AoKang and GEOX join forces

17/12/2002

The AoKang group, the Chinese shoe manufacturer, has announced it has joined forces with Italian company GEOX, which produces over 10 million pairs of leather shoes annually.

In November Mr. Wang zhen Tao, president of AoKang, signed an agreement with GEOX - effectively sharing their sales networks and allowing AoKang to produce and co-design GEOX’s shoes sold in Asia, Europe and America.

Mr. Wang zhen Tao said that AoKang group has already established over 2,000 sales centres in China. The agreement is the largest alliance between shoe-making companies in China and Italy.