OrthoLite Opens New Facility in North Vietnam

AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS (November 24, 2025) – OrthoLite announced the opening of its new facility in the Ninh Binh Province in North Vietnam. According to the company, this is a significant step forward in OrthoLite’s strategy to localize the entire product creation process from end-to-end while strengthening the company’s production capabilities to better support regional and global brand partners.

OrthoLite North Vietnam (ONV) is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that catalyzes local-for-local production and service. OrthoLite’s commitment to the northern Vietnam region furthers its unique global vertical integration strategy and investment in its owned and operated facilities. 

Led by Michael Hsu, the country manager for OrthoLite North Vietnam, the new ONV facility offers local production which reduces lead times and enhances supply chain resilience. OrthoLite’s global quality standards ensure consistency and excellence across all foam formulations, assuring the highest standards while qualifying new programs, reducing waste, and launching advanced digital monitoring tools for transparency and reliability. 

“The northern Vietnam region represents part of OrthoLite’s global production strategy to align our factories and provide efficient and exemplary service directly to our local partners and Tier 1 factories,” Hsu said. “With this strategic expansion, OrthoLite is well positioned to deliver high-performance comfort solutions locally for global brands.”

On October 30, 2025, Coats announced the completion of its acquisition of OrthoLite, the global leader in open-cell foam insole technology. The acquisition of OrthoLite is the latest step in Coats’ ambition to shape the future of the global apparel and footwear supply chain through innovation, sustainability, and digital technologies that improve quality, efficiency and performance.

OrthoLite founder and CEO Glenn Barrett is a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame.