SYNTHETIC LEATHER
November 1st, 2001
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKEA THIN and lightweight artificial leather has been developed by Japanese company Toray Industries. Called ECSAINE Prima, it is produced via a non-woven fabric processing technology, and combines a highly resistant polyurethane fabric with an ultra-thin surface fibre. The resulting artificial leather is as thin as 0.55 mm and weighs only 170g/m sq.root, according to reports in Japan's Company News Reports. It has a suede texture, with extra-fine 0.04 decitex, (1 decitex = 1.1 denier), fibres covering the surface. Toray hopes that ...
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