Heathcoat Fabrics develops specialist textiles for aircraft cabin interiors, supporting seating systems and soft furnishings with materials engineered for performance, durability and fire compliance.
For aircraft cabin interiors and seating systems, Heathcoat Fabrics manufactures specialist technical textiles design engineered for durability, comfort and compliance. Our portfolio includes durable mesh for literature pockets, certified fire-blocker fabrics, and advanced 3D spacer textiles used beneath upholstery, within dress covers and across vertical cabin surfaces.
Building on this expertise, Heathcoat has developed EVO-FR™, a next-generation flame-retardant spacer textile produced from Polyetherimide (PEI). Widely used in aircraft interior structures such as galleys, partition liners and ceiling panels, PEI provides exceptional thermal stability and mechanical performance.
Exclusively developed by Heathcoat Fabrics, EVO-FR™ spacer fabrics can be produced in 100% PEI or blended with high-performance fibres including para-aramid, PBI and modacrylic. Unlike conventional foam, the polymer does not melt when exposed to flame; it carbonises, delivering non-melt, non-drip behaviour with low smoke toxicity and high thermal resistance, whilst excelling at vertical burn (12 & 60 seconds), heat release and smoke density testing of FAR 25.853.
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You’ll find our unique engineered fabrics in military and civilian aircraft across the world, specified by global brands such as Airbus. Decades of research, development and testing in close cooperation with aircraft component design partners, means that our specialist technical teams have created the highest specification bespoke fabrics for applications where ’near enough’ is never an option.
Thanks to their high strength-to-weight ratios, textile-reinforced composite structures significantly reduce weight, boosting fuel economy and lowering costs. We design and manufacture woven and knitted textiles to reinforce gaskets, seals and diaphragms for numerous critical applications, from wings and fuselage to engines. We have also developed fire-resistant fabrics for structural applications, including ventilation and ducting reinforcements, inflatable seals, seat strengthening, and connectors.
All reinforced rubber or silicone products used in aerospace must have the strongest possible whole-life bond between the fabric and base material. At Heathcoat Fabrics, we have made the formulation and application of fabric-to-rubber and silicone bonding a core specialism for which we are trusted throughout the industry. This failsafe bond is achieved without the use of harmful solvents.
