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Dr. Karl Laryea in an interview with journalists<\/strong><\/p>\n DIHOC FOOTWEAR Division Limited, popularly referred to as the Kumasi Shoe Factory, yesterday opened its\u00a0showroom adjacent to the School of Ordinance, Elwak Sports Stadium in Accra.<\/p>\n Board Chairman, Dr. Karl Laryea, called on Ghanaians not to look down on locally made shoes from the factory but accord high respect for the company\u2019s products in terms of quality.<\/p>\n There were more than 7000 pairs of fashionable shoes on display for the public including Achimota sandals, executive wears, and yet-to-be commercialised diabetic shoes.<\/p>\n Dr. Laryea announced that the factory was now into commercial shoe production and would soon open more showrooms in other regions.<\/p>\n Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia last week outdoored the company\u2019s new shoe collections, at the inauguration of the Defence Industries Holding Company Limited (DIHOC) as well as the sod-cutting ceremony for various projects under the company.<\/p>\n The shoe factory has over years been producing safety and security boots and shoes for uniformed security agencies.<\/p>\n DIHOC Footwear Division, is joint venture between a Czech Republic-based company \u2013 Knights a.s., acting through its subsidiary, Knight Ghana Limited \u2013 and DIHOC Holding Company, owned by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).<\/p>\n Dr. Laryea said the company \u201cis now in a position to produce all categories of shoes designed to satisfy the preference and exact taste of the general public.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the company now boasts of modern equipment to produce the same categories of shoes being designed by celebrated designer brands worldwide.<\/p>\n \u201cDIHOC Footwear Division Limited can now produce shoes for corporate events which can be worn at weddings, executive meetings and any other occasion,\u201d Dr. Laryea said.<\/p>\n He said the company is in the process of producing large quantities of its new classic shoes to cover the West African sub-region.<\/p>\n Dr. Laryea, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Knights Ghana Limited, called on Ghanaians to cut down their dependence on foreign products and patronise made in Ghana shoes from DIHOC Footwear.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the security agencies with approximately 100,000 personnel demand more products, employee numbers will shoot up from 200 to 800 within 5 years,\u201d Dr. Laryea said.<\/p>\n Additionally, he called on government to grant a waiver of taxes on imported raw materials for a five-year period spanning 2023 to 2028.<\/p>\n A business desk report<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Karl Laryea in an interview with journalists DIHOC FOOTWEAR Division Limited, popularly referred to as the Kumasi Shoe Factory, yesterday opened its\u00a0showroom adjacent to the School of Ordinance, Elwak Sports Stadium in Accra. Board Chairman, Dr. Karl Laryea, called on Ghanaians not to look down on locally made shoes from the factory but accord […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1054923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[813,5242,2537,1100,7412,7438],"class_list":["post-1054922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-accra","tag-factory","tag-kumasi","tag-opens","tag-shoe","tag-showroom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1054922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}