skai® Artificial Leather Impresses at Metstrade – the Leading Trade Fair Serving the Leisure Marine Industry
With its 1,700 exhibitors and 32,000 cumulative visitors, the Metstrade trade fair held from 18 to 20 November 2025 was once again a showcase of superlatives! At this 37th edition of the world’s leading trade fair for boatbuilding and accessories, every single hall of the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre was fully booked for the very first time. There, visitors were offered impressive insights into current trends in the marine leisure and luxury sector. Continental’s trade fair team likewise benefitted from the large number of visitors, presenting the company’s innovative artificial leather portfolio for outdoor use under the banner heading “When out at sea, count on skai®”.
Good Contacts at the Continental Stand
“We had very good conversations at our trade fair stand, and were able to make numerous promising contacts,” says Christelle Perico-Darras, Head of Hospitality, Healthcare & Public Areas EMEA. “Our new surface skai® Misuna EN with its fine textile structure and attractive colour palette was particularly well received. The colour cards were literally snatched out of our hands.” The premium artificial leathers skai® cool colors Venezia, skai® cool colors Valero and skai® Neptun Pescara for boats and yachts also attracted the attention of the trade fair visitors.
skai® Excels With Innovations
In a demanding market environment, boat outfitters pay particular attention to value-adding material properties such as comfort, ease of cleaning and durability in addition to look and feel. Here, the Continental trade fair team succeeded in positioning skai® as an innovative driving force. As Christelle Perico-Darras puts it, “The outstanding everyday properties of our surfaces scored impressively with the trade fair visitors.” Visitors we spoke with were convinced not only by our skai® artificial leather’s heat-repellent cool colors Technologie: the unique staynu coating for maximum stain resistance (e.g. skai® Toronto EN, skai® Tovega EN) also met with enthusiastic response.
The complete range of skai® synthetic leathers for boats, yachts and cruise ships can be found here.