OrthoLite reported expanding its European hub, OrthoLite Europa (OEU), furthering its “global vertical integration strategy and investment in its owned and operated facilities,” enabling the company to have “near total control over its supply chain and production.”

“Our commitment to invest in our global manufacturing footprint brings agility and reliability for OrthoLite’s brand partners and our T1 factory partners,” said Richard Bevan, VP of Global Operations for OrthoLite. “Our factory in Spain is a crucial European hub for our EU-based partners. Our production demand continues to grow, and we continue to build excellence in capacity, customer service, advancing technologies, and unmatched responsiveness as a strategic supply partner.”

OEU’s expansion reportedly “bolsters capacity, innovation, and local-for-local insole production solutions for OrthoLite’s European brand partners.”

Since 2021, OrthoLite quadrupled capacity for European Union (EU) footwear production in its facility in Almansa, Spain and specialization in leather-based solutions for the EU-based partners that OrthoLite serves with its insoles. From Spain, OrthoLite Europa can “deliver to any point in Europe within two to four days.

Almansa is known as the shoemaking capital of Spain, with 400 years of history in the trade of footwear.

The OEU facility primarily serves “Made in the EU production,” targeting the fashion, luxury, dress, work, outdoor, trail, hike, comfort casual, and athletic footwear brands with insoles as well as leather and other technical insole products, including

  • leather and textile lamination;
  • heel cups, wedges, molded and die cut insoles;
  • artisan leather insoles for fashion brands;
  • ESD applications and in-house testing using the SATRA TM240-2001 test protocol;
  • OrthoLite O-Therm, aerogel-infused, open-cell PU foam cold and heat block solution that can be applied as an insole but also a Strobel layer or lining;
  • GRS and RCS-certified products; and
  • investments in additional lean lines and local foaming.

OrthoLite has over 550 global footwear brand partners.

Image courtesy Ortholite, Almansa, Spain