Forecasting Price Points for Footwear Feedstocks

Illuminating footwear value chains with insight and price indicators from a chemicals business intelligence platform fortified over six decades.

End-to-end, the bespoke manufacture of just one pair of shoes can take several months.

...Yet there are shoemaking machines capable of injection molding over 1100 shoes in an eight-hour shift.

Our eBook features price forecasting graphs for components key to footwear and commentary from our latest ChemForesight report:

VAM (Vinyl Acetate Monomer): Used to produce EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), the product from which the majority of midsoles are made.

MDI: The key chemical intermediate used to produce flexible foam polyurethanes (PU).

Olefins Propylene and Ethylene: The most-used platform chemicals in shoemaking production processes.

Historical and Current Price Point Graph: PU resin which is used for making durable slip-resistant soles.

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See Where Prices Are Heading Through Mid-2025

This 13-page eBook sheds light on the supply chains that underpin footwear manufacturing and shows the direction of price points globally to mid-2025.

From Crocs and Wellingtons, to Flyknits and Loafers – along with every shoe in between – an array of chemical feedstocks and raw materials are required.

While it focuses on materials for making soles and midsoles, ResourceWise intelligence spans the markets and supply chains for insole and shoe upper manufacturing, too. Our insights include PVC, polyurethanes, synthetic fibers, and intermediates, as well as the raw materials and additives used to produce shoe coatings. Submit the form to download a free copy of the eBook.

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