You have a finished specification
A tech pack, graded patterns, your own last and tooling. Nothing to develop. We engineer it for volume, sample it, and build it to the spec you signed off.
Fastest to production
Footwear manufacturing since 1997
OEM and private label footwear, built to your specification
You bring the design, or we develop one with you. We engineer it for volume and build it.
10,000 pairs a day6 constructions9 categories250+ samples a day8 quality checksISO 9001 · SEDEX · C-TPAT · AEO
The infrastructure behind your order
How we start
Three ways a programme begins
Wherever your design is today, that is where we pick it up.
You have nothing drawn yet
A reference pair, a photograph, a price point, a season. Our development team draws it, cuts the pattern, builds the last and puts a sample in your hands.
We do the drawingYou start from our library
We develop new designs every season across all nine categories. Choose one, change the last, the leather, the sole or the detailing, and it becomes yours.
Lowest development costWhichever route you take, the last, the pattern and the brand are yours.
Capability
What we build, and how
Nine footwear categories across five constructions. Choose a construction to see where we run it.
| Category | Goodyear welted | Cemented | Strobel | Hand-sewn | Waterproof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western & cowboy boots | |||||
| Riding & equestrian boots | |||||
| Fashion boots | |||||
| Casual & dress-casual boots | |||||
| Work & safety boots | |||||
| Outdoor & hiking boots | |||||
| Loafers & moccasins | |||||
| Comfort sandals | |||||
| Uppers & components |
Not listed here? Send us the specification and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right factory for it.
The process
How your order moves through the factory
01/ 07
Brief and specification
- 01
Brief and specification
We read your specification for production, not for approval. Anything that will cause a problem on the line gets raised before it costs you a season.
- 02
Costing
Priced against your construction, materials, quantity and delivery window. You get a figure, not a range.
- 03
Sampling
Built in our 30,000 sq ft development building. 2D and 3D CAD pattern cutting, 3D printed components, digital embroidery design, and an archive of every sample we have made.
- 04
Approval
The sample is sealed. Materials, last, sole, hardware and finish are locked and recorded against it, and every pair in production is checked back to it.
- 05
Production
Cutting, closing in modular pods of four processes, lasting, sole attachment, finishing. Capacity is planned against your date at costing, not after the order lands.
- 06
Quality control
Eight checks from incoming leather to sealed carton. If you appoint your own inspection agency, they work inside that process rather than beside it.
- 07
Export
Packed in FSC-certified cartons. Sea through Mundra and Nhava Sheva, air through Delhi. C-TPAT and AEO cleared, with documentation to your market's requirement.
Quality control
Eight quality checks on every pair
From incoming leather to sealed carton.
- 01
Raw material
Incoming leather inspected for quality and flex tested for durability.
- 02
Cutting
Cut components assessed for quality, precision and edge.
- 03
Upper
Closed uppers checked for loose threads and stitching precision.
- 04
Lasting
Shape and design accuracy verified against the sealed sample.
- 05
Sole
After sole attachment, each pair tested for rocking and balance.
- 06
Final
Fit, finish, tags, sizing and branding.
- 07
AQL sampling
Cartons opened at random across the lot and tested against standard.
- 08
Third party
Independent inspectors check at multiple stages, in addition to our own.
Seven of these are ours. The eighth is not, and that is the point. Appoint your own inspection agency and they work inside this process rather than beside it, on the same access as our own inspectors.
Materials
The best materials, wherever they come from
We source worldwide. From China and Europe to the Americas and beyond, materials are bought against your specification rather than against a fixed supplier list. Nominate your own tannery or sole supplier and we will buy to it. Leave it to us and we will present options against your standard, your price point and your compliance requirement.
IndiaChinaEuropeThe AmericasAnd beyond
Leather
Full grainSuedeOiled and waxed finishesEmbossed and printedLining leather
Non-leather
Synthetic uppersVegan materialsTextile and canvasTechnical and performance fabrics
Sustainable materials
Mushroom-based leatherRecycled componentsFSC-certified packaging
Soles and soling
LeatherRubberEVACrepeTPRCustom tooled units
Origin is recorded per programme, so the traceability your compliance team needs comes out of the same record rather than being reconstructed later. Working to a restricted substances list, a PFAS declaration or a deforestation-free requirement? Send it with the brief. We would rather build to the standard than certify against it afterwards.
Product development
A building dedicated entirely to product development
Thirty thousand square feet, more than 250 samples a day, running on solar. Sampling speed decides whether your season ships, so it does not share a floor with production.
250+ samples a day2D & 3D CAD pattern cuttingDigital material scanning3D printed componentsDigital embroidery design4,000 sq ft sample archive
Virtual factory tour
Walk the floor before you fly
A 360° walkthrough of the factory.
Prefer to visit in person? Tell us when and we will arrange it.
Independently verified
Certified, audited and rated
CRISIL BBB+/Stable & A2Long and short term credit ratingDun & Bradstreet 5A2Financial strength indicator
Reach
Made in India. Shipped worldwide.
Exporting since 1997 and into Europe since 2004, beginning with Spain, Germany, Sweden and Norway. Sea freight through Mundra and Nhava Sheva, air through Delhi, C-TPAT and AEO cleared.
523,700 square feet of manufacturing and product development in northern India. Ten thousand pairs a day, more than 3,000 people, and a 30,000 sq ft development building running 250+ samples a day.
Enquiry
Tell us what you are building
Send us the brief and we will come back with minimum order quantity, lead time and an indicative cost for your specification.
Questions we get asked
It moves with construction, materials and the number of colourways, so we quote it against your actual brief. Welted construction carries different economics to cemented, and a single-colourway repeat behaves differently to a new development. Send us the specification and we will come back with a real figure.
Yes, and this is how most of our programmes run. You arrive with a tech pack, drawings, or a reference pair and a brief. Our development team engineers it for volume production and builds it. The design, the last, the pattern and the brand remain yours.
Yes. Our product development building produces new designs every season across all our categories. Many clients take one as a starting point and change the last, the materials, the sole or the detailing until it is theirs. Ask us to send the current season and we will.
Confirmed once we have seen the specification, because complexity, material availability and the number of revision rounds all move it. Our development building produces more than 250 samples a day, so capacity is rarely the constraint.
Quoted per programme against construction, quantity, materials and season. We commit to a date at costing and plan capacity against it.
Goodyear welted, cemented, Strobel, hand-sewn and waterproof construction, across western and cowboy boots, riding and equestrian, fashion, casual and dress-casual, work and safety, outdoor and hiking, loafers and moccasins, comfort sandals, and stitched uppers.
Eight quality checks on every pair before it ships, from incoming leather through to sealed carton, with flex testing on raw material, rocking and balance testing after sole attachment, AQL carton sampling across the lot, and independent third-party inspection at multiple stages. AFPL is ISO 9001:2015 certified.
Yes. Third-party inspectors already work inside our process at multiple stages, so your agency operates on the same access rather than being bolted on at the end.
ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018. SEDEX for ethical trade audit. C-TPAT with US Customs and Border Protection, and AEO with Indian Customs under the WCO SAFE Framework. AFPL is rated CRISIL BBB+/Stable and A2, and holds a Dun and Bradstreet 5A2.
Yes, and we will arrange it. There is also a 360 degree walkthrough on this page if you would like to see the floor before you book a flight.
Sea freight through Mundra and Nhava Sheva. Airfreight through Indira Gandhi International, Delhi.
Yes. Stitched uppers are a standalone business, supplied to brands and to other manufacturers.
