Footwear Enterprises In Elche Achieve Substantial Growth

Authorities in the Elche District of Alicante, Spain, recently announced the footwear industry in the region.

The number of shoe and shoe enterprises has increased by 20%. Elche and patre district are important areas for footwear production in Spain. For a long time, footwear production has become an important pillar industry in Spain.

In the early part of this century, there was a structural change in the Spanish footwear industry, and Shoe Retailers imported a lot of cheap shoes abroad, some of which were in Elche.

The pfer of production to Asian countries resulted in the closure of many shoemaking enterprises and the loss of large numbers of workers.

After the impact of the 2008 financial crisis, the confidence and innovation ability of the Spanish footwear industry began to recover gradually.

According to official statistics, by the end of 2015, the number of enterprises in Elche's shoe making industry chain reached 862, an increase of nearly 20% compared with the 721 enterprises in 2013.

From the perspective of employment, Elche in 2009

The number of employees has dropped to the lowest level in history, with only 5300 people.

By 2015, the number of employees increased to 9000.

In addition, the footwear industry has created more employment opportunities for other related industries, such as chemical and pportation industries.

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Recently, the municipal Party committee member and the United Front Secretary Xu He took the lead in carrying out the "warming meeting to relieve worries" activities. They visited the footwear industry association of the city to encourage the association to play a good role in bridge and link, actively advocate the "craftsman spirit", and encourage footwear enterprises to work hard on new products, new processes, new equipment and new technologies, and further polish the brand of Chaozhou footwear industry.

During the investigation, Xu listened to the relevant reports of the footwear industry association and collected opinions and suggestions on accelerating development and improving services.

According to the briefing, the association was founded in 2011 and now has more than 100 members. It has played an important role in serving Chaozhou footwear enterprises and standardizing the development of footwear industry.

Xu pointed out that at present, SMEs in China's manufacturing industry are generally facing difficulties in increasing costs, reducing export demand and making small profits. Chaozhou footwear enterprises are in a critical period of pformation and upgrading.

The footwear industry association should adhere to problem oriented, in-depth research, find out the situation, sort out, analyze and judge the problems encountered by the member enterprises in the development process, timely communicate with the government effectively, convey the demands and voices of member enterprises, and boost the development of enterprises; relevant functional departments should increase guidance and support, nurture, develop and expand trade associations, and promote the coordinated development of Chaozhou's economy and society.