SSIA Articles

Los Angeles Exhibitors

by Dana Huval, Huval's Boot and Shoe Repair,

Crowley, LA

The following companies are set to exhibit at SSIA's upcoming convention in Los Angeles.

Angelus Shoe Polish – Santa Fe Springs, CA, Paul Angelus, Linda Angelos, Julie Smythe, Tracy Cooper & Abby Mendoza Products – Full line of Shoe Polish, Cleaners, Conditioners , Leather Finishes and Paints

Artisan Sewing Company – Commerce CA,
Jerry Zonis, Products - stitcher, clickers, finishers, threads & Supplies

Boris Shoe Components Supply, Inc. - San Francisco CA, Boris Zhitnitsky & Tatiana Zhitnitsky. Products - Rubber heel, soles, sheets, EVA, Dalsoft.

Cadillac Shoe Products – Brighton MI, Tom Sesti, Products – Cadillac Shoe Care, Griffin Shoe Care, Esquire Shoe Care, Water Repellant & Leather Conditioner.

EMU – Woodbridge Ontario, Canada
Shoe Care items – cleaners, polish and sealers

Fiebing – Milwaukee WI, Scott Kravetz
Products – Fiebings leathercolors, Salt Stain Remover, Kelly shoe cream, cork renew & paste wax shoe polish.

Foam Tex Solutions Corp. – SILVER CUP SPONSOR Cleveland OH, Alan, Don, Maggie, Marcie & Paige Abshire. Products - Foam-Tex Suede & Leather Cleaner, Foam-Tex Carpet and Ulpostery Cleaner.

Guard Industries – SILVER CUP SPONSOR St Louis MO, Neil Dotzenrod, Products – Guard & Step Toe & heel plates, AVANTI premium Dowel, J. T. Foote & Cabin Brand retail products, Orthopedic suppliers and Leather Hides

JR Leather – Germany, Hanns Rendenbach,
Products – highest quality leather in full or ½ soles including combination heels.

Landesman Bros. Inc. – Island Park NY,
Roberta Diamond, Products - Goodyear rubber, Dasco, Lexol, Brushes, Daubers and Michellace Shoe Laces.

Lincoln Shoe Polish – Sunnyvale CA, Mannie & Claire Rice, Rick & Jill Bartels, Products – Lincoln Stain Wax shoe polish, Lincoln E-Z Cleaner, Lincoln Shoe Cream, Lincoln Dry Cleaner & Spot Remover & Lincoln Silicone Water Repellent 

Masterfit – Briarcliff Manor NY, Brian Frias,
Products – Zapz Microwavable Custom Insoles

Petronio – SILVER CUP SPONSOR Belleville NJ, Don Rinaldi, Products – Master All-Purpose Cement & Thinner, Quick Shine; Petronio’s All Purpose Cement, Master Spot Remover; Master All-Clear Cement & Master Multi-Purpose Cement.

POLYGEL LLC – Whippany, NJ Peter Bickel, Lawrence Kersen, Marty Vogel & Hal Mordkoff Products – Toe Protectors, Heel Supports, gel insoles, Toe/finger Protectors and General adhesive products.

Positek, Inc. - Norristown PA, Lenny Gershater & Bobby Schwartz, Product - Positek Shoe Repair Manager computer system 

Renia GmbH - Cologne – Germany Heinz Buchholz, Products - Renia - Colle de Cologne Multi-Purpose-Cement, Ortec - Contact-Cement, Syntic - Vinyl and PUR Cement, Yankee Polish finishing wax & GB-Atom - flexible Superglue

Sara Lee Household & Beverage Americas, Exton PA , Maurice Redding & Greg Hopkins Products - KIWI One Shine Singles, KIWI SELECT Smiling Feet Comfort Gel Products, Super Protector, MELTONIAN Nu-Life Sprays & Shoe Creams

SFS Associates, Inc. - St. Louis MO, Dan Busse, Products - Coats Thread, Barbour Red Hand Linen, SFS Thread & Jaeger Elastics

Shoe Systems Plus, Inc. Goshen, NY – Blase & Toni Knabl, Products – Supreme Grinders, Finishers, Sole Presses, Claes Patcher, Stitchers/McKays, Ultra Cam Shoe Stretchers and machine parts.

Soletech – SILVER CUP SPONSOR Salem MA, Jim Ambrose, Karen Ambrose, & Kevin MacNamara, Products - Ruva II soles, Red Sole Protectors, Ultra Cloud insoles, Diabetic Insoles & cordohyde Shoe Laces.

SRE IMPORTERS CORPORATION - Lafayette CA, Roland Mailhot, Michelle Yeager & Dennis Queen, Products - S&R Italian Leather, Native Tan/Eagle Flex Leather, Goodyear Rubber, Topy Rubber, Blue Diamond Abrasives.

Surefoot – Grand Forks ND, Jim Brunelle
Fast Fix, Fast Fix Press, DiRinaldo’s Choice cement, Walk on Cloud and Punch products.

Tarrago – Gardiner NY, Don Kanners, Jim Wetzel, Pat Kanners, Kimberly Cable & Joaquim Tarrago,
Products - Classic, Shoe cream polishs, DeSalter, Super White and Self Shine Polishes. www.tarrago.com

Tauer & Johnson – Mount Prospect, IL Tom Wilhite Made to Order Comfort Footwear, custom made in your choice of leathers and sole. Over 80 styles available to choose from, including golf shoes. Handcrafted quality with a difference you can feel!

TOPY SA - Boulogne( PARIS), FRANCE
Frank-Michael EMRICH, Products – Elysee, Veratop/verasem, cellotop, topalan and

Vibram – SILVER CUP SPONSOR North Brookfield, MA John McLoughlin, Kevin & Kevin Donahue Jr., Bill Ells, Liz Sheldon, Rich Suitum. Products - Vibram, Biltrite, Barge and Norzon

Thanks to these suppliers for making this show possible.
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