Si-TPV: Silicone Vegan Leather Solution for Automotive Faux Leather Upholstery Fabric

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Artificial leather is known by many names, including leatherette, imitation leather, faux leather, vegan leather, and PU leather. These synthetic leather upholstery fabrics materials are used as substitutes for genuine animal hide, not only in inexpensive cars but also in very high-end models.

Did you know this innovative artificial leather creates a luxurious visual and tactile experience for automotive interior leather seat upholstery?

Si-TPV silicone vegan leather redefines automotive interiors with its high visual and tactile experience, combining eco-friendly with outstanding performance. This eco-leather is free from PVC, polyurethane, BPA, and harmful plasticizers, ensuring a non-toxic and healthy environment. Its exceptional durability includes resistance to abrasion, cracking, fading, and weather while remaining waterproof and easy to clean. Available in a diverse array of colors and textures, It provides versatile design options for stylish automotive upholstery and decorative materials, delivering elegance unmatched by traditional leathers.

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Si-TPV silicone vegan leather products are made from dynamic vulcanized thermoplastic silicone-based elastomers. Our Si-TPV silicone fabric leather can be laminated with a variety of substrates using high-memory adhesives. Unlike other types of synthetic leather, this silicone vegan leather integrates the advantages of traditional leather in terms of appearance, scent, touch, and eco-friendliness, while also providing various OEM and ODM options that give designers unlimited creative freedom.
Key benefits of the Si-TPV silicone vegan leather series include a long-lasting, skin-friendly soft touch and an appealing aesthetic, featuring stain resistance, cleanliness, durability, color personalization, and design flexibility. With no DMF or plasticizers used, this Si-TPV silicone vegan leather is PVC-free vegan leather. It is ultra-low VOCs and offers superior wear and scratch resistance, No need to worry about peeling the leather surface, as well as excellent resistance to heat, cold, UV, and hydrolysis. This effectively prevents aging, ensuring a non-tacky, comfortable touch even in extreme temperatures.

Material Composition

Surface: 100% Si-TPV, leather grain, smooth or patterns custom, soft and tunable elasticity tactile.

Color: can be customized to customers' color requirements various colors, high colorfastness does not fade.

Backing: polyester, knitted, nonwoven, woven, or by customer’s requirements.

Width: can be customized
Thickness: can be customized
Weight: can be customized

Key Benefits

High-end luxury visual and tactile look
Soft comfortable skin-friendly touch
Thermostable and cold resistance
Without cracking or peeling
Hydrolysis resistance
Abrasion resistance
Scratch resistance
Ultra-low VOCs
Aging resistance
Stain resistance
Easy to clean
Good elasticity
Colorfastness
Antimicrobial
Over-molding
UV stability
non-toxicity
Waterproof
Eco-friendly
Low carbon

Durability Sustainability

Advanced solvent-free technology, no plasticizer.
OEM VOC compliance: 100% free of PVC and PU & BPA FREE, odorless.
Environmental protection and recyclable.

Application

Animal-Friendly Si-TPV silicone vegan leather is silicone upholstery fabric, as automotive interior leather seat upholstery raw material, compared to genuine leather PVC leather, PU leather, other artificial leather, and synthetic leather, this upholstery leather material provides sustainable choices for an abundance of automobile interior parts, ranging from the cockpit modules, instrument panels, steering wheel, door panels, and handle to the car seats and other interior surfaces, etc.
Si-TPV silicone vegan leather has no adhesion or bonding issues with other materials, easy to bond with other automotive interior parts.

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How to achieve comfort, and luxurious automotive interiors?—The Future of Sustainable Car Design…

Automotive Interiors Leather Upholstery Market Demand

To create sustainable and luxurious automotive interiors, modern automotive Interior Materials materials must meet various demands, including strength, performance, aesthetics, comfort, safety, price, environmental protection, and energy efficiency.

While the discharge of volatile matter from the interior automotive materials is the most direct and the most important reason for environmental pollution of the interior of the vehicle. Leather, as a component material of interior in automotive applications, has a significant impact on the appearance， haptic sensation, safety, smell, and environmental protection of the whole vehicle.

Common Types of Leather Used in Automotive Interiors

1. Genuine Leather

Genuine leather is a traditional material that has evolved in production techniques while still relying on animal hides, primarily from cattle and sheep. It is classified into full-grain leather, split leather, and synthetic leather.

Advantages: Excellent breathability, durability, and comfort. It is also less flammable than many synthetic materials, making it suitable for low-flame applications.

Drawbacks: High cost, strong odor, susceptibility to bacterial growth, and challenging maintenance. Despite these issues, genuine leather holds a significant market position in high-end automotive interiors.

2. PVC Artificial Leather and PU Synthetic Leather

PVC artificial leather is made by coating fabric with PVC, while PU synthetic leather is produced by coating with PU resin.

Advantages: Comfortable feel similar to genuine leather, high mechanical strength, a variety of colors and patterns, and good flame retardancy.

Drawbacks: Poor breathability and moisture permeability. The production processes for conventional PU leather raise environmental concerns, limiting their use in automotive interiors.

3. Technical Fabric

Technical fabric resembles leather but is essentially a textile made primarily of polyester.

Advantages: Good breathability, high comfort, and durability, with a leather-like texture and color.

Drawbacks: High cost, limited repair options, easy to get dirty, and potential color change after washing. Its adoption rate in automotive interiors remains relatively low.

Tech Forward: The Shift Towards Eco-Friendly Materials for Auto Upholstery Leather

To keep a clean, healthy, zero-low-smell car environment, manufacturers of the whole vehicle and parts pay more and more attention to developing and adopting eco-friendly new processes, and comfort emerging materials with novel technologies for ecological and environmental protection of automotive leather. Sustainable automobile faux leather upholstery fabric materials alternatives are becoming a major trend in automotive interior applications. One such option is Si-TPV automobile faux leather upholstery fabric from SILIKE.

SILIKE’s Si-TPV silicone vegan leather is a sustainable automobile faux leather upholstery fabric alternative material, that offers a superior genuine leather effect. It realizes a new luxurious automotive experience without relying on animal cruelty.

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Unique Experience: Si-TPV silicone vegan leather offers a visually striking soft, comfortable touch that requires no additional processing or coatings.

Durability: Si-TPV silicone vegan leather is extremely resistant to wear and tear, eliminating concerns about peeling.

Low Maintenance: Si-TPV silicone vegan leather Reduces dust adsorption with a non-tacky, dirt-resistant surface. Contains no plasticizers or softening oils, making it odorless.

Colorfastness: Si-TPV silicone vegan leather is available in custom colors with long-lasting resistance to sweat, oil, and UV exposure.

Hydrolysis Resistance: Low surface tension of Si-TPV silicone automotive leather minimizes stains and cleaning efforts.

Sustainability: Si-TPV silicone vegan leather provides a sustainable alternative to PU,

PVC, or microfiber leather, supporting a circular economy.

Antibacterial Properties: Adding antibacterial properties to the Si-TPV silicone vegan leather material allows manufacturers of the whole vehicle and parts to provide extra benefits to customers, they don’t worry about after long -time use of the car, there will be many bacteria and viruses left in the car from the seat, handles, steering wheel, and other parts, to ensure the safety and cleanliness of the automotive, promotes healthier indoor air quality, enhancing the overall customer experience.
Are you looking for sustainable, comfortable, soft and skin-friendly materials to design luxurious cars?

While leather has traditionally been the go-to choice for luxury car interiors, growing awareness of environmental impacts and animal welfare has led many to seek alternatives.

Automakers are increasingly turning to eco-friendly options like Si-TPV silicone vegan leather, which replaces harmful materials and benefits not only the automotive industry but also other sectors globally.

By choosing Si-TPV silicone vegan leather, you can create elegant interiors that combine luxury, aesthetics, durability, and sustainability, setting a new standard in eco-friendly design. This sustainable material helps promote a greener automotive sector.

Sourcing from our standard stock of Si-TPV silicone vegan leather and upholstery fabric is the quickest and most cost-effective way to enter the market. If you can’t find what you need, just ask.

Regarding custom solutions for silicone vegan leather, our OEM and ODM services allow you to design products tailored to your specific requirements. We welcome your designs regarding material surfaces, backing, size, thickness, weight, grain, pattern, hardness, and more. Colors can be matched to your desired PANTONE number, and we accommodate orders of all sizes.

Contact our team today to discuss your design ideas, request a quote, or ask for samples. Let’s redefine automotive upholstery together for a comfortable, cleaner, and healthier future. Tel: +86-28-83625089, email: amy.wang@silike.cn.