Company · Teams and expertise
The people
behind each pair.
Design, engineering, production, quality and logistics teams, each focused on its part of your programme.
The teams
A team for
every stage.
Specialist teams run each of the five stages, from sourcing to the sealed container.
How AFPL makes it
Material selection, vendor areas and checks, for your samples and your order.
Design, CAD/CAM and pattern engineering that turn your brief into a sample.
Category-focused design pods bring designers, pattern engineers and sample makers together on your sample.
Cutting, stitching, lasting, sole work and finishing, matched to your approved sample.
Checks from raw materials to AQL inspection, with in-house and external testing.
Branding, packing, controlled access and dispatch, to your requirements.
On the floor
The teams on
your programme.
Skills
Skills kept
within the teams.
Training centres and practical skills development support equipment operation, component preparation, assembly and inspection.
People and communities
Experience
Of our first 30
still with us.
People who have grown with the company, and four customer relationships of more than 25 years.
Meet our teams in person.
Tell us when you would like to visit, and what you would like to see.