The company is one of the major Manufacturers, Exporters and Suppliers of PVC Leather in Secunderabad (India). PVC Leather is internationally classified under Chapter No. 59.03 of the Harmonised System of Nomenclature. Indian trade jargon for PVC Leather is Rexine, which is similar to how copiers are mentioned as Xerox. The company has the capability of manufacturing the PVC Leather cloth in as many as 950 shades. PVC Leather cloth can be made by the direct coating process, transfer coating process or by lamination with a calendared flexible film. The PVC Leather cloth is also referred to as expanded vinyl Artificial Leather Cloth or Synthetic Leather. The original technology to manufacture PVC Leather cloth was by direct coating method, where the backing fabric is usually woven fabric. In direct coating method, at three different stations, the Plastisol is directly coated on to the fabric and passed through ovens simultaneously and later embossed in line for the end product. But the application for direct coated product was limited and was extensively and mostly used for travel bags and luggage industry. In the early 70s, there was a demand for a suppler and softer PVC Leather cloth, which can be used in wider applications such as domestic upholstery, automobile upholstery, ladies bags, footwear industry, garment lining, belts, etc. This gave birth to a new technology called transfer coating technology by release paper method. In the transfer coating technology, the coating is done on a release paper and different substrates (backing fabric) can be used and not just fabric. The substrates in the transfer coating technology are usually knitted fabric. Since the knitted fabric did not have the dimensional stability, coatings were done on release paper and later on, the film was released by the release paper and laminated on to the fabric. This product finds wide applications such as upholstery, ladies bags, foot wear, etc. Today most of the coaters in the world over, use transfer coating method using release paper for the manufacture of PVC Leather cloth. Modifications to this technology has mostly been subtle and are more in terms of having better coating heads at different stations, different surface finish machines, various types of release paper and a whole new family of additives which enhance the life and finish of PVC Leather cloth, such as those which help incorporation of properties such as flame retardancy, cold flex, anti oxidants, UV stability , anti fog agents, micro biocides and other processing aids which can sustain this product to extreme weatherable conditions. The company has two transfer coating lines that can manufacture a maximum of 800, 000 meters of PVC Leather cloth on a monthly basis. The company also has a fully automatic coating head that was imported in the year 1996 for the fabrication of the PVC Leather cloth. Properties High tear strength Cold flex properties up to -40 o c Flame retardant Light fastness Abrasive resistance Low migration properties Heat resistance properties Anti-fogging properties Anti-fungal properties Anti-static properties Foam-in-place Heavy Metal Free Applications Of PVC Leather : Domestic upholstery Automobile upholstery for Cars Two wheelers Tractor seat Footwear industry for Ladies sandals Gents footwear Children shoes Sports shoes Ladies bags Leather lining Garments
