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Birkenstock Buys Dresden-Area Factory for €18 Million to Boost Production

An insolvent seller enabled a faster, lower-cost path to expand capacity.

Overview

  • The acquired site spans about 78,000 square meters of production and logistics space.
  • Birkenstock plans to bring the plant online by the end of its 2027 fiscal year.
  • Initial output from the facility will focus on sandals, clogs and footbeds.
  • The company says buying an existing plant is cheaper and quicker than building new.
  • Birkenstock is also scouting additional manufacturing locations within the European Union.