THE STORY: Hope Global has been making shoe and boot laces for 136 years, and today it produces approximately 12 million pairs, or 108 million feet, of laces per year.
› A division of NFA Corp., Cumberland-based Hope Global has been operating in the United States since 1883 and has 227 employees working there
Rhode Island's Market Has Changed. Developers, Builders, Investors and Sellers Must Change With It.
By Emilio DiSpirito IV License Partner | Engel & Völkers Oceanside Leader | The DiSpirito…
Learn More
› These shoe and boot laces are sold only to major shoe and boot manufacturers, not consumers
› The process includes yarn twisting, winding and braiding, after which the braid is acetate tipped, fused tipped, cut to length and spooled
› The laces use man-made fibers, including nylon, polyester and polypropylene
› It takes six people 1 hour to make one unit of the laces
