Okabashi
- Headquarters
- Buford, GA
- Manufacturing
- Buford, GA
- Categories
- apparel
Okabashi has made molded footwear in Buford, Georgia since 1984, and describes itself as one of the remaining one percent of American footwear manufacturers. The record is stronger than most in the footwear segment because the brand accounts for its material as well as its assembly: the bio-based compound its sandals and flip-flops are molded from is made in the USA, roughly 45% soy by weight, and recycled back through the same plant.
The Buford factory is independently documented: the State of Georgia publicized a 2022 expansion adding hundreds of manufacturing jobs at the existing Gwinnett County site, which corroborates the own-site claim with a source that has no interest in overstating it.
The record
Sandals and shoes are handcrafted at the company's factory in Buford, Georgia
“Handcrafted in Buford, GA, we're proud to be in the remaining 1% of US footwear manufacturers.”
okabashi.comRetrieved
The footwear's proprietary material is made in the USA
“Our proprietary bio-based material is made in the USA out of 45% soy by weight and is 100% recyclable.”
okabashi.comRetrieved
The Georgia governor's office names the Buford plant and its manufacturing expansion
“Okabashi Brands is located at 4823 Roy Carlson Boulevard in Buford. The company will invest over $20 million over the next five years, and the renovations will add new manufacturing lines and increase production by 100 percent.”
gov.georgia.govRetrieved
Domain record
okabashi.com was registered on .It dates the domain, not the business: a maker that moved to a new address reads young here, and an old domain says nothing about who holds it now.
RDAP registry record · checked 19 Sep 2026
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