Farsoon Technologies launches FS450M automated shoe mold solution at Vietnam AM forum

Farsoon Technologies, the Chinese industrial AM OEM, hosted its 2026 Southeast Asia Footwear Additive Manufacturing Forum on June 12 in Vietnam, in partnership with local distributor Chanhone Technology. At the event, Farsoon unveiled the FS450M, a fully automated shoe mold production platform featuring six 500W fiber lasers, an expanded build envelope, and modular integration with AGV transport, a one-to-four automated powder circulation system, and MES digital control. The company also detailed its localized service infrastructure for the Southeast Asian market, including real-time support, on-site process tuning, and EHS standardization programs.

This move targets a specific and economically significant vertical: footwear mold production in Southeast Asia, where Vietnam alone hosts a dense network of global sportswear OEMs and contract manufacturers. Farsoon is not the first AM vendor to pursue this segment - UnionTech and other Chinese polymer and metal OEMs have made inroads - but the FS450M’s emphasis on full workflow automation (print, depowder, transport, post-processing) addresses the labor-cost and consistency pain points that have limited AM adoption in traditional mold shops. The forum’s attendance by multiple international brand technical teams suggests that qualification conversations are moving beyond prototype evaluation into production consideration. Farsoon’s open-parameter architecture, which allows users to tune process settings across machines and batches, is a deliberate counterpoint to closed-loop systems from Western competitors, and aligns with the company’s broader strategy of selling production capability rather than just hardware.

For Farsoon, the real execution challenge is not the machine specs - the FS450M is a credible production tool - but whether its local service network in Vietnam can deliver the uptime, spare-part availability, and process repeatability that footwear factories demand. The company’s partnership with Chanhone Technology is a start, but scaling from a 60-person forum to multi-site deployments will require sustained investment in local engineering talent and consumables supply. Buyers in this segment should evaluate the FS450M against actual production throughput and total cost per mold, not just laser count or build volume.