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From sample to production.

Product engineering carries your approved design into commercial manufacture, so the product you approved is made consistently across your order.

Pattern engineers and sample makers at work in the AFPL Product Creation Centre

Size by size

Every size in your
order, resolved.

Our engineers carry the sample you approved across your size run, before the main order begins.

  • Patterns and gradingProduction patterns, graded across every size in your order.
  • Size trials and fitTrial pairs confirm fit across the size run.
  • ToolingPrepared and checked before the main order begins.
Lasts in several sizes on the shelves of the AFPL last store

AFPL Sole Unit

Upper, last and sole,
engineered together.

We consider upper, last and sole together with materials, components and production equipment. The in-house AFPL Sole Unit brings sole development and manufacturing expertise from within AFPL Group.

AFPL Sole Unit
A Western boot on the last at a heel-seat lasting machine
An operator at lasting and moulding machinery on the AFPL line

Constructions

Your construction,
ready for the line.

From a Goodyear welted Western boot to a waterproof upper or a Work boot with a safety toe, the construction chosen in design is engineered here for production.

Into production

One clear reference
for production.

Technical questions are settled before the main order begins. Your approved sample, with its patterns and tooling, then guides every pair in the order.

  • AI-assisted material planningMaterial use, planned before cutting.
  • Dieless cuttingComponents cut from your digital patterns.
Production, machinery and technology
A dieless cutting head cutting leather components from a digital pattern
03Next stageProduction, machinery and technologyYour approved sample, made at scale
A boot upper set on a last stand for a fit check
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