Teijin Cordley Limited, the Teijin Group's man-made leather business, has announced the development of Maestley, a high grade natural leather substitute. Maestley has equivalent texture and richness to natural leather and other superior attributes.

Teijin Cordley developed Maestley through innovative developments in fiber selection, nonwoven structures, based material density and lamination methods. The company would expand its series of Maestley products by adopting natural leather processing procedures in collaboration with Japanese tanners.

Teijin Cordley would expand the Maestley line-up by leveraging the company’s advanced man-made leather production technologies for high-end shoes and bags to improve comfortability and durability as well as breathability and moisture permeability.

Teijin would also launch a new series of products developed jointly with tanners in Japan, with a texture and feel equivalent to that of natural leather, deploying the same production processes as those used for natural leather. (NA)