SATRA and the future of shoemaking

摘要

The handbook's popularity, "reflects the international demand for solid shoemaking knowledge and skills," said Jake Locke, SATARA's head of communications. "Interest in footwear design and manufacture is alive and well almost everywhere you turn, not just in the usual places in Asia and Europe." Early in 2015, the organisation hosted its second International SATRA PPE Innovation Awards. According to Locke, the awards provide a window on "ideas' initial or experimental" stage, thanks to SATRA's willingness to invest in technical innovation. Locke said: "One thing we saw that could be quite exciting is adaptive materials technology for example, materials that adapt to the environment. Such technology could bring huge benefits to the user in levels of comfort, performance and safety.