TRADITION WITH TECHNOLOGY

Andrew Muirhead has over 160 years experience of leather manufacturing. The company’s close involvement with the aviation industry over the year’s has seen the development of a definitive range of leading edge flame-retardant aviation leathers. The company is arguably the market leader in this field.

More recently the company has developed and marketed a leather product that meets the stringent requirements of JAR 25.853c Appendix F Parts 4 & V (Heat Release and Smoke Density). Andrew Muirhead is the only company world wide to offer this product.

INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY

Andrew Muirhead consistently invests in people and new technology in order to provide customers with innovative solutions. This is only achievable through the dedicated team of chemists and technicians working to develop new and existing aviation leather products.

The company provides a bespoke colour matching service to large commercial airline projects as well as one off luxury corporate interiors. This ensures that the product meets the customer’s specifications on time, every time.

The company’s ownership of test equipment is a major step forward in their ability to offer a consistently high quality product. It affords better control on all aspects of the manufacturing process. Quality Assurance, relating to fire burn, smoke and toxicity standards enables the company to generate a comprehensive database of various leather and foam combinations.

As well as a Combination burn test facility, Muirhead have recently invested in a smoke emission and toxicity chamber for testing products to meet the Airbus directive. ABD0031