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A shoe factory showing how shoes are made in India. This is actually one of the most automated super high tech plants in India, belonging to Liberty Shoes, and situated at Roorkee, in Uttarakhand, India. Currently with an annual turnover exceeding INR.600 crore (U.S. $150 million), they figure amongst the top 5 manufacturers of leather footwear of the world producing more than 50,000 pairs a day using a capacity of more than 3 lakh square feet of leather per month. Helping us dress up the feet of the fashion-driven and quality-seeking customers in more than 25 countries, which includes major international fashion destinations like France, Italy and Germany, is our worldwide distribution network of 150 distributors, 400 exclusive showrooms and more than 6000 multi-brand outlets. This footag