These machines, first patented in 1858, and generally introduced in the shoe manufacture from 1860 to 1862, worked a revolution in the business of making boots and shoes.

Shoe-making equipment manufacturer King Steel wins three international design awards King Steel, Taiwan’s leading producer of shoe-making equipment, together with its European Co-Innovation Partners, ...

The machines are used to bevel edges, sew shoe seams, attach soles, and insert grommets. Inside the doorway, a stash of leather hides in different colors and finishes lie next to a stack of plaid ...

On May 29, 1885, self-taught inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger conducted the first public demonstration of his shoe-lasting machine. By automating a stage of shoe production that everyone thought was ...

The price ranges from Shs100,000 to Shs200,000. Using a 10,000 pounds (Shs3.7m) shoe making machine imported from Japan, he cleans shoes, makes the sole and cuts out different designs.