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Kottai Shoes · Est. 2005 · Ambur, India
Crafted in India.Built for the world.
Indian craftsmanship. International footwear manufacturing.
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2005
An Ambur-based manufacturer and exporter of leather footwear.
Since 2005, Kottai Shoes has manufactured and exported leather footwear from Ambur — a place where leather craft is part of the industrial landscape.
Our Story
Craft kept close to industry.
The factory works with modern technologies and industrial methods to make products for international markets, while remaining close to the values and savoir-faire of skilled artisans. Multi-skilled professionals across design, production, quality and logistics give the company its distinctive difference — and its ability to serve buyers across continents.
Kottai Shoes has taken advantage of the synergies around it while retaining its own identity, remaining faithful to a focused model: manufacturing and exporting leather footwear with precision, reliability and care.
- 2005
- Ambur · Tamil Nadu · India
- Leather Footwear
- Manufacturing + Export
Leather footwear, made to travel.
Selected constructions.
A pair, taken apart.
Last, upper, sole and components — how construction comes together before a shoe is finished and packed.
Last
Form held through construction.
Upper
Leather cut, stitched and lasted.
Sole
Bottoming that completes the pair.
Finish
Checked before it leaves the line.
More than the finished shoe.
Alongside finished leather footwear, Kottai Shoes manufactures its own footwear components in-house — shoe trees, lasts, soles, laces, thread, cutting dies and packaging.
Made in-houseComponentsMaterialsPackaging
Every pair has a story.
A technical view of how finished footwear relates to the lasts, soles, laces, thread, cutting and packaging manufactured in-house.
The footwear journey.
A narrative of how a pair moves from material to export — not a claim that every step is performed in-house.
Raw material
Leather — cow, sheep and goat, across finishes — sits at the start of the footwear journey.
Components
Lasts, soles, laces, thread, packaging and related inputs support how a pair is made and presented.
Design
Footwear begins in the integrated designing studio, using designing and fabricating tools to establish form and intent.
Upper
The upper division prepares and stitches leather uppers at production scale, with attention to precision and symmetry.
Assembly
The shoe division brings construction together — lasting, bottoming and the structural work that makes a pair.
Finishing
Designing, making and finishing are guided by research outcomes, so the last hand on the shoe is as considered as the first.
Quality
Accuracy, construction, embellishments, colourfastness and other quality aspects are checked before a pair is released.
Packaging
Shoe boxes and cartons present and protect finished footwear for shipment.
Export
Finished footwear is prepared for buyers across the markets listed in the company profile.
Hands on the line.
Multi-skilled professionals across cutting, stitching, lasting and finishing — the craft that sits beside the industrial method.
Cutting
Leather prepared for the upper.
Stitching
Uppers sewn at production scale.
Finishing
The last hand on the pair.
Assembly
Lasting and construction on the line.
Research.
Design.
Refine.
An in-house testing facility monitors, evaluates and implements major research findings observed in the international footwear industry. Designing, making and finishing are guided by the outcomes of that work.
The integrated designing studio uses designing and fabricating tools so that footwear is first developed, then forwarded for execution — maintaining precision and symmetry across the product line.
In-house testing
The testing facility monitors, evaluates and applies research findings from the international footwear industry.
Designing studio
Designing and fabricating tools are used so a pair is developed before it is forwarded for execution.
Footwear development
Designing, making and finishing are guided by the outcomes of that work.
Precision & symmetry
Development is held to precision and symmetry across the product line.
Quality is not a checkpoint.
It is the process.
Quality is treated as the pillar of performance and growth. Dedicated quality management is maintained in accordance with recognised international standards, including SA8000, LWG, BSCI, ICS, WRAP, SMETA and SEDEX. Accuracy, construction, embellishments, colourfastness and other quality aspects are checked before final delivery to the buyer.
Accuracy
Construction
Embellishments
Colourfastness
Final delivery inspection
Kontoor Brands
Audit and brand compliance work associated with Kontoor Brands.
LWG Standard
Operations are audited against Leather Working Group (LWG) standards.
SA8000
Social accountability standard referenced in the company’s quality management.
BSCI
Business Social Compliance Initiative audit standard.
ICS
Initiative for Compliance and Sustainability audit standard.
WRAP
Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production audit standard.
SMETA
Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit.
SEDEX
Recognised standard for responsible supply-chain practice in the international footwear industry.
Standards we are audited against.
Quality and compliance work is carried through recognised international audit frameworks used across the footwear supply chain.
Scale, stated plainly.
0
Pairs / month
Approximate monthly footwear production capacity.
0
Pairs / day
Daily output across the shoe division.
1.6–1.8
Lakh sq. ft / month
Leather requirement across cow, sheep and goat, in all finishes.
Leather strengths: Cow, Sheep, Goat. In all finishes, with a leather requirement of 1.6–1.8 lakh sq. ft per month.
Shoe. Upper. Studio. Research.
The factory · Thuthipet, Ambur
Shoe Division
01The shoe division is where construction, finishing and final quality considerations come together before delivery to the buyer.
Upper Division
02The upper division is organised for cutting, stitching and assembling leather uppers at production scale.
Designing Studio
03An integrated designing studio with designing and fabricating tools, where footwear is first developed and then forwarded for execution.
R&D
04An in-house testing facility monitors, evaluates and implements research findings from the international footwear industry.
From Ambur
to global markets.
Origin
Ambur
Tamil Nadu, India
Finished footwear is made in Ambur and shipped to the markets listed here.
01
Europe
10 markets
- Italy
- France
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Spain
- Greece
- Slovenia
- Serbia
- Austria
- Germany
02
Middle East
1 market
- UAE
03
United States
1 market
- New York
Trusted across markets.
Client references as listed in the Kottai Shoes company profile. Names indicate markets the company has served; they do not imply current contracts.
- Deichmann
- Kienast
- Siemes
- Humanic
- Vögele Shoes
- Harbor Footwear Group
- Hush Puppies
- Wrangler
- Kontoor Brands
- Thistle Shoes
- Pittarello
- U.B.C.
- Carrera
- Pipinato Calzature
- Cinti
- Renato Balestra
- PittaRosso
- Globo
- Effegi Styles
- Migato
- Sabino
- Boissy
- La Halle
- Chaussea
- San Marina
- MTNG Attitude
- El Corte Inglés
- Cristian Lay
- Tino González
- Polo Club
- Parodi's
- Seaside
- Obuća Metro
- MASS
- Alpina
- Arrow
- Iconic
People. Safety. Quality. Responsibility.
People
A professional workforce across procurement, design, production, quality, marketing and logistics — the people behind the process.
Safety
A stated objective to operate as a zero-injury organisation, with safe manufacturing as a condition of the work.
Quality
Quality control is treated as a pillar of performance — checked before delivery, not added at the end.
Responsibility
Customer satisfaction, export improvement and integrity of process — the company's stated aims, without exaggerated environmental claims.
People behind the process.
A team of qualified, experienced professionals manages each department. Meeting the varied needs of international buyers depends on their meticulous work — from material to delivery.
Procurement agents
Designers
Production managers
Quality analysts
Marketing managers
Logisticians
Let’s build
something great.
An Ambur-based manufacturer and exporter of leather footwear, combining skilled craftsmanship with modern industrial methods.