Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 18, 2023 - General Silicones (GS), an expert manufacturer of silicone products with 50 years of experience, is announcing the availability of its new Compo-SiL^® SL silicone vegan leather product series. The SL series is suitable for manufacturers of consumer products such as bags and backpacks, shoes, wallets, belts, book bindings, and covers that are looking for vegan leather supplies with factory-applied fabric lining.

Advantages of the SL Series Silicone Vegan Leather

The unique properties of silicone rubber, in combination with the Compo-SiL^® technology, give manufacturers looking for a supplier of quality PETA-Approved Vegan leather various benefits to pleather materials.

Silicone-based leather is more durable than other synthetic leather alternatives. Silicone rubber is resistant to UV light, solvents, chemicals and hydrolysis resistance. The leather surface is easy to clean and is flame-retardant. It does not soften in the heat or get brittle in freezing weather.

Clients have a wide range of choices by combining the following options:

The Leather Surface Texture Selection Includes

• Bovine
• Calf
• Lambskin
• Matte
• Napa
• Stripes

The Leather Fabric Lining Choices Include

• 2-way stretch
• 4-way stretch
• Calfskin flannelette
• Cashmere wool fabric
• Double-faced pile
• Knitting fabric
• Micro-fiber
• Non-woven fabric
• Pique fabric

Default Leather Colors Include

Bright orange, Black, Creamy White, Lilac Purple, Nude Pink, Red, Tiffany Green, Tiffany White. Custom Pantone colors are available on demand.

Hsinchu, Taiwan, February 28, 2023 - General Silicones (GS), an expert manufacturer of silicone products with more than 50 years of experience, today announced that its Compo-SiL^® vegan leather products received the certification as PETA-Approved Vegan product.

The certificate by the American animal rights organization PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, indicates that none of the ingredients, formulations, or finished products of the Compo-SiL^® vegan leather contains animal-derived ingredients.

Cruelty-free Is a Key Belief of Compo-SiL^®’s Brand Mission

It is the fundamental conviction of General Silicones since its founding to "Helping improve our life quality and creating a pollution-free environment for our next generation," which is not only expressed in the company mission statement but strived for by management and staff.

"Receiving the PETA certification is an expression of our commitment to developing sustainable, non-toxic, non-hazardous, green, and environmentally friendly products to achieve the Group's sacred mission of helping improve our life quality and leave the next generation a pollution-free environment," said Michael Lin, President and CEO of GS.

The unique properties of silicone rubber, in combination with the Compo-SiL^® technology, allow IMD/OMD providers to supply their customers with a new range of surface properties and more flexibility in decoration.

GS manufactures Compo-SiL^® decorative film with visual, tactile, and material properties that traditional decorative film cannot achieve.

Examples of silicone rubber film properties:

• Various leather types look and feel
• Custom surface textures (Wood, Metallic, Matte, etc.)
• Custom colors
• Digitally printed texts and designs
• Antiviral and antibacterial surfaces
• Fire retardant properties
• Anti-Slip surfaces
• Haptic touch HMI interfaces

Unlike thermal-plastic film, the thermal-set silicone rubber of Compo-SiL^® film offers the added benefit that surface trim won't disappear during thermoforming.

Silicone Rubber Film Withstands Harsh Environments

Plastic material quickly deteriorates from UV, water, and heat exposure in outdoor conditions. The high resistance to water, heat, cold, and UV light of silicone rubber gives brands creating products used in harsh outdoor environments to have decorations and logos that do not risk deterioration from environmental factors.

On-Site Digital Decorative Printing

Compo-SiL^® decorative film can be shipped in rolls as a transparent film. The client digitally prints his customers desired designs on-site using standard digital printers. Testing different design concepts and creative ideas are now additional services mold companies can offer to their customer thanks to the flexibility of on-site printing.

Compo-SiL^® by GS has an ultra-thin extra layer added to the silicone rubber, allowing for simple and easy adhesion to nearly any surface using standard PUR or hot-melt adhesives.

Sustainability and Environmentally Friendly

Compo-SiL^® flame retardant sheets have low sensitivity to external heat flux, low heat release rates (HRR), and low yields of carbon monoxide emission when exposed to fire.

As a halogen-free flame retardant material, Compo-SiL^® sheets produce little smoke during burning and do not produce any hazardous gases, safeguarding both human health and the environment.

The slow burning properties and the low, non-toxic smoke of the Compo-SiL^® material buys individuals precious time to escape into safety.

Protection for Fire Safety Gloves and Textiles

When exposed to fire, the flame retardant silicone rubber will become a hard ceramic that withstands very high temperatures and does not conduct heat or electricity.

Textile manufacturers can now benefit from silicone's properties by easily integrating Compo-SiL^® sheets into existing roll-to-roll mass production processes to fire-proof textiles or cut them to size for bonding to glove surfaces or other applications.

Fire Protective Leather Covers in Public Spaces

As an experienced manufacturer, GS produces sheets with leather embossing and custom coloring. Compo-SiL^® fire-proof vegan leather can be used as a protective and environmentally friendly cover for public transportation, hospitality, and other situations with similar fire protection requirements.

Common steering wheel covers are made from PU leather, a material that quickly cracks and ages under UV light and outdoor parking during the summer heat. Compo-SiL^® vegan leather sheets are made from silicone rubber, which is inert to UV radiation.

Compo-SiL^® silicone rubber is weather resistant. It does not soften under high temperatures or crack under sub-zero temperatures. The material is resistant to hydrolysis from rain, seawater, and sweat, making it ideal for outdoor vehicles and marine use.

Car and steering wheel brands benefit from Compo-SiL^®’s resistance to perspiration, fuel, and oils to provide customers a consistent experience without the risk of degradation even under heavy professional use.

Additional benefits of Compo-SiL^® are that the leather material is odorless, anti-allergic, and does not contain any solvents that could leak into the sweat of the user's hands.

In professional settings, where the steering wheel is without protection by windshields, such as heavy equipment, and in marine environments, that inertness to direct sunlight, rain, heat, and cold make Compo-SiL^® a preferred material.

Custom Colors, Patterns, and Embossments for Steering Wheel Covers

Compo-SiL^® vegan leather can be customized to customers' color requirements and adjusts the haptic sensation, embossment, and surface patterns to the provisions of each project. With over 50 years of silicone manufacturing experience, GS can customize the look and feel of the leather to match the requirements of basic styles to luxury brands.

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for the Metaverse 

Aging Resistant Silicone Alternative to PU and other Faux Leathers

Hsinchu, Taiwan, November 19, 2021 - Experienced silicone product manufacturer General Silicones (GS) releases today its VL301 Silicone Velvet Leather. The soft, velvet-like touch makes the leather material ideal for consumer electronics like headsets, AR/VR glasses and gloves for the metaverse, and other consumer electronics that often get exposed to the wearer's skin.

Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 9, 2021 - General Silicones (GS), an expert manufacturer of silicone products, shares how its silicone rubber film with antiviral and antibacterial properties is a simple solution for adding protection to exposed surfaces. As a supplier of medical grade silicone parts with over 50 years in experience, GS took on the challenge to support the healthcare industry with new means to easily add protection against viruses, bacteria, and fungi on high touch surfaces.

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has shown how viruses and bacteria must be prevented from spreading through healthcare facilities as early as possible. Surfaces with active ingredients are a tool of growing importance to help suppress the spread of increasingly resistant and dangerous microbes, as even the most frequent cleaning regimen cannot prevent contamination. Hospitals and healthcare facilities can now apply protective antimicrobial silicone rubber film from General Silicones to high-touch surfaces frequently used by patients and visitors.

Hsinchu, Taiwan, August 19, 2021 - Experienced silicone product manufacturer General Silicones (GS) is proud to share that its antiviral silicone rubber sheets passed the strict ISO 21702:2019 test performed by BOKEN (SGS) laboratories. The examination is one of the most demanding tests to verify the antiviral properties of non-porous surfaces. The confirmation of the antiviral properties neatly adds to the recently announces verification of the antifungal properties of the silicone rubber and the antibacterial properties of the silicone. Using its 50 years of experience in silicone manufacturing, the antiviral silicone formulated by GS prevents the growth of microbes and viruses and reduces their survival time on the silicone rubber surface significantly.