Our firm was founded in 1953 in Vigevano, where the best shoe factories were then concentrated, and since then it has been producing and specialising in rubber, thermoplastic and TPU soles. This production was joined a few years ago by the production of rubber sheeting for the shoe industry.

The second generation of the family is now running the business and counts among its customers the most prestigious brands of Italian fashion as well as of mountaineering and climbing, since ILGA Gomma not only produces soles but it also provides technical advice in the development of lasts and design.

Some years ago Ilga moved its premises from the city centre to a new industrial area; recently purchased machineries of new conception allows enhancing production capacity and reduce delivery time, in order to meet the requirements of an evermore demanding market.

Our two main fields of research and development are the following:

Technical research. We have developed two new high-tech rubber mixtures for special purposes: the " Kuss™", which offers the free climbing sector a highly sticky sort of rubber, particularly suited for small supports and the " Ilgaprene™ " for people specialising in trekking, because of its high stress and ageing resistance. Of no least importance is our antistatic rubber for professional and specific usage (medical field and accident prevention).
Recently we developed and patented a new industrial process, named "Blink", by which we can obtain a new kind of 2-colored rubber.

Stylist research. Our company have a modeller and a workshop to develop its collection and to fulfil our customer's proposals.

"Think a lot – says Chairman Paolo Sempio – analyzing and understand things nearby is the most important issue to survive in such a competitive market"