- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Commercial printing/Forms
- Address
- Vranje Serbia
- Business
- Hemijska industrija a.d. Vranje is a Serbia-based manufacturing enterprise specializing in the production of components for the footwear industry, industrial chemical formulations, and technical plastic products. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Vranje, Serbia, the company operates as a primary supplier to industrial footwear manufacturers and leather goods producers across Southeastern and Western Europe. The company's product and service portfolio comprises: footwear soles, consisting of outsoles and bottom units for men's, women's, and children's footwear produced from thermoplastic rubber (TR), polyurethane (PU), vulcanized rubber, and dual-density rubber-polyurethane composites; footwear components, including heels molded from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polystyrene, platforms, wedges, and internal insoles; industrial adhesives and chemical preparations, including polyurethane and polychloroprene adhesives, waterborne and solvent-based bonding agents, primers, hardeners, surface cleaners, and finishing coatings tailored for footwear assembly, leather crafting, upholstery, and woodworking; and custom tooling and technical services, offering computer-aided mold design, prototyping, and precision CNC fabrication of injection molds for industrial clients. The company serves the domestic Serbian market and maintains extensive export operations across European markets, including Italy, Bulgaria, Albania, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hemijska industrija a.d. Vranje operates with majority ownership and strategic backing from Italian industrial chemical producer Kenda Farben S.p.A. In recent operational developments, the company has advanced the modernization of its automated polyurethane injection and vulcanization production lines, expanded the distribution of low-emission, solvent-free adhesives and sustainable sole compounds in collaboration with Kenda Farben, and strengthened its regional supply chain integration to enhance export capacity across European footwear manufacturing hubs.