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The Bata Shoe Organisation is one of the world’s largest manufacturers
and retailers of footwear. Activities are carried out in 50 countries
on virtually every continent. More than 40,000 people around the world
of many races and nationalities are employed. Every day, about 1
million customers are being served throughout its 4,600 retail stores
worldwide.
Brief history
Founded
in Czechoslovakia in 1894, Bata was one of the world’s first global
manufacturers. Already by the 1930s the company operated in
Switzerland, Germany, England, France, Yugoslavia, Poland, India and
Holland.. This expansion continued and by 1960, Bata employed 42,000
employees, owned thousands of company stores and many factories.
The foundation of this success was a strong commitment to research and development.
Bata
Industrials was founded in the 1970s as a result of a market call for
footwear for professionals. Since then, Bata Industrials has evolved
into a designer, producer and marketer of safety footwear and hosiery,
exclusively to professional end user markets. Today Bata Industrials is
one of world’s largest manufacturers of this type of footwear and the
only one that is truly a global player. In Europe, the company is
widely acclaimed for collections like the BS2000 and The Natural. With
offices in South Africa, Australia, Chile and Holland, Bata Industrials
serves industries in virtually every continent.
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