Soling technology provider Desma has entered a new partnership with textile machinery developer Stoll to put together a new integrated shoe production system.

The companies have said the system they have devised has the potential to offer shoe manufacturers a “radical reduction of lead times in the development and production process”.

This process starts with the production of seamless, 3D-knitted uppers using Stoll flat weft knitting technology, which are then attached directly to dual-layer sole constructions using direct sole attachment technology from Desma. 

Both partners have said the new solution will reduce the number of production steps required to make a shoe and reduce waste.

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