MICROFIBER VIETNAM

Microfiber Leather Solution

INTRODUCTION Microfiber Vietnam is the leading Microfiber leather manufacturer and distributor from Vietnam. With 15 years experiences industrial materials area specialized in industrial microfiber leather, we are able to provide clients with any type of microfiber leather with any requested specifications.

Microfiber Vietnam has headquarter in Hanoi, Vietnam, branch in Ho Chi Minh city. Our factory is located in Chu Lai industrial zone, Quang Nam, Vietnam with a warehouse of 10.000m2.

Microfiber Vietnam provides Microfiber leather as an alternative for natural leather to improve productivity, cost reduction, sustainability production and environmental-friendliness.

Since 2001

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FACTORY Production Capacity: 3,000,000 M2/Year

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OUR WAREHOUSE

LEATHER INDUSTRY PROBLEMS

6%

39%

23%

3%2%

14%

8%5% North & Central AmericaSouth AmericaWestern EuropeEastern EuropeMiddle East 3%Asia (excl. China)ChinaRest of the World

58%

4%

21%

6%11%

Leather goodsGarmentsLeather makingGlovesFootwear

LEATHER WASTE BY CONTINENT (UNIDO 2000)

LEATHER WASTE BY INDUSTRY (UNIDO 2000)

1. POLLUTION

Tanning process is one of the most polluted production technique which was banned by many countries. 2. LEATHER USAGE EFFICIENCY

Low usage efficiency leads to high labor cost and high waste cost. Leather waste is mostly generated at the cutting step, and the cutting scrap rate for leather range from 25 to 60% as:

[1] Leather skin is not homogeneous and rectangular

[2] The quality of the leather at the side of the skin is generally poor

LEATHER WASTE RECYCLINGAccording to UNIDO, leather waste recycling technology includes time-consuming and costly processes.

With MICROFIBER LEATHER SOLUTION, none of these processes and expenses are needed.

• Microfiber leather is a viable solution to improve productivity, reduce costs and ensure environmental-friendliness.

• More important, Microfiber leather is a consistent and sustainable material for long-term production.

Step 1 - Reduction

Step 2 - Re-use

Step 3 - Recycling

Step 4 - Energy Recovery

Step 5 - Special Treatment

Step 6 - Landfill

MICROFIBER LEATHER SOLUTION

DEFINITION Microfiber leather is a synthetic leather where high grade polyurethane resin and ultra fine micro fibers are mixed together to create the microscopic structure of natural leather. The diameter of micro fibers are approximately 1/20th of silk fibers.

Our microfiber has the thickness between 0.01 to 0.001 dtex.

This technology allows the products to have a very similar amino structure as natural leather.

MICROFIBER LEATHER

CHARACTERISTICS Well-known characteristics of Microfiber leather are: • Lightweight, soft and smooth hand-feeling • More affordable price than natural leather • Excellent resistance against scratch, tear and

abrasion

• Good breathability • Non-fading • Great tensile strength • Antibacterial, anti-mildew • Odourless • High productivity for manufacturing • More consistent quality than natural leather • More stable quantity than natural leather

• Excellent for homes with small children and pets

MICROFIBER LEATHER

MICROFIBER LEATHER VS NATURAL LEATHER

SIDE CUT Looking from the side to observe leather structure. The image above showed that Microfiber leather structure has no significant difference from natural leather. This approves the success of Microfiber leather as an alternative for natural in term of quality.

NATURAL MICROFIBER

CARS PARTNERS We are currently providing microfiber leather for

• Ha/ma motors,

• Baic Motor,

• Zotye Auto,

• Kia Motors,

• Ford,

• Yutong Bus

• THACO GROUP (is our strategic partner - producer of KIA, MAZDA and PEUGEOT in Vietnam)

CLIENTS

PROCESSES SUMMARY There are 10 stages of the production:

1. Spinning

2. Non-woven backing

3. Dipping

4. Dissolving

5. Drying and oiling

6. Fulling

7. PU Coating

8. Finish treatment

9. Test

10. Quality checking and packing

MICROFIBER PRODUCTION PROCESS

DESCRIPTION PE and PA6 are mixed through the extruder. The spinning process begins to develop the fineness size from 0.01 to 0.001 dtex short fiber.

STAGE 1 - SPINNING

DESCRIPTION The fibers are released and blended. The carding and crosslapper process continues. Finally, it is needled to the non-woven backing.

STAGE 2 - NON-WOVEN BACKING

DESCRIPTION Through the pressure, the non-woven backing is dipped with the PU to form an organic structure in order to produce the real leather hand feeling.

STAGE 3 - DIPPING

DESCRIPTION Dissolve the PE with Methylbenzene in order to make it form the superfine fiber.

STAGE 4 - DISSOLVING

DESCRIPTION Through drying and oiling, the softness and tearing strength is increased.

STAGE 5 - DRYING AND OILING

DESCRIPTION Improve the physical specifications and hand feeling.

STAGE 6 - FULLING

DESCRIPTION Through different types of released paper, we then transfer the grain with PU to the base in various colors.

STAGE 7 - PU COATING

DESCRIPTION At this stage, we improve the gloss and colors of surface.

STAGE 8 - FINISH TREATMENT

DESCRIPTION Test and report the material physical property.

STAGE 9 - PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS TEST

DESCRIPTION Check the material surface and packing.

STAGE 10 - QUALITY CHECKING AND PACKING

ORIGINAL MATERIALS OF AUTOMOBILE MICROFIBER LEATHER

ITEM NAME CAS NO.

MICROFIBER BASE

PA6 25038-54-4

PU 9009-54-5

Sb2O3 1309-64-4

C14H4Br10 84852-53-9

PU COATING

PU 9009-54-5

TiO2 1317-70-0

C 1333-86-4

Pigment

PRODUCTS WITH MICROFIBER LEATHER

MICROFIBER SHOES

MICROFIBER BAGS

MICROFIBER SANDALS

SURFACE PATTERNSPATTERNS VARATION At Microfiber Vietnam, we offer a wide range of pattern types. The most common patterns are: 1. Embossed 2. Finished 3. Flocked 4. Foiled 5. Crinkle 6. Printed 7. Washed 8. Mirror

SAMPLE PATTERN

SAMPLE PATTERN

ADVANTAGES OF MICROFIBER LEATHER

LIGHTWEIGHT

Microfiber leather is lighter than leather from animal skins. UT.LAB applied Microfiber leather to create its lightest shoes of 130 gram while still ensures its comfortability.

WATER RESISTANCE

Microfiber leather is a great choice of environmental-friendly material in leather products production due to its great water resistance ability. Microfiber leather can endure any kind of liquid just as good as natural leather.

TENSILE STRENGTH

Each fiber has a fine thickess of up to 0.001 dtex which can form a powerful structure that offers much greater tensile strength than normal synthetic leather.

ANTIBACTERIAL - ANTI MILDEW

Natural leather commonly faces the problem of growing mildew in high moisture condition. Microfiber leather is different where it has a complete synthetic structure which is unaffected by bacterias and mildew.

BREATHABILITY & ODOURLESS

Microfiber leather has very good breathability which lessen sweats and smells for the feet while using it.

AFFORDABLE PRICE

For Microfiber leather products, the prices can be controlled with the following factors:

1. Thickness: Different thickness is equivalent to the amount of materials used on the leather.

2. Material type: the surface coating materials are also influential toward the output price.

3. Pattern type: different surface patterns have different process which affect on output price.

4. Features: Depending on customers’ requirement, the products can add special feature such as the environmental standard, fireproofing, extra tensile strength, fiber density, etc.,

5. Quantity: Larger quantity can greatly lower the output cost.

30% CHEAPER

THAN NATURAL LEATHER

PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE

In comparison with natural leather, using Microfiber leather in manufacture improve production performance

Increase cutting performance

300%Reduce labor cost

30%Increase productivity

100%

CONSISTENT QUALITY1

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Cow leather Microfiber leather1.Best Quality: Only 13% of the hide - solid close fibred and water resisting, best wearing.

Consistent quality amongst the whole roll of Microfiber leather. All specifications, thickness remain exactly the same.

2. Good Quality: 30% of the hide. It is suitable to produce most of the products.

3. Unstable Quality: 32% of the hide. Loose in fiber. The leather sponges and swells in water.

4. Poor Quality: 25% of the hide. Only good for a part of the shoe that is not exposed.

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CONTACT MICROFIBER VIETNAM

SCAN TO CONTACT FAST+84 979 - 740 - 740

microfiber@microfiber.com.vn

www.microfiber.com.vn

MICROFIBER VIETNAM Headquarter

Llumar building, DICH VONG HAU street, CAU GIAY district, HANOI, VIETNAM

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