ABOUT WALDI
Founded by Oleksandr and Liana Kasko in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, in 2003, Waldi is a Ukrainian national market leader in the manufacture of footwear for kids and teens. Waldi is named after the Polish shoe manufacturer and professor, Mr. Waldemar, with whom Oleksandr has collaborated and been friends since 1995. Mr. Waldemar shared the secrets of shoe production that he had accumulated from over 50 years in the industry to make enable Waldi to continue many long-standing European traditions while at the same time introducing new technologies and innovations.
Waldi has united top specialists from all over the world to create the perfect kids’ shoes:
• Sole design from the Italian designer Goretti
• Anatomic pad from the German manufacturer of pads Fagus
• Technological Spanish insole - certified in the EU
• Comfortable German shoe last
All Waldi shoes are fully 100% made in Ukraine with European technologies and raw materials, featuring 8 diverse shoe shole designs with sizes ranging from 18 to 40. Each shoe features:
• Secret formula of breathable three-layer textile – soft and durable
• Specially designed ergonomic shape
• Formed and stable heel counter
• Wide and high toes of the shoes allow the toes to move freely.
• Light, comfortable, and durable PVC shoe sole
Manufacturing
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• More than 4000 m2 of manufacturing premises
• New state-of-the-art factory built in 2014
• Closed cycle of production - from textile cutting, pouring shoe sole and decorating to packing into the branded boxes
• Cutting-edge automatic technological equipment made in Italy, Japan, Germany and Poland (Main group, Juki, Garudan, Atom, ZSK)
• 5 shoe sole pouring machines (Main Group, IT)
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Green technologies
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European level clean production with environmentally friendly
technologies safe for Earth:
• Solar panels
• Recuperation – reuse the heat from the refrigeration units
• Advanced computer system managing energy and heat supply –optimization of natural and financial resources, independence from gas prices
• Safe raw materials imported from the EU
• Certified with DSTU GOST 26165:2009