Summitz Footwear Inc., located in Henderson, uses advanced automation and three robotic arms to manufacture shoes.

Dozens of workers at a shoe factory in southern China’s Dongguan city glue, sew and buff foam slippers and canvas shoes. They punch every hole and lace every shoe by hand. “Every lacing is [done] ...

Manufacturers seek many of the same objectives, but the main goal is typically to produce the best products possible at the lowest costs. Individual sectors within the manufacturing industry seek ...

In the open studio of a renovated 36,000-square-foot factory in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, a series of Shima Seiki automated knitting machines emit quick, whirring sounds. Around the machines, automated ...

Weinbrenner Shoe Co., which has been making boots in Wisconsin since 1892, is embarking on a new era with the acquisition of another factory space in Merrill, Wis. In March, Weinbrenner finalized the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a NYC-based journalist covering the luxury and fashion industry. The new Psudo sneaker production method uses on three ...

Shoe manufacturing used to be a pretty big deal in the United States. In 1932, International Shoe was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. By the early 1940s, nearly a quarter-million Americans ...

At 14, William Lee Collins liked the looks of the shoe business. His father was foreman in a shoe factory and St. Louis was a shoe town. So Willie Collins left school after the eighth grade and went ...

MAINZ, Germany — Adidas is relocating some of its shoe production from Asia to the company's homeland — but Germans shouldn't expect a jobs boom. What is currently done by hand will soon be carried ...