What does a fire station have to do with a premier shoe brand, you might ask? Actually a whole lot. ECCO’s facilities in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, now host a fire station built to serve the local community.

Today, DriTan™ by ECCO Leather was introduced to an audience of water specialists at the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition in Tokyo. President of IWA, Diane d’Arras and the Executive Director, Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy joined ECCO’s Head of Applied Research Thomas Gøgsig and VP Creative Director Liam Maher on stage.

25,000,000 litres of water. That’s how much ECCO’s water-efficient innovation DriTan™ will save ECCO at its tannery in the Netherlands every year.

ECCO is not the only brand using direct injection techniques. But ECCO has done it for a long time, pushing boundaries with it. Over the years, the approach to direct injection has evolved into the distinctive Fluidform process being used today.

In ECCO, we have a relentless focus on ensuring that our products come to life under the right conditions both for our colleagues who are involved in the processes, and for the environment.

ECCO Conference Centre in Tønder, Denmark, is always a busy place. However, this week, ECCO’s headquarters were full of children’s laughter. 30 children with heart conditions were invited to spend four days with ECCO and the Danish Heart Association to network, challenge themselves, and simply have fun.

Following years of close cooperation to ensure responsible treatment of by-products from the leather tanning process, ECCO Leather has taken over operations of the Dutch waste water treatment plant Waterstromen in Dongen, NL.

Since 2011, a strategic partnership between Design School Kolding and ECCO has unfolded, and it allows upcoming shoe designers to explore the world of shoes and pave new trails.

The ECCO EXOSTRIKE DYNEEMA Edition has won the 2018 Red Dot Design Award for its outstanding design.

This week, Apple informed about commitments from some of it suppliers on the use of renewable energy. Among these suppliers are ECCO Leather.

ECCO launched its ECCO INDIGO Leather collection at the International Fashion Week in Beijing, China

Unique to our industry, ECCO makes leather at our own tanneries as leather is a fundamental component of most ECCO shoes. Since 1985, ECCO Leather has grown to become one of the world’s largest producers of quality leather. We invite you to visit ECCO Leather on Instagram.

Room for creativity and a constant eye for ways to do things better, smarter, and differently. Those are some of the key elements that stand out when you enter ECCO’s design studio in the outskirts of Tønder, Denmark. ECCO Design Studio houses ECCO’s design team and some of the other creative heads and hands that drive ECCO’s design profile.

Footwear News, leading trendspotter in shoes, has picked up on the ECCO design universe and given their followers a glimpse of how ECCO uses nature for inspiration in colours and textiles on their website.

We're honoured to receive two prestigious awards for our ECCO EXOSTRIKE outdoor shoe: the 2018 ISPO Award in the Outdoor category for Hiking and Trekking Footwear, and the Footwear category for the 2018 Scandinavian Outdoor Award.

ECCO’s use of premium leather and innovative comfort has won an award for 2017 Best Casual Shoes at the Sina Fashion Best Taste 2017 Awards in Beijing. The awards brought together the best of fashion and lifestyle brands, recognising those with a spirit of traditional craftsmanship, originality, professionalism and character in the China market.

Innovation, technology and fashion were in focus when ECCO was invited to join this year’s Berlin Fashion Week in FashionTech, one of the world’s leading fashion and tech conferences.