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Finnish shoe outsole manufacturer offers quality footwear components for shoe manufacturers and brands

Summary

Profile Type
  • Business Offer
POD Reference
BOFI20250605014
Term of Validity
5 June 2025 - 5 June 2026
Company's Country
  • Finland
Type of partnership
  • Supplier agreement
  • Commercial agreement
Targeted Countries
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Denmark
  • Czechia
  • Bulgaria
  • Austria
  • Montenegro
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Slovenia
  • Hungary
  • Latvia
  • Romania
  • Malta
  • Norway
  • Switzerland
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • France
  • Estonia
  • North Macedonia
  • Luxembourg
  • Ireland
  • Germany
  • Lithuania
  • Slovakia
  • Netherlands
  • Serbia
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General information

Short Summary
The Finnish company is a reliable and innovative footwear component factory, which is able to innovate new ideas with its strong R&D skills. Established in 1974, past 50 years have proven a great track record of working with footwear brands in Finland like Jalas, Pomar, Sievi and Sika Footwear A/S. The company produces soles mainly out of thermoplastic rubber with injection molding machines.

The Finnish company is seeking brand owners and shoe manufacturers in Europe.
Full Description
The Finnish company provide's raw materials, components and services for the footwear and work wear industry. The company's customers are all major Finnish footwear manufacturers and the Finnish Defense Forces as well as other the Nordic countries and the Baltic.

Growing sectors include the health and safety sector, which includes solutions to promote mobility safety and ergonomics, as well as orthopedic products. The company offer's customer-specific solutions for shoe insoles, insocks, counters and toe puffs, and other footwear components.

The company's production unit and product design as well as model workshop operates in Finland. There are diverse opportunities for product development and model mold needs. The company manufacture's various components using customers' exclusive molds in injection molding or they manufacture them by cutting and combining using different methods.

The expertise is on product development and creating customer-specific prototypes and new recipes formed for them. The company's development works also in finding solutions to material technology challenges.

The Finnish company is seeking brand owners and shoe manufacturers in Europe. The company is looking for a partner with a commission-based compensation to promote the sale of the TYRE+ product.
Advantages and Innovations
The shoe outsole TYRE+ by Solepex® developed by the Finnish company is an innovation winner. It is a sustainable and durable footwear solution.

Old NOKIA car tyres are utilised in the production of the innovative TYRE+ by Solepex® shoe outsoles:
• consist of 30% recycled Nokia winter tyre rubber (end of life tyre rubber)
• reduces environmental impact and minimizes the use of virgin materials -> CO2e reduction 46% in material and transportation.
Stage of Development
  • Already on the market
Sustainable Development Goals
  • Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
IPR status
  • Secret know-how

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
The Finnish company is seeking brand owners and shoe manufacturers in Europe. The company is looking for a partner with a commission-based compensation to promote the sale of the TYRE+ product.
Type and Size of Partner
  • SME 11-49
  • Big company
  • R&D Institution
  • SME 50 - 249
Type of partnership
  • Supplier agreement
  • Commercial agreement

Dissemination

Market keywords
  • 07004001 - Clothing, shoes and accessories (including jewellery)
  • 09005 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Animal Husbandry & Related Products
  • 07002002 - Clothing and shoe stores
  • 09004008 - Other manufacturing (not elsewhere classified)
  • 07006 - Other Consumer Related (not elsewhere classified)
Sector Groups Involved
  • Creative Industries
  • Energy-Intensive Industries - Materials
Targeted countries
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Denmark
  • Czechia
  • Bulgaria
  • Austria
  • Montenegro
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Slovenia
  • Hungary
  • Latvia
  • Romania
  • Malta
  • Norway
  • Switzerland
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • France
  • Estonia
  • North Macedonia
  • Luxembourg
  • Ireland
  • Germany
  • Lithuania
  • Slovakia
  • Netherlands
  • Serbia

Images

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Short presentation of Lenkki Oy

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The Finnish company utilizes old car tyres in the production of shoe soles.
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