Footwear Manufacturing
Shoes are exposed to all weather conditions and have to bear the most diverse range of stresses. United Industry is the solution for superior adhesion in the manufacture of shoes, from toe puffs and counters to linings, soles and seamless uppers.
What Goes Wrong In This Industry
Heel counters that lose shape after weeks of wear
Solvent cements slowing the lasting line and complicating the audit
Synthetic uppers marking at the temperature a strong adhesive needs
Seams on sports uppers that chafe or fail at the net cloth
What Buyers Ask For
- Counter adhesives that solidify quickly after coating
- A lower temperature option for heat sensitive uppers
- Adhesive film for seamless and net cloth work
- Powder that bonds linings and soles durably
Where The Adhesive Goes
- Toe puff and counter bonding
- Heat lasting of working shoes
- Heat lasting of sports shoes
- Lining and sole bonding
- Pressing glue for the net cloth of sports shoes
- Vamp adhesive
Products Specified For Footwear Manufacturing
Shoes Hot Melt Adhesives
Polyamide Shoe Back Counter Adhesive
Polyamide counter adhesive for heel counters and back parts in shoe making
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Shoes Hot Melt Adhesives
Copolyester Shoe Counter Adhesive
Copolyester counter adhesive for toe puffs counters and lining bonding
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Hot Melt Adhesives
Thermoplastic Polyurethane Resin
TPU resin raw material from 72A to 93A hardness for shoe material and compounding
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Thermoplastic Adhesive Film
TPU Hot Melt Adhesive Film
Waterproof elastic TPU film for seamless bonding lamination and transfer printing
View Grade DataHow We Narrow The Grade List
Identify the upper material
It sets the maximum lasting temperature, which narrows the polymer choice before anything else.
Choose polyamide or copolyester
Polyamide for heat resistance and load, copolyester for heat sensitive uppers.
Select the form
Counter adhesive for the counter, powder for linings and soles, resin for vamp, film for seamless work.
Trial on the production upper
Flex and heat test the finished shoe, not a flat coupon.
Fix the lasting parameters
Then hold them — most counter failures are a drifting press, not a bad adhesive.
What We Can Deliver
- Both polyamide and copolyester counter adhesives available
- TPU resin from 72A to 93A hardness for shoe material
- TPU film in five thicknesses for seamless and net cloth bonding
Guides Relevant To This Industry
Polyamide Versus TPU Versus Copolyester For Heat Applied Adhesives
Three polymers, three different questions. Strength, stretch or wash — pick the one that decides your failure mode and the rest follows.
Buying GuideChoosing Hot Melt Adhesive Film Thickness And Width
With film, the coat weight is a specification rather than a process variable. Thickness, width and processing temperature are the three numbers to get right.
Material GuideWhat Is A Thermoplastic Hot Melt Adhesive And When To Use One
Hot melts bond by cooling, not by curing. That single difference explains most of what they are good at and most of what they are not.
Footwear Manufacturing FAQ
Which adhesive is used for toe puffs and counters
Thermoplastic adhesive powder is used primarily for durable adhesion of toe puffs, shoe lining materials and soles, and the dedicated counter adhesives cover the counter itself.
What is used for vamp adhesive
Polyamide resin is specially designed for vamp adhesive.
Do you have a seamless bonding option
Yes — hot melt adhesive film is the choice for seamless and other applications, including the pressing glue on the net cloth of sports shoes.
Are the shoe adhesives solvent free
Yes. The counter adhesives are described as solvent free and environmentally friendly, and they solidify quickly after coating.
Bonding Questions In Footwear Manufacturing
Send the substrate pair, the service temperature and your process limit. That is usually enough for a grade recommendation without a meeting.