Abstract: A machine is disclosed for assembling box sole footwear semiautomatically. The machine provides for carrying out a number of operations through a completely new method of footwear assembly, thus affording significant labor savings and low investment costs. Specifically, this machine for semiautomatically assembling footwear having so-called box soles comprises, in essence, a former provided, at the sides, with a plurality of perforations connected to a suction pump and mounted on an arm adapted for pivotal movement about a horizontal axis. The machine further comprises a rubber plate and members cooperating with it which are adapted to press the sole edge against the sides of the former.