The Footwear industry in Indonesia grows along the line with the development of the Indonesian economy in general since the early seventies. It grow steadily year by year, but as a group  of manufacturers they are still not a cohesive sector, and from scale perspective only a few are known nationally, only big name like the Bata shoe company that operates in Indonesia for decades.

However since the early eighties the footwear industry in Indonesia grows rapidly with the influx of foreign investment which produced footwear for the foreign market. This development was also enhanced by the government’s business friendly policy and a stable economic and political condition. This development was also accelerated by the expansion of supporting industries, which resulted in more cost efficient production and a timely production time.

This rapid development need a better management, and  a  new approach from policy makers was adopted. In the year 1988, the Ministry of Industry assembled shoe manufacturers from Jabotabek area, West Java, Central Java and encouraged the formation of the Indonesian Footwear Association or Asosiasi Persepatuan Indonesia known as APRISINDO.