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    Home The Brief Type Brand spotlight skai – artificial leather by Continental

skai – artificial leather by Continental

  • August 14, 2023

Brand spotlight:

Skai Artificial Leather by Continental

Skai is the artificial leather of choice for Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Tesla – they call it vegan leather.

The range is enormous offering a wide colour palette and extensive range of textures. Owned by the Continental Automotive group - known here mainly for their tyres, they are a company that specialise in artificial leather manufacture.

Hume is the only company licensed by Skai to sell their products in Australia and New Zealand.

We’ve had a relationship with the company over the last decade and appreciate their innate ability to produce beautiful artificial leathers that perform exceptionally well.

A curved chair in grey-green skai artificial leather

Key Range Characteristics

  • Numerous product design awards
  • Product types: PVC, PU, recycled, and even digital print
  • Leather and textile designs
  • Breathable
  • Fire resistant
  • Stain resistant
  • Disinfectant and urine resistant
  • Abrasion resistant with ranges extending up to 300,000 martindale.
  • Anti-bacterial
  • Anti-Static
  • Sun resistant -– outdoor marine grade
  • Outdoor product that doesn’t heat up in the sun

Skai VYP Coffee

Most recently they have launched an award-winning (European Green Award 2023) product crafted from coffee grounds. Skai VYP Coffee is a breathable artificial leather manufactured from used coffee grounds.

Three cups of coffee = one sqm of innovative upholstery material.

Hands holding coffee beans
A spoon in a jar of ground coffee
A dark lounge with a black skai sofa

Key Facts

Where are Skai artificial leathers best used?

Saki has been used throughout the world on Cruise ships, Hotels and Restaurants, Sports Stadiums, Hospitals and Healthcare furniture, and Retail environments.

Need a specific colour shade?

Skai has a very extensive colour palette to choose from.

Need it to last?

Skai synthetic leather is designed for durability with ranges extending up to 300,000 martindale.

Have a specific design purpose?

Skai has range elements to meet any synthetic leather design requirement.

Can I get samples?

Yes! Sampling is available in colour card, or A4 loose sample format.

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Access the full Skai fabrics range

An upholstered bed headboard in taupe skai

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