KEEN American Made Brand Of Outdoor Casual Shoes

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< p > KEEN is a popular brand of American casual shoes. Its headquarters and factories are located in Portland.

As we all know, many parts of its shoes are purchased from abroad, where many "American made" flags are inserted into some unfinished shoes to highlight the great advantages of this product.

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The headquarters of P KEEN is located in Portland. It is proud of being a local manufacturing enterprise and providing a large number of employment opportunities for local people.

Perhaps you may think that the label "made in America" is not particularly appropriate for it. Indeed, the federal Commerce Commission also suggests that it should reconsider how to make products more suitable for labels.

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In short, in short, the government prohibits companies from using the naming method "made somewhere" unless the product "all or almost all parts" are provided by the United States of America. P

(more details refer to the Consumer Protection Bureau's "compliance with us manufacturing standards".

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Less than P, for example, products like shoes -- made up of dozens of raw materials, from sewing threads to shoelaces to rubber shoes, are all difficult or almost impossible to locate in the country.

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< p > most Americans wear shoes made abroad.

However, consumers are worried that it is difficult to see the origin brand of products in the manufacturing industry of the United States.

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< p > "product production in the factory of Portland is part of our brand's long-term development strategy," said Linda Balfour, the marketing director of KEEN.

In addition, the company noted that the product line can be set up at home to respond more flexibly to market demand in all aspects, from design improvement and product testing to shipping logistics.

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< p > this week I visited the production plant of KEEN company in Portland.

The factory is located on the edge of the city. The factory is equipped with assembly line and machine arm. I see that the articulated manipulator fixed the shoes and polished the edges of the shoes.

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< p > workers here bring some anger to factories full of machine tools. When there are shoes and boots production tasks, there are up to 35 workers here.

The company estimates that the annual production of shoes will reach 1 million pairs in an area of 38000 square feet.

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< p > I see that workers are assembling and producing a boot, which is the Durand WP that the company has just released.

The 5 main parts of this boot are supplied by foreign factories, including separate soles and upper.

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< p > insole, supporting iron core, shoelace is a separate part.

However, a system consisting of heating chamber, conveyor belt, shoe last, lapping machine and rotary injection station can produce a pair of Durand WP boots in 20 minutes.

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< p > KEEN promotes that some steps in its production process are unique in its US factories, including a polyurethane injection process, which is mainly used to quickly and securely link the upper and soles together.

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< p > the company obtained a special type of polyurethane from an American supplier, which is considered to be better than the polyurethane used in the bottom foam.

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< p > I tried out a pair of Durand WP boots I had just produced, and I could feel the temperature of the polyurethane on the soles. I wore it for a short distance in the factory.

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< p > a worker is striking the shoe with a hammer.

Another worker is repairing the edge of shoes with a knife.

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< p > everything around here, according to the regulations of the Federal Trade Commission of the United States, shoes here are not manufactured.

But there is no doubt that KEEN and American workers are assembling shoes.

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