TOKYO - Toray Industries has developed a new online portal to showcase Ultrasuede, its highly functional ultra-fine fibre nonwoven fabric with a suede texture.

The latest Ultrasuede Collection will debut this week featuring products for the Autumn/Winter 2021-2022 season. The content of this site will be renewed each season, to keep customers up to date with the latest Ultrasuede collections.

The latest offering from Toray includes different fabric types with a number of different thicknesses and with various treatments, along with eco-friendly items using recycled or plant-based raw materials.

These will be introduced in three sections - Thickness Variations, Fashion View, and Eco Story.

Toray developed the nonwoven fabric with its suede texture in 1970 by taking advantage of its ultra-microfibre manufacturing and processing technology. It is manufactured by impregnating the three-dimensionally entangled structure of polyester ultra-fine fibres with polyurethane, coagulating and buffing to form a suede-like surface structure.

Its outstanding texture and high functionality have been highly acclaimed in various fields, including fashion, home interiors, general merchandise and automotive interiors. It is widely recognized as a luxury, high-quality material.

One of its most recent innovations, Ultrasuede BX, consists of the highest proportion of plant-based raw materials. In this case, the fabric is made of polyester polymerized with ethylene glycol, which is made from waste molasses of sugarcane, and polyurethane, which includes Polyol, made of castor-oil, the vegetable oil pressed from castor beans. The total content of plant-based raw materials is said to be around 30 per cent.

The new collection can be viewed at https://www.ultrasuede.com/collection/