FX Footwear case studies
Footwear Component Case Studies
See how we help footwear teams develop molded upper parts, insoles and footbeds, from the initial brief and component development through sampling, review and validation.
Our work
Selected Projects
These are some of the components we’ve developed with footwear teams.
White 5D heel-counter construction reference.Clarks Pace family (Pace Rise and Pace Walk)
5D integrated molded heel counter
A molded heel counter for the Pace Rise and Pace Walk uppers.
Project componentCloudswift 4
3D integrated eyelet component
Five reinforced eyelets molded as one upper component.
Project componentBondi 9
3D molded collar
A shaped collar built around the Bondi 9 ankle opening.
HOKA Cielo X1 3.0 insole component.Cielo X1 3.0
ATPU insole
An ATPU insole made to fit a race shoe’s limited internal volume.
Sanuk Bubble Sling and Bubblecush footbed component.Sanuk ETPU Popcorn Footbed
Popcorn-style ETPU bead-foam footbed
One ETPU footbed used in Bubble Sling and Bubblecush.
Project componentRecovery Mode Sneaker
Integrated insole-footbed with forefoot ETPU, EVA and bonded terry-textile cover
Forefoot ETPU, an EVA body and a bonded textile cover in one part.
FX EVA reference · not project photoTeva EVA Footbed
Recycled-content EVA footbed
One EVA footbed used in Ultra-Comf and ReEmber Terrain.
Teva Trailwinder Low insole component.Trailwinder Low
EVA insole
An EVA insole fitted to a light-hiking shoe and internal bootie.
Ariat Outpace Shift insole component.Outpace Shift Composite Toe Work Shoe
Open-cell PU insole
A removable PU insole made for an all-day work shoe.
Our process
How We Work
We start with the shoe. The last, upper and sole construction, fit and end use help define what the component needs to do.
Then we develop the part. We define the geometry, material, finish and validation requirements through sampling and review before production.
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