LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY: Synthetic leather made with BASF’s thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) Elastollan makes your car seats more comfortable than ever. The ultra-soft synthetic leather is highly scratch resistant and helps producers meet the severe volatile organic compound (VOC) standards for applications such as car seats and furniture.
A leading manufacturer of synthetic leather, Suzhou Ruigao New Material Co Ltd adopted Elastollan grade B50A12CF in the production of synthetic leather in a Chinese automaker’s latest model, due to its cost effective and environmentally friendly thermoplastic process in comparison with conventional processing technologies such as setting.
In addition to being durable and wear resistant, synthetic leather made with Elastollan is well suited for use in car seats and furniture due to its high mechanical performance. This not only enables a soft, thin and flexible layer of material but also makes it easy to dye and emboss, allowing a variety of colours and fashion designs.
The product complements BASF’s synthetic leather portfolio, which includes Haptex, a polyurethane (PU) system solution for the production of synthetic leather.
“Elastollan significantly simplifies and speeds up the production process of synthetic leather as it can be extruded onto fabric directly without a middle layer using a non-solvent based technology. This helps car makers meet the increasingly stringent VOC standards, especially for car interior applications,” said Tony Jones, head of industrial, performance materials Asia Pacific, BASF.
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