kvadrat site infowww.kvadrat.dk has info on it in English. Most of this is probably meaningless to you (it is to me!) but what you can glean from it is that the fabric is polyurethane on the surface, so it's gonna feel slick and plastic-like.
The other thing is the abrasion rating, which is 100,000 using a Martindale abrasion device. This is very durable. A heavy-duty wear rating is anything over 40,000.
http://www.contracttextiles.org/main.php?view=5_1_5
Kvadrat.dk info on Sudden:
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Sudden by Maharam | 002
Detail
Promotional
Designer Maharam Design Studio
Type Upholstery
Composition 100% Polyurethane (surface)
Polyester backing
Width 134 cm
Weight 620 g/lin.m
Abrasion 100000 Martindale
Firetests BS 5852 Crib 5 with treatment
DIN 4102 B1 with treatment
EN 1021-1
EN 1021-1/2 with treatment
IMO A.652(16) with treatment
US Cal. Tech. Bull. 117
ÖNORM B1/Q1 with treatment
Lightfastness 6-7 (ISO 1-8)
Shrinking 0 %
Downloads
Detail images:
Original, 72 dpi, 300 dpi
Promotional images:
Original, 72 dpi, 300 dpi
Colours (zip file)
Abrasion:
Martindale
Colour fastness:
Colourfastness
Fire test:
BS 5852 source 5, BS 5852 source 5-1, BS 5852 source 5-2, US Cal. Tech. 117, DIN 4102 B1, EN 1021, EN 1021-1, EN 1021-2, IMO A.652(16), IMO A.652(16)-1, NFPA 260
Light fastness:
Lightfastness, Lightfastness-1
http://www.kvadrat.dk/textiles/collection/
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