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General
Silicones Joining Plastic-Free Vegan Leather Manufactures
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Plastic-Free Vegan Leather Supplier From Taiwan
Hsinchu,
Taiwan, April 20, 2021 - Taiwanese silicone product
manufacturer General Silicones (GS) shares it is joining the ranks of
suppliers of eco-friendly, plastic-free vegan leather products. Global
demand for vegan leather products is steadily on the rise.
Vegan leather means for GS to be part of the manufacturing evolution to
change to processes that do not use resources in harmful ways, or hurt
animals, or produce pollution that affects our next generations. As a
manufacturer, GS is pleased to provide its partners and clients a means
to create products that do not need to rely on animal cruelty and offer
a greener alternative.
What
Is Vegan Leather From GS Made Of?
Traditional faux-leather materials are made of petroleum derivatives
such as PVC and others. They carry all the problems plastics have. As a
silicone producer with over five decades of experience, GS has the
know-how and expertise to fulfill the demand for quality vegan leather
raw material for companies developing vegan silicone leather-based
products in various sectors.
Vegan leather from GS is made of silicone rubber. The raw material for
silicone rubber is derived from natural silica, the constituent of
sand. Various studies have shown silicone is non-toxic, durable, and
harmless to the environment. Over their lifecycle, silicone products
reduce more carbon dioxide emissions than created during the
manufacturing process.
At GS, all coloring additives for the vegan leather production are
created in masterbatches tested by SGS to pass FDA / RoHS / REACH
requirements to be environmentally friendly.
Vegan
Leather Manufacturing Process
GS manufactures its vegan leather products to the
highest environmental
standards. The entire manufacturing process of GS follows green
manufacturing procedures and regulations. The company is ISO 14001
certified. No harmful chemicals or solvents are used or released during
the creation and production process, giving silicone rubber-based vegan
leather an environmentally friendly manufacturing footprint.
GS provides clients vegan leather with its patented Compo-SiL®
technology. The technology allows shipping vegan leather in rolls that
are easy to ship and store. Manufacturers of textile products and other
products using roll-to-roll manufacturing processes can easily
integrate Compo-SiL®
vegan leather raw material into their production
line using standard adhesives. No modification of the production line
is needed to quickly incorporate vegan leather made by GS into existing
mass production processes. Vegan leather from GS is unique in providing
an easily scalable solution to support the fast-growing demand for
sustainable vegan leather solutions.
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Vegan Leather With Unique Advantages
Silicone-based vegan leather is manufactured to mimic the touch, feel,
and look of natural leather products with silicone rubber's added
benefits. Vegan leather made from silicone has unique advantages that
other materials can't provide. Silicone rubber is resistant to cold and
heat, chemicals, and solvents.
GS vegan leather is highly durable and wearable to several types of
fabric. It replaces plastic products as an environmentally friendly
alternative with properties that guarantee a much longer product
lifetime. At the same time, it has the properties excellent product
characteristics of maintenance-free, weather resistance, skin-friendly,
waterproof, etc.
With over 50 years of manufacturing experience of silicone products,
General Silicones can customize vegan leather to the customer's
specifications. Embossment, colors, and thickness (0.1-0.4mm) can be
modified to match the planned use's requirements.
Compo-SiL®,
A Brand For
Sustainable Living
Compared with other vegan leathers, Compo-SiL®
is more sustainable and
eco-friendly. Many vegan leather products still contain high
percentages of plastic additives. With no appropriate collection and
recycling set-up for those new products, they will end in landfills.
The decomposition of the organic material added to the leather will
create methane gas, a global warming agent by a multitude more potent
than CO2. Then the plastic additives disintegrate into undesirable
microplastic. In contrast, the silicone material of Compo-SiL®
vegan
leather, even when disposed of in landfills, will not produce any
harmful materials when degrading.
Many developed nations moved into incinerating their waste. Unlike
products containing plastic material, silicone-based vegan leather
decomposes under combustion into silica dust and CO2. The burning
process occurs without the danger of interacting with other waste
material to create toxic fumes and toxic remains.
Practicing
The GS Mission Statement
GS mission is to "help improve our life quality and leave the next
generation a pollution-free environment". From industrial and
scientific research, it has already been shown that the production
process of silicone and it’s diverse applications and products have
always a low impact on the environment. The benefits it adds to final
products, including improved durability and a longer lifespan,
effectively reduce waste and environmental harm. For more than 50
years, GS has been focusing on promoting the application of silicone
materials and contributing to achieving a zero-waste lifestyle.
Sourcing managers and manufacturers wanting to know more about vegan
leather products can contact the sales team of General Silicones at
[email protected]
for more information or visit www.compo-sil.com.
About
General Silicones
General Silicones (GS) was founded in 1970 in Taipei, Taiwan, and is
now represented worldwide – including Europe, China, Japan, and
South-East Asian countries. GS is a major distributor of silicone
materials and an active silicone products manufacturer with ISO 9001,
IATF 16949, and ISO 14001 certifications. The company has manufacturing
plants in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Wujiang, China; and Bac Giang, Vietnam. With
decades of experience in this field, GS has the ability and capacity to
provide a wide range of silicone products for many industries,
including medical, automobile, consumer products, electronics, and IT.
GS listed on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Market in 2011 (TPEx: 4730). For
more information about GS, please visit www.generalsilicones.com.
For more information on Compo-SiL®,
please visit www.compo-sil.com