ECCO

ECCO was founded in 1963 by Birte and Karl Toosbuy. Trained as a shoemaker, Karl Toosbuy had a dream to own a shoe factory and run his own business. Therefore, the family decided to give up the security of regular jobs, sell their home, and move to Bredebro in southwest Denmark – just north of the German border.

Unique to the shoe industry, ECCO makes leather at their own tanneries and produces shoes at their own factories. Their global family of employees, representing 60 nationalities across the globe, is the driving force behind their products. Design, development, production, and retail – they take responsibility all the way.