FutureStitch, Inc. announced a new partnership with TOMS. The multi-year licensing and manufacturing agreement will provide TOMS customers with sock technology manufactured by FutureStitch’s circular knitting capabilities.
The two brands have made social and environmental responsibility the core of their businesses, and now they are working together to design, develop, manufacture, market, and distribute a line of socks. The collaboration with TOMS will showcase FutureStitch’s technicians and machinery that are “disrupting the archaic knitwear industry as a whole.”
“We’re thrilled to partner with TOMS, a leading global company bringing better products to customers worldwide,” said FutureStitch Co-Founder and CEO Taylor Shupe. “Our partnership demonstrates FutureStitch’s commitment to working with brands that share our values and guide today’s ideas into tomorrow’s technologies with scalable solutions at every stage of the product development cycle. TOMS has been a model of corporate social responsibility and, just like us, they’re in the business of improving lives.”
The partnership is focused on creating a customized product which means every component can be tailored to create a complementary sock for TOMS shoes. In keeping with both brand’s pledge to social responsibility, every purchase enables investments in local partners to create positive change.
“Our partnership enables us to leverage the power of FutureStitch’s product design capabilities and the highest level of advanced manufacturing to build highly customized products to complement our unique shoe collection,” said TOMS CEO Magnus Wedhammar.
In addition to being SA 8000 certified, FutureStitch’s manufacturing facility received the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. It’s the first U.S.-based manufacturer in China to receive the LEED Platinum certification, which recognizes FutureStitch’s achievement in operating a healthier, more energy and resource-efficient building.
For more product information, go to futurestitch.com and TOMS.com.
