The factory is associated with the guidance of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

When visiting it in January Juche 104 (2015), he said that the factory has an important role to play in developing the country's footwear industry and gave a task for turning it into a model in the country's footwear industrial sector. And he settled all the problems arising in its realization.

Thanks to his wise guidance, a project for renovating the factory and updating its equipment finished successfully till July 2017 and the factory was turned into a modern base with a large capacity of producing one million and hundreds of thousands of various sport shoes annually.

He visited the factory again in October 2017 and acquainted himself with the renovation and production of the factory and the quality of its products, going round the combined production control room, cutting shop, designing room, products exhibition room and other places of the factory. The factory produces many varieties of quality and attractive sports shoes, he noted, saying with broad smile on his face that he is very pleased to picture in mind the children, sportspersons and other people rejoicing over those home-made sports shoes.

Watching a panoramic view of the factory repeatedly, he stressed that it is a perfect factory and another wealth created in the struggle for the improvement of people's living.

Officials and employees of the factory are now making innovation in the production with the pride of working at the site associated with his guidance.