Portuguese ForEver celebrates its fiftieth anniversary

Sep 11, 2023 / Portugal
Founded in 1973 as a small footwear components factory, the Portuguese company quickly became a benchmark in the production of soles for the most renowned international brands

Upcoming edition of Inspiramais to highlight the manual work in fashion

Jul 10, 2023 / Brazil
The organicity and craftsmanship of materials and supplies will be at the centre of the next edition of Inspiramais, to be held from the 11th to the 12th of July in Porto Alegre, Brazil
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