Early next year , a German factory , operated largely by industrial robots , will begin to manufacture Adidas running shoes for the first time , as the company looks to cut its labour costs and increase the speed of its products . Currently , Adidas shoes are mostly manufactured in Asia , which consists of a network of more than one million employees working in contract factories , predominantely in China and abroad . By onshoring manufacturing to robots , the company expects high volume production in the near future , using robots to manufacture the upper and lower part of the running shoe . Nike is said to also be investing heavily in new manufacturing methods , however it has not yet announced a date when it expects to onshore production to the US .
Early next year, a German factory, operated largely by industrial robots, will begin to manufacture Adidas running shoes for the first time, as the company looks to cut its labour costs and increase the speed of its deliveries. Currently, Adidas shoes are mostly manufactured in Asia, which relies of a network of more than one million employees working in contract factories, predominantely in China and Vietnam. By onshoring manufacturing to Germany, the company expects high volume production in the near future, using robots to construct the upper and lower part of the running shoe. Nike is said to also be investing heavily in new manufacturing methods, however it has not yet announced a date when it expects to onshore production to the US.