A Boston firm manufacturing women’s shoes will begin production soon in Israel of hand-sewn moccasins under a license agreement with the Jerusalem Shoe Corporation, it was reported here today by the economic department of the Jewish Agency.
The report said that the firm, A. Sandier & Co., which operates seven shoe factories in New England, will send equipment and experts to the Jerusalem Shoe Corporation to establish a special department for the manufacture of women’s sport shoes. One of the experts will start a training class with some of the 300 employees of the Jerusalem plant. Other experts will set up the specialized equipment to be shipped from Boston and will instruct the Israel workers in its use. Initial production will amount to 360 pairs of shoes per day, to be increased to 1,200 pairs daily within a year. Most of the production is slated for export to European and other foreign markets.
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