Case Study: Clarks achieves rapid, cost-saving full-color prototyping and improved product quality with 3D Systems

ProJet 3D Printing Helps Shoemaker, Clarks, Embark on New Era of Innovation

Clarks, the 185‑year‑old British shoemaker, faced a costly, slow product‑development cycle based on hand sketches and overseas sample manufacturing that could take two to three weeks per prototype. That lag made it hard to respond to rapidly changing tastes and iterate designs efficiently.

By moving to a fully digital CAD process and in‑house, full‑color ProJet 3D printing, Clarks now produces high‑fidelity prototypes in a day, slashing production and shipping costs, improving final‑product quality through hands‑on review, and accelerating time‑to‑market. The change gives Clarks greater agility to experiment, sell earlier in the cycle, reprint worldwide, and secure a clear competitive advantage.

Clarks

Ross Authers

Digital Development Manager