ANTA Group’s sports-goods innovation consortium has expanded from 13 founding members to 50, according to its October 29 announcement.
At its third conference in Beijing, the consortium introduced Titanium Technology Plus and presented a fully 3D-printed professional tennis shoe. The announcement does not establish a retail launch date, price or consumer availability for that shoe.
The group also announced a Folding Physics Laboratory involving the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research, Tianjin University, Zhejiang University, Tongji University and Ningbo University. Its work explores origami-inspired structures for running-shoe midsoles.
ANTA established the consortium in October 2024 to connect universities, research institutes and supply-chain partners. The latest meeting also outlined joint development in cooling yarn and next-generation supercritical-foam midsoles.
