OrthoLite founder and CEO, Glenn Barrett, was formally inducted into the 2024 Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame by the National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) during a ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona on May 21, 2024. Barrett was recognized by the NSGA for the significant impact OrthoLite’s open-cell PU foam insole solutions have made not only to footwear, but also to the sporting goods industry. OrthoLite is the world leader in branded footwear component technologies.

Barrett revolutionized the footwear segment of the sporting goods industry from the inside out. While most public attention is paid to the outer style of footwear, OrthoLite, which Barrett founded in 1997, focused on the inside with an emphasis on the importance of comfort and performance.

This open-cell PU foam was the ideal technology to solve the problems occurring inside the shoe, offering a solution that was not only more comfortable, but it also provided a cooler, drier, and healthier interior environment inside of the footwear. This product also proved to be easier on the planet by using 5% recycled outsole rubber waste material in the mix.

Today OrthoLite partners with more than 550 of the world’s leading footwear brands who trust OrthoLite to elevate the comfort, performance, and sustainability of their footwear.

Highlight: SBG Media