Founded in Czechoslovakia in 1894, Bata was one of the world’s first global manufacturers. Already by the 1930s the company operated in Switzerland, Germany, England, France, Yugoslavia, Poland, India and Holland.. This expansion continued and by 1960, Bata employed 42,000 employees, owned thousands of company stores and many factories.

The foundation of this success was a strong commitment to research and development.

Bata Industrials was founded in the 1970s as a result of a market call for footwear for professionals. Since then, Bata Industrials has evolved into a designer, producer and marketer of safety footwear and hosiery, exclusively to professional end user markets. Today Bata Industrials is one of world’s largest manufacturers of this type of footwear and the only one that is truly a global player.