Production of soccershoes in Italy

Silver Star models. Uppers waiting to be mounted on the outsole.

These shoes are all made with special care, they are almost like handmade shoes.

These shoes are like fine cheese... they also need time to spend on the last to get into perfect shape.

Unique care for each pair of shoes

Production of soccershoes in Vietnam

Actually one of the last phases - packing of the shoes.

Stitching of the upper part. 

Fixing of the midsole to the upper part.

Quality checking is very important. Above you can see the so called Ross machine. The shoes are bent 100.000 times.

 Ross flexing of the outsoles

Testing of the materials.

Aging owen. Imagine you leave your shoes in direct sun for a whole year. Here they can reach the same effect in 3 days.

Abrasion test 1.

Abrasion test 2.

Abrasion test 3.

Testing of material strength.

Veslic tester

Production of textiles and balls in Pakistan

Traditionally workers in Pakistani factories are all men. Tailoring, stitching, embroidery... all are made by men.

Test embroidery.

Embroidery of Lancast logos on training suits.

Cutting of the soccerball panels.

A traditional soccerball has 32 panels but nowadays brands are experimenting with different panel constructions. Some of these are pattented. Above you can see the printing of the panels.

And finally a real magic: the handstitching of the balls. Tough work and requires a lot of skill. Balls are stitched on reverse side and when finished they are turned out with one move. After this they only need to pull and tighten the last thread. The ball is finished.