Engineers and shoe designers at New Balance Athletic Shoes Inc. are using 3D printing to make shoes for elite runners (professionals and Olympians) in hopes of improving their performance. Engineers ...

3D printing offers many advantages for custom-made products, from improving unique consumer experiences to saving time and money during the manufacturing and design process. Rapid prototyping of parts ...

As additive manufacturing (otherwise known as 3D printing) becomes ever more advanced, more and more industries are beginning to embrace it — and the footwear industry is no exception. Just yesterday, ...

Shoe manufacturing was revolutionized by the lasting machine, which was patented on March 20, 1883 by inventor Jan Earnst Matzeliger. Matzeliger was born in 1852 in Paramaribo, Suriname, to a Dutch ...