Replin by Hainsworth, a manufacturer of fabrics for the aviation and transport interiors sectors, is celebrating 80 years since the business was founded in the UK in 1945 by Dr Maurus Banyai, a Hungarian refugee who specialised in textile innovation.
The company was formed in post‑war Britain and is known for its machine‑woven wool textiles. Historically Replin supplied fabrics to Cunard liners, Heathrow Airport terminals, and the UK Houses of Parliament. Over the years, Replin established itself as a supplier of bespoke textiles for transport interiors, collaborating with aviation and rail brands such as British Airways and the Orient Express.
In 2015, Replin was acquired by 242-year-old textile mill and woollen cloth manufacturer, AW Hainsworth, merging decades‑long innovation and craftsmanship into a unified design and production facility. This division – Replin by Hainsworth – specialises in supplying premium fabrics that meet the safety and performance standards aviation, made at parent company AW Hainsworth’s vertically-integrated mill.
The mill, located in the West Yorkshire region, is one of the few mills left in the UK that can process a product from raw fibre to finished cloth entirely from one site, managing the full textile lifecycle from design, production, finishing and testing at its in-house UKAS-accredited lab in Pudsey.
Replin still counts British Airways as a client, and has also added airlines including Lufthansa, American Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Virgin Atlantic to its books.
Ellie Parkes, international sales manager at Replin, says, “Over the last 80 years, the Replin brand has developed side by side with some of the biggest names in aviation, becoming synonymous with quality and style in the global cabin-design industry. As part of the AW Hainsworth group, this reputation is enhanced by over 240 years of textile innovation.”
