Flexible Stone Veneer Sheet-Bendable MCM Soft Stone Cladding for Curved Walls & Facade Retrofit
Flexible Stone Veneer Sheet-The Professional Choice for Architects, Facade Contractors & Hotel and Retail Fit-out Teams
Flexible Stone Veneer Sheet is an ultra-thin modified-clay composite cladding engineered for architects, facade contractors, hotel and retail fit-out teams and renovation distributors. Natural stone powder and inorganic pigments are bonded into a 2–5mm sheet that reproduces travertine, slate, granite, rammed-earth and wood-look textures while bending around columns, curved walls and complex geometry. At 3–5 kg per square metre it can be installed directly over existing finishes with adhesive and hand tools - no structural upgrade, no wet trades, no demolition.
On a flat wall, several products can copy stone. On a curve, they cannot. A radius forces a rigid sheet into mitres, trims and a line of joints that reads as a mistake - and once that happens the design intent is handed back to plaster or paint. A veneer that bends keeps the stone read unbroken from the first column return to the last stair soffit.
The sheet is built from natural stone powder, a modified clay and polymer binder, and inorganic pigments. Texture is produced by laser engraving and inkjet printing with inorganic ink, so the surface carries the reference it was matched to rather than a generic pattern, and the colour sits in the print layer instead of fading out of a coat. Nothing in the make-up off-gasses once the sheet is on the wall.
Sheets are produced at a single plant in Hangzhou, China, and exported by Hangzhou Feihuang Industry Co., Ltd. under the naturwing brand, supplying architects, facade contractors, fit-out teams and renovation distributors worldwide.
Key Product Specifications
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B2B Parameter |
Data |
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Primary Buyer Types |
Facade & Fit-out Contractors, Architects & Designers, Hotel/Retail Developers, Renovation Distributors |
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Key Export Markets |
North America, Western Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Russia/CIS, Australia |
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Standard Size |
600×1200mm (also 600×2400mm, 1200×2400mm variants); custom sizes available |
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Thickness |
2–5mm |
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Weight |
≈3–5 kg per square metre |
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Composition |
Natural stone powder + modified clay/polymer binder + inorganic pigments |
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Textures |
Travertine, slate, granite, marble, rammed earth, sandstone, wood-look; 1,000+ texture/color options |
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Fire Rating |
A2 class (GB 8624) |
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Key Performance |
Bendable, waterproof, lightweight, stain-resistant, no VOC |
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Installation |
Cut with scissors/utility knife; adhesive-fix directly to substrate |
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MOQ |
50–100 square metres (custom textures); small trial quantities available on stocked lines |
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Reference Price Band |
≈US$3.50–10.00 per square metre (range from a supplier survey; confirmed at order stage) |
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Packing |
Carton + wooden pallet |
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Delivery |
7–15 days for 50–1,000 sqm |
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Core Selling Points |
2–5mm Ultra-Thin & Bendable · One-Tenth the Weight of Stone · A2 Class Fire Rating · Adhesive-Fix, No Wet Trades · High-End Stone Textures for Curved Surfaces |
Why Designers and Contractors Shortlist Flexible Stone
1. Bendable Sheet : Stone Finish on Curves and Columns
The sheet flexes around columns, barrel vaults, lift-lobby returns and stair soffits, which rigid tile, slab and stone veneer cannot follow without cutting and visible joints.
Key Benefits:
One sheet round the radius : the stone read continues instead of breaking into mitres
Joint lines kept to a minimum : fewer seams to align, and none of them where the eye expects one
Cut on site by hand : scissors or a knife, so a return or a socket does not wait for a workshop
Works on awkward geometry : barrel vaults, spiral soffits and column capitals all take the sheet
Design-led scope retained : the curved portion stops defaulting to plaster or paint
Why this matters to B2B buyers: Curved surfaces are where rigid products lose the specification-offering a bendable stone sheet opens the design-led portion of a project that would otherwise go to paint or plaster.
2. One-Tenth the Weight : Retrofit Without Structural Work
At 3–5 kg/sqm, the cladding can be applied over existing render, tile or painted walls without demolition, scaffolding load or substrate strengthening.
Key Benefits:
Over-clad what is already there : the old finish stays put and becomes the substrate
No demolition waste : no skips, no strip-out labour, no disposal cost on the programme
Scaffold stays light : the load on the access system does not change the access design
Occupied buildings stay occupied : a wing can be closed for days rather than weeks
Programme shortened at both ends : no strip-out to sequence and no making good afterwards
Why this matters to B2B buyers: Hotel and retail refurbishment is won on programme and downtime - a lightweight over-clad system converts a multi-week stone replacement into a short installation window.
3. A2 Class Fire Rating : Usable in Public and High-Rise Work
A2 class (GB 8624) limited-combustibility compliance supports submittals for hotels, hospitals, schools, transit and high-rise facades.
Key Benefits:
A2 to GB 8624 : the classification facade tender lists filter on first
Low-VOC inorganic build : no organic solvent to declare on an indoor-air schedule
Interior and exterior in one spec : the same sheet covers a lobby wall and an exposed elevation
Stays in the running : the product survives value engineering instead of being cut at the first review
Documentation ready : classification evidence assembled for the submittal pack
Why this matters to B2B buyers: Fire classification is the first filter on facade tender lists - an A2-rated sheet keeps the product in the running instead of being value-engineered out.
4. 1,000+ Stone Textures : One Supplier, Whole Scheme
Travertine, slate, granite, marble, rammed-earth and wood-look surfaces are produced through laser engraving and inkjet printing with inorganic ink, matching natural stone references closely.
Key Benefits:
Deep library, single order : a whole facade palette ships from one factory
Re-orders hold the tone : each texture is printed against a retained production master
Trim and corners match : matching profiles close angles in the same finish as the field
Mix textures in one scheme : stone, rammed earth and wood-look sit together without a second supplier
Fewer names on the approved list : one vendor covers the facade package
Why this matters to B2B buyers: A deep texture library lets a distributor list a full facade range rather than a single SKU, and reduces the number of suppliers on the approved list.
5. Thin, Flexible, Export-Friendly Logistics
Thin sheets stack densely on pallets, so a container carries far more square metres than with slab products, cutting freight per square metre.
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Certification |
Market / Standard |
Value for B2B Buyers |
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A2 fire class |
GB 8624 (China) |
Limited-combustibility evidence for facade tender lists and high-rise submittals |
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No-VOC formulation |
Indoor air, Europe & Asia |
Inorganic pigment and binder - nothing to off-gas once the sheet is up |
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ISO 9001 (quality management) |
Worldwide |
Audited system sitting behind every production batch |
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Accredited lab testing |
Worldwide |
Reports issued against each batch for the tender file |
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Waterproof & stain-resistance data |
Worldwide |
Evidence behind the exterior-use and wipe-clean claims |
Key Benefits:
Container loading density : freight per square metre falls because the sheet is only 2–5mm thick
Pallet formats that stack : layouts built so the corners take the handling, not the face
Carton with corner protection : protection where the pallet straps bite and the forklift meets the load
Arrives flat and reusable : nothing to chip at the edge of a rigid panel
Landed cost that works : freight is the line that decides whether a stone alternative prices in
Why this matters to B2B buyers: Freight per square metre often decides whether a natural-stone-alternative product is landable at the destination price point.
Pain Points
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Pain Point |
How naturwing Solves It |
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A curved elevation has no stone product that fits it |
A bendable sheet wraps the radius, so the stone read holds round columns and barrel vaults |
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Strip-out closes the building for weeks |
Sheets bond straight over render, tile and paint - no demolition, no skip, no making good |
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Substrate cannot carry a stone weight |
3–5 kg/sqm adds effectively nothing, so no strengthening and no scaffold redesign |
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Facade submittal is cut at the fire review |
A2 class to GB 8624 with the classification evidence assembled for the pack |
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Texture range spread over several suppliers |
1,000+ textures from one factory, with matching trim in the same finish |
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Freight kills the landed price |
Dense pallet stacking carries far more square metres per container than slab |
Application Scenarios
Residential
Facades and entrance walls on private villas, feature columns, fireplace surrounds, stair and lift soffits
Commercial
Hotel reception and corridor walls, retail shopfronts and atria, restaurant interiors, spa and wellness walls
Public Spaces
Airport and rail interiors, hospital reception walls, school feature walls, museum displays
Landscape Architecture
Rammed-earth-look garden walls, curved pergola columns, pool surrounds, plaza soffits
Multi-Family
Entrance halls and lift lobbies in apartment blocks, shared-circulation over-cladding
Installation Guide
Product Comparison: Flexible Stone Veneer vs Stone Slab & Rigid Veneer
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Feature |
Natural Stone Slab |
Rigid Stone Veneer Tile |
Flexible Stone Veneer Sheet (naturwing) |
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Material Form |
Heavy slab, cut and lifted |
Rigid tile, cut on a wet saw |
2–5mm sheet, cut with scissors |
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Weight on the Wall |
Needs its own support |
Needs a prepared rigid substrate |
≈3–5 kg/m² - over existing finishes |
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Curves & Columns |
Fabricated in sections, joints show |
Cannot bend-miters and trims |
Wraps the radius in one sheet |
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Substrate Work |
Structural backup and fixings |
Levelled screed or battens |
Bonds over render, tile or paint |
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Demolition |
Strip-back of the existing finish |
Usually a strip-back |
None - the wall is over-clad |
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Site Trades |
Stone mason plus lifting equipment |
Tiler with a wet saw |
Adhesive and hand tools |
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Programme |
Long, and disruptive when occupied |
Mid-length |
Short window on an occupied building |
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Fire Class |
Non-combustible mineral |
Mineral, non-combustible |
A2 to GB 8624, low-VOC |
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Freight per m² |
Low load density, palletised slab |
Low load density |
Dense stacking, far more m² per container |
Company Strength
Stone powder, binder, pigment and print all come together at one plant in Hangzhou, China, where Hangzhou Feihuang Industry Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells abroad as naturwing. Keeping mixing, engraving, printing and packing on the same site is what makes the 1,000-plus texture library repeatable rather than a series of one-off runs.
Our Manufacturing Capabilities:
Stone powder, binder and pigment mixed and calendered in-house
Laser engraving and inorganic-ink printing on the same site as the mixing
Texture library held as production masters, so a re-order prints to the retained reference
Sheet thickness checked through each production run
Production slots allocated to fit-out and retrofit deadlines rather than to a simple order queue
ISO 9001 audit covering every production batch
Quality Assurance:
A2 performance re-tested at an accredited laboratory
VOC content measured against the indoor-air limit before a texture is released
Every texture printed to a retained master, so a later order matches the approved sample
Batch records filed per pallet, so a delivered sheet traces back to its run
Report file travels with the consignment
Pallet build inspected for corner protection and stacking before loading
Ready to Order naturwing Flexible Stone Veneer for Your Project?
Send us the elevation, the radius and the stone reference you are working to, and we will come back with the texture match, the sheet format and the adhesive specification as one package - then hold that reference for every subsequent phase and re-order.
Contact us today for:
Sheet samples in the texture and colour you are specifying
Project pricing by texture, format and quantity
Texture matching against a natural stone reference or a photograph
Trim, corner and adhesive quantities worked out from your elevation
Submittal pack - A2 (GB 8624) classification, no-VOC data and lab reports
Our Certificates
FAQ
Q: Is there a minimum quantity for a custom texture?
A: 50–100 square metres for a custom texture. Stocked lines can be tried in smaller trial quantities first, which suits a designer proving a radius or a colour on site.
Q: What sizes are available?
A: 600×1200mm as standard, and 600×2400mm or 1200×2400mm for taller panels. Larger formats and other sizes are produced to order.
Q: How thin and how heavy is the sheet?
A: Between 2mm and 5mm thick, at roughly 3–5 kg per square metre - about a tenth of the weight of the stone it copies.
Q: How tightly can it bend?
A: The sheet wraps columns, barrel vaults and stair soffits without mitring. Send us the radius, the texture and the substrate, and we will confirm the tightest bend for that build before you specify it.
Q: Can it be used on an exterior facade?
A: Yes. The sheet is waterproof and rated A2 to GB 8624, so one product serves both an interior feature wall and an exposed elevation.
Q: What fire and indoor-air documents come with an order?
A: The A2 (GB 8624) classification evidence and the no-VOC formulation data, ready to drop into a facade or interior submittal package.
Q: Can it go over existing tile, render or paint?
A: That is the main use case. The sheet bonds directly to sound, dry substrates with adhesive, so a refurbishment usually avoids a strip-back altogether.
Q: How is it cut and fixed on site?
A: Scissors or a utility knife, then adhesive applied to the back and pressed down by hand. No wet saw, no wet trades and no special lifting equipment.
Q: How is it packed, and what is the lead time?
A: Carton with corner protection on wooden pallets. Production runs 7–15 days for a 50–1,000 square metre order, with phased releases for larger schemes.
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