AW Hainsworth and Sons

Replin by Hainsworth makes performance textiles for transport interiors. Its main focus is aviation fabrics for aircraft cabins. The company works with airlines to design and make bespoke, high performance fabrics. Its brand is Replin by Hainsworth, and it is part of the AW Hainsworth group.

The company makes fabrics for seating, crew rest areas, vertical surfaces such as sidewalls, and curtains. It also makes rail fabrics. Its work is design led. Clients can have a fabric redesigned with their own colourways and patterns to reflect their brand. The design team works with customers at each stage of development.

Replin says it leverages over 240 years of textile expertise. The website says it has over 80 years of experience in fabric technology for transport interiors. All stages of design, development and manufacturing are carried out at the company's mill in West Yorkshire.

The website lists airlines that use Replin fabrics. These include Delta, British Airways, SWISS, Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Lufthansa, American Airlines and Virgin Atlantic. In 2017 South African Airways and Qatar Airways launched new cabins with custom Eclipse fabrics.

The company's history starts in 1783, when AW Hainsworth was established in Farsley, Leeds. Replin was set up in Scotland in 1945 with a patented loom. Hainsworth introduced protective Nomex fabrics to the UK in 1975. These are still used by fire services. Replin was acquired by AW Hainsworth in 2015.

Replin's collections include Eclipse, a range of custom luxury fabrics for aircraft vertical surfaces. The Steadfast collection uses undyed wool yarns for a more sustainable process. The company says it offers sampling and design advice. Customers can request fabric samples through the website contact form.

Services

• Aviation seating fabrics
• Vertical surface fabrics
• Curtain fabrics
• Crew rest area fabrics
• Rail fabrics
• Bespoke colourways and patterns
• Fabric sampling
• Design development