We're enthusiastic and determined to embrace every kind of experience in contact with nature. Mountaineering, long treks, slow and fast hiking, hard but safe work. For AKU, embracing the outdoors in all its facets means experiencing it with this spirit: free yet aware, dynamic yet responsible.
AKU Embrace the outdoors
Authentic in thought and action, in the way we understand our products, social relationships, and business dynamics. A way of being born from our identity, from respect for our history and culture.
Nothing to hide, much to share. Behind every shoe we make is the dedication of women, men, and an entire production system that deserves to be known, the result of long-standing relationships that are a source of pride for us and a guarantee of quality for our footwear wearers.
AKU is an Italian company founded in Montebelluna, in the heart of Italy's sports footwear district, specializing in the production of high-quality OUTDOOR, PROFESSIONAL, and HUNTING footwear. Two proprietary production units in Italy and Romania. Global distribution across Europe, North America, and Asia, totaling over 50 markets.
A business project always focused on the search for manufacturing solutions capable of combining legendary Italian manufacturing and stylistic tradition with the most advanced innovative solutions for product reliability and comfort.
And with special attention to environmental impact.
Our approach
We think and design following two guidelines with clear objectives, having as a common denominator the qualitative excellence of the product.
design to perform
High-performance functional footwear for outdoor sports and professional use in critical environmental contexts, designed according to technical criteria that enhance the comfort and precision of the fit, the internal climate and the stability of the product in action.
design to reduce
Footwear designed with an approach aimed at reducing overall consumption and environmental impact, through the selection of raw materials derived from reuse processes and low-emission logistics and production solutions.