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Run in your favourite pair of shoes, for longer than ever before

Everyday running with enhanced cushioning & durability. We’re proud to have developed the world’s first glue-free running shoe, revolutionising the manufacturing process and enhancing both cushioning and durability.
We’re making running shoes last longer through a patented technology that has reduced the two key reasons that make runners change shoes: outsole wear and loss of cushioning.

Simpler manufacturing, better performance - it’s a win-win!

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Thanks to this new technology, cushioning is softer, responsiveness is enhanced, and weight is reduced.

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When Simplifying Manufacturing Contributes
to Shoe Performance

“Traditional sports shoe manufacturing is a complex process. The cushioning sole is made separately and then manually glued to the upper, requiring many steps, multiple machines, and layers of glue.

Our dream was to simplify the making of a running shoe. When designing our products, we always strive to make simplicity rhyme with performance. After three years of research, we found the solution: with a globally patented mold design, we were able to foam a lightweight, cushioned sole directly around the upper!

The principle is to mix a thermoplastic material with an inert gas, nitrogen, which we inject under high pressure into a mold containing the upper. The nitrogen allows the material to foam finely, fusing directly with the upper in a single step without any glue!”

Stéphane BENADDI, Technical Project Leader, Footwear Process.

ATHLETES CO-CREATION
The injection of a gas-foamed sole directly onto the upper, which does not exist in the industry, is a technology patented by Decathlon. This process is simpler, cleaner, and enhances performance.
After analyzing the primary causes behind a running shoe’s end of life, KIPRUN identified that sole wear and loss of cushioning account for 80% of cases where a shoe becomes unusable.
ATHLETES CO-CREATION
To extend product longevity, the brand developed an exclusive, patented foaming technology that bonds the upper to the sole, combined with optimized sole design.