Situation in the footwear industry

After years of decline, the Dutch shoe industry is back on track. Some six thousand people work at the various factories, most of whom are located in North Brabant. SHOTS: girls in class training to be shoe stitchers; cow hides are tanned in a tannery; the leather is then coloured and sprayed with varnish; manufacture of shoes in a factory, partly on the assembly line and partly by hand; centre fo…