Historien om JALAS® – håndverk og vernesko siden 1916
Oppdag JALAS’ lange håndverkstradisjon med å lage arbeids- og vernesko av høy kvalitet siden 1916. Se de viktige milepælene som har formet oss, og som gjenspeiler alt vi står for når det gjelder håndverk, innovasjon og urokkelig engasjement
JALAS vernesko: Der finsk tradisjon møter innovasjon
Med base i landsbyen Jokipii, Finland, viderefører vi arven som stolt knutepunkt for design, utvikling og produksjon. Uansett om det er vernesko, sokker eller innersåler, står vi for kvaliteten, komforten og sikkerheten i alle våre produkter. Stig inn i en tradisjon med fokus på kvalitet med JALAS, der hvert par leverer uovertruffen ytelse og tilfredshet.
1916 - Juho Viljanmaa signs the contract to buy the tannery in Jokipii, which is where the JALAS® brand started. Travelling cobblers are hired to manufacture boots, shoes and other made-to-order leather items.
1923 - More skilled tanners and workers are hired. Production is more mechanised.
1928 - Urho Viljanmaa separates a part of the business with focus on manufacturing shoes.
1934 - Industry is registered as tannery and footwear dealer. Shoepacs, poulaines and sandals are manufactured.
1935 - A shoe store is opened in Jokipii to support the tannery.
1940 - Production start of ski boots, moccasins and winter shoes.
1970 - Production start of sport shoes and ski jumping boots.
1974 - First Polyurethane direct injection machine in use to produce ski boots.
1985 - Focus is shifted to occupational and safety shoes with great benefits from sport shoe manufacturing, after JALAS® buys the Aaltonen safety- and sport shoe production in December 1984.
1988 - Matti Nykänen wins 3 Gold medals in the Calgary Olympics with JALAS® ski jumping boots.
1989 - First manufacturer in Europe to develop the shock-absorbing Ergothan insole for safety shoes.
1990 - Extensive automation of production and use of manufacturing robots enable a sharp increase in production volume.
2004 - Annual production volume rises to over 500,000 pairs of occupational and safety shoes. This happens after JALAS® introduces the 2003 Stabilizator collection. This collection features the world’s first aluminium toe-cap. Short after world lightest Safety shoe was launched JALAS Exalter with 399 grams
2008 - Ejendals buys JALAS® from the Viljanmaa family.
2012 - JALAS® is the first safety shoe manufacturer to win the Red Dot design award with its Zenit collection.
2016 - JALAS® celebrates 100 years young by looking forward to new collections with exciting innovations.
2021 - We continue our sustainability work and JALAS safety shoes are now produced with solar energy.