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Virtual workshop on ‘Manufacturing and Compounding Process of Soling & Upper Materials’ conducted at FDDI, Chandigarh (Banur) campus


A virtual workshop on ‘Manufacturing and Compounding Process of Soling & Upper Materials’ was conducted at Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Chandigarh (Banur) campus on 15th February 2021.

FDDI School of Footwear Design & Production organized the workshop during which Mr. Ashish Nigam, AVP – Production & Quality for Relexo Footwear Limited provided technical inputs to the students and other participants.

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Mr. Nigam has 30 years of vast experience in production process of open footwear’s.

During the one and half hour online session, Mr. Nigam briefed about the methods, techniques, material related to the production process. He apprised students about different type of soles like PU, EVA and PVC, the raw material and different types of machines required to complete the manufacturing process. He also described the complete manufacturing method of Rubber sole with different type of machines.

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The entire manufacturing process of Open Footwear Screen Printing was also described with the help of presentation that provided an understanding about the machinery & operational methodology.

During the interactive session, the queries of the participants were replied by Mr. Nigam which helped them to kill their perplexities.