Undoubtedly, a kickass material supplier is also a key factor. Why this post? — 1. Organize suppliers info. that might help you find a supplier that is best fit ( No matter us or others); 2. Introduce us: we supply Eco Leather Fabric for Cars for OEM and Aftermarket (since 2008, TS16949, ISO9001 certified. Supply to KIA, VW, etc.)

#1 Suppliers Lists

Separate lists – China, USA, UK, Australia, South Africa.
Suppliers’ website, shipping-from-location, focus materials (●) and some sidenotes (★) are listed.

1. China List – car seat upholstery material suppliers & manufacturers

1. Eco Leathery Hangzhou —– ● Eco Vegan leather ● Microfiber leather ● Bonded Leather ★ Supply to both OEM and aftermarket for seats, steering covers
2. http://www.seatkit.cn/ Hangzhou ——● Automotive faux leather
3. https://bzleather.com/ Dongguan —– ● PVC leather ● PU leather
4. https://www.bozeleather.com/ Dongguan —– ● PVC leather ● PU leather
5. https://glitterforyou.com/ Dongguan —– ● Glitter faux leather
6. http://meishenggroup.com/ Shaoxing —– ● Microfiber Suede
7. Winiw International Quanzhou —– ● Microfiber Leather
8. Anli Hefei —– ● PU leather ★ Biggest PU leather factory in China.

2. USA List – car seat upholstery material suppliers

1. https://fauxleatherwholesale.com/ USA —– ● Faux leather
2. https://jennifersgoodiesgalore.com/ USA —– ● Printed faux leather ★ Designed and printed in the USA ★ One stop craft shop
3. https://fashionfabricla.com/ USA —– ● Fashion oriented faux leather
4. https://www.fabricdirect.com/ USA —– ● Woven fabrics ● faux leather
5. https://fauxleatherforyou.com/ USA —– ● Texture faux leather
6. https://www.innovationsusa.com/ USA —– ● Wallcovering faux leather
7. https://www.miamicorp.com/ USA —– ● Faux leather ● Various materials for upholstery ★ Long history ★ Comprehensive

3. Australia List – car seat upholstery material suppliers

1. https://thinkbowtique.com/ Australia —- ● Faux leather & accessories
2. https://www.innova.com.au/ Australia —- ● Upholstery materials ● upholstery fabrics
3. https://zariasboutique.com/ Australia —- ● All kinds of textile incl. faux leather
4. https://fabrictraders.com.au/ Australia —- ● Vinyl ● Suede fabric
5. https://www.littlefabricboutique.com.au/ Australia —- ● Faux PU leather
6. https://dancinginribbon.com.au/ Australia —– ● Printed faux leather sheets

4. UK List – car upholstery material suppliers

1. https://www.as-trim.co.uk/ UK —– ● Automotive trim faux leather & accessories
2. https://www.martrim.co.uk/ UK —– ● Automotive trim faux leather & fabrics
3. https://www.macflex.com/ UK —– ● PU leather ● PVC leather ● Fabrics
4. https://trimsupplies.co.uk/ UK —– ● Vinyl ● Suede ● Fabrics
5. https://www.fabricuk.com/ UK —– ● Vinyl ● Fabrics

5. South Africa List – car seat upholstery material suppliers

1. https://fabricsuperstore.co.za/ South Africa —– ● Faux leather ● fabrics
2. https://www.leatherite.co.za/ South Africa —– ● PVC leather ● PU leather
3. https://www.emmaytrading.co.za/ South Africa —– ● Faux leather ● Leather hide
4. https://www.sadecor.co.za/ South Africa —– ● Faux leather ● Fabric
5. https://www.kehls.co.za/ South Africa —– ● Vinyl ● PU leather

#2 Helpful resources to car seat upholstery

Our mission is to help clients win in their market segment. We want to help with more resources support.

We assume: you are looking for upholstery leather fabrics materials (main purpose of this post).
In that case you also need other related materials or resources. Check on the following.

1. Temperature control materials

Vent Foam and 3D Mesh Fabric offer good value for ventilation.

They came to our attention in an OEM seat project since 2019. Our clients have been purchasing from suppliers such as Germany-based muller textiles who have been appointed by auto manufacturers. To hit the operation-cost-down goal, we helped the client develop both supplier and such temp. control materials.

2. Showcase demonstration mini-seats

To have showcase seats for showrooms and exhibitions, we have clients who want to get some low-cost small size mini-seats. Therefore, we helped them get into such suppliers in China.

3. Machineries

To offer attractive styling or to scale up, you might need different varieties of machinery such as:

• Sewing machines
• Perforating machines
• Embossing machines
• Cutting machines

We both have a list of machine factories for each type of machinery. Perhaps, one of them on the list might be useful to you.

#3 Suppliers should understand the car seat upholstery industry

Like most other industries, car upholstery is also a competitive industry.
To win in the market, adding up all the attainable advantages and resources is key incl. the supplier.

1. The most fundamental
A good supplier for car upholstery materials shall do rightly on quality, cost and delivery.

2. Suppliers shall understand automotive upholstery industry
Whichever kind of car upholstery, use seat covers OR to completely reupholster replacing old fabrics, car upholstery materials are different from furniture upholstery or garment materials in many aspects such as:

1. How the materials are used to produce the finished product
2. How the users use it in day-to-day life

3. Suppliers shall specially understand car seat upholstery oriented material
In the entire interior (roof, center console, door panels, seats, steering wheel, etc.), the seats get worn out the most. It is very demanding on performance compared to others. A supplier shall be skillful and experienced in developing for seats applications. (Read on: our material development process in the last paragraph)

Happy users make business grow. It all starts with what happy users like. And it is influenced by who delivers the upholstery materials to you. In a nutshell, growth, happy users, materials all connected. A supplier shall understand all these and have experience of developing materials for car upholstery purposes. This way, they are capable of working for your goals too.

Anyway, in our opinion, a kickass good supplier should be:

1. Understand your industry – car upholstery
2. A proven track – develop materials and supply to automotive industry (OEM and aftermarket)
3. Quality, cost & delivery – meet expectation

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Here’s an overview of the material development process if we’re fortunate enough to earn your business:

1 Input material standard and specs. OR we provide our material proposal after some communication
2 Confirm standard specs. and cost
3 Provide samples OR develop customizing samples
4 Confirm samples