Mephisto Footwear
Mephisto, Inc. is a manufacturer of shoes and sportswear based in Sarrebourg, France.
Founded by designer Martin Michaeli, Mephisto is established in Sarrebourg France, 1965 - the company's success was founded on its moccasin model.
Today Mephisto is a major shoe producer, with more than 2800 employees and 100 million pairs of shoes sold per year.
Sales are concentrated in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but Mephisto has made inroads in the American walking shoe market as well.
Mephisto Technology
The SOFT-AIR TECHNOLOGY of MEPHISTO makes tired feet a thing of the past. The flexible SOFT-AIR mid-sole minimizes the shock resulting from walking. Thus offering protection to your feet, relief for your joints and proper care for your back.
Excellent fit has always been the main target when developing the Mephisto shoe line and is the key to its success. It is the result of function-oriented design, advanced production technology and well-shaped lasts.
The principles of Mephisto have always been to use only the most excellent materials available on the market.
The first-class leathers are full grain and aniline-tanned. These expensive leathers are only available in Europe and North-America.
Aniline-tanning means natural tanning, by using colour application that allows the leathers to keep their natural appearance, giving the touch of nobility. The use of such leather requires enormous experience (i.e., individual cutting, pair by pair). Naturally tanned leathers may be of slightly different color as the hides do not always react identically when tanning. Even more, there may be small color differences within the same hide.
Mephisto's grained leathers are on a natural base and not "warm pressed" like cheaper grained leathers. Consequently, the grain can appear slightly different from pair to pair and even sometimes between the left and right shoe.
Even though the choice for such quality leathers is very limited, compared with other shoe manufacturers Mephisto manages to provide a diverse originality among the different products in its shoe lines.