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A Brief History of SATRASATRA has a long and varied history and the timeline below illustrates some of our many achievements and events of interest.
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1919 SATRA's first annual general meeting was held May 26th 1919. On the same day, the research association sub-committee accepted and registered 22 members.
1936 SATRA's walking platform being used in 1936.
1949 HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited SATRA in 1949 to open new laboratories to be known as the Gloucester Block.
1971 Measuring flexing angles on women's shoes in the then Shoe Engineering section.
1992 Biomechanical studies led to the development of the SATRA slip rig and in 1992 the publication of PM144.
2007 Wyndham Way completed - an integrated state-of-the-art technology centre offering unrivalled research and testing for a wide range of consumer products industries.
1922 Foot measurement being carried out in the 1920s.
1946 SATRA settled in Kettering in 1946 when it purchased Avenue House (later called SATRA House) in Rockingham Road.
1952 SATRA received a novel request in 1952 to produce 35 pairs of boots to meet the requirements of the 1953 British Expedition attempting to conquer Mount Everest.
1965, 1969 HM the Queen visited SATRA in 1965. In 1969 SATRA received the Queen's Award for Industry, for its moist heat setting process, seen as one of the most significant technological contributions to shoemaking.
1980 Pattern Scan was an early SATRA electronic device developed specially for measuring areas of upper patterns - a forerunner of the modern SATRASumm.
2004 SATRA produced the first prototype of its advanced moisture management test.
