The History Of PU Leather Evolution

In 1931, polyvinyl chloride artificial leather was produced, and in 1954, foam artificial leather appeared;

In 1956, the coating and scraping method and the transfer coating and scraping method (ie the release paper method) PVC artificial leather - the replacement of artificial leather;

In 1937, Germany successfully researched polyurethane resin headed by Professor Bayer;

In 1953, Germany first introduced the patent for polyurethane artificial leather;

Japan introduced the patent from Germany in 1962, and in the same year, Japan Xingguo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. produced polyurethane artificial leather;

Around 1963, the American DuPont Company; the Japanese Kurashiki Rayon Company and the Teijin Company succeeded in research and development one after another, which is historically known as the second generation of artificial leather - synthetic leather;

In the 1970s, Japan's Kuraray Company and Toray Company developed bundled microfiber synthetic leather with a very similar structure to dermal collagen fibers, referred to as microfiber synthetic leather - the third generation of artificial leather.