On's Wild Next-Gen Trainer Makes Most Super Shoes Look Antiquated : Prolife Fitness

This makes it On’s first training shoe to feature LightSpray but far from the last. The company recently opened a new factory near Busan, South Korea, increasing its production capacity for the upper “30-fold,” it says.

Robotic arm inside a glass-enclosed automated manufacturing line with metal conveyor belt. — On recently opened a new factory in South Korea to increase the production of LightSpray shoes “30-fold,” it says.

White and teal sock-style sneaker with black sole labeled — The process is fully automated and takes mere minutes to complete.

It works like this: Robotic arms spray the upper onto a mold with single piece of synthetic monofilament — similar to how a spider weaves its web. Then the upper attaches to the midsole with a patent-pending thermal bonding technique.

Close-up of a 3D printer nozzle extruding thin, curly strands of blue filament onto a textured surface. — Robotic arms spray a single piece of synthetic monofilament around a shoe last.

The whole process takes mere minutes from start to finish, and it cuts down the carbon emissions up to 75 percent, On claims.

Robotic arm holding a white and blue sneaker with a yellow sole inside a manufacturing machine. — On claims that the LightSpray production process cuts down carbon emissions up to 75 percent compared to traditional manufacturing.

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