Innovation Stories

Every sneaker brand in the world is racing towards developing knitted uppers using flat knitting machines. While these machines are able to produce countless shoe upper designs and patterns, production
efficiency is disappointingly low — each machine is only able to produce 20 to 30 pairs of shoe uppers per day, and only make sense for producing high-end sneakers.

After a leading sneaker brand and its manufacturer approached Pailung for help speeding up their production process, we worked with them to build a small circular knitting machine from the ShupperKnit series — accelerating production by three-fold. Our solution increased productivity and introduced a new line of mid-range sneakers, enabling them to offer a complete range of sneakers and gain market share.