Timeline

2023 - 50% circular sole in production 
(August)

Our new soles made from a mixture of 50% granules from worn soles, 25% natural rubber and 25% synthetic rubber are now available for new soles in women's sizes.

2023 - Knitting Lab 
(Febuary)

Yarns offer a wide range of possibilities for circular processes. We have set up a knitting laboratory for this purpose.  

2022 - Energy neutrality
(November)

We are installing solar panels on the roof of our production facilities and 2 electric filling stations.

2022 - t-project 2.0
(July)

We developed a new rubber compound for moulded soles together with the university of Chemnitz. It consists of 50% old sole granulate and 50% new natural rubber, creating a loop in our rubber usage.

2021 - Kismet/Karma
(July)

We constructed leather uppers from leather cut-offs by cutting, sciving and glueing small rectangles together.The soles are made from 85 % granulated, worn down soles from our resolings and 15% PU, while the footbed consists of felt made from recycled plastic bottles.

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2021 - Aware
(July)

We created a sneaker made from repurposed linen mailbags with a layered natural rubber sole, that organizes all neccessary support to avoid plastic reinforcements. A cork footbed and cotton lining give the comfy feeling inside.

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2020 - Undyed leather
(July)

We added the uncoloured colour "OFF" to the palette of various leather qualities and created the undyed metal-free leather "TDY" with only top-dye.

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2020 - Trace Sole
(January)

The  »Trace«-sole is made from a rubber, consisting of up to 30% of recycled rubber from production leftovers.  The abrasion of these soles is 34,53% biodegradable within 6 months according to UNI EN ISO 14855 in absence of phytotoxicity.

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2019 - Vegan shoes
(September)

Together  with "The Case Studies", a studio specialized in knitting, we created our first leather-free knitted shoes. In the same time we made our first Zori-Slippers with textile and cork as substitutes for the leather parts.

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2018 - Sustainability skills
(September)

We created our sustainability skills symbols where we identify every aspect of our shoes concerning material, production, components, health, longevity and sustainibility.

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2016 - Integration of refugees
(May)

We employed a small group of afghan refugees, organized german lessons and helped them to find their way into our community. This effort was honoured with the Brandenburg Integration Award.

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2009 - Expansion Zehdenick

We built a new hall on our trippen manufacturing campus and brought also the last line from Italy to Zehdenick. Having everything in one house reduced our footprint concerning delivery ways.

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2006 - XO's collection
(September)

In order to minimize weight with maximum stability, the rubber wedge was reduced to a slim cross under the heel and 2 oval shapes in the front section. The constructions refers to the penna- collection.

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2005 - Waterbased glue
(April)

We replaced the solvent based glue with waterbased glue. As drying times are longer, it was a difficult change-over for our shoe production, but the advantages for all were great at the end.
 

2004 - Penna collection
(September)

We created Moccasin-like stitched leather uppers with a new seam-technique to avoid reinforcements. The new rubber soles have a concave shaped design for best shock absorbtion.
 

1995 - Trippen Manufacture Zehdenick
(March)

We remembered the former GDR shoe production town 60 km north of Berlin and started there with former workers from the shoe- and textile industry.
 

1995 - Repair Workshop

Ines was our first master craftsman, engaged for doing sewing, repairing and resoling.

1994- Packaging
(January)

We decided to use a simple packaging made from recycled cardboard and silk paper, that can easily be recycled and never changed this, as for us it's more about our product then investing in package.
 

1994 - Closed Linie
(September)

When we searched for the optimum sole design, that enables easy resoling, we reduced the classical sole to an undercut and created our closed outline.

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1992 - Recycling Experiments
(March)

We created sandals using "Trabbi"-tires for the soles, tapesty from fairs for the foobed and wornout jeans for the uppers.

1992 - First wooden experiments

We used wood as a natural material and created a dynamic design with integrated footbed and good shockabsorbing.