Bunteks aims 1 million meter

Having a factory in the same location where Bunyan Blanket company was established in 1929, Bunteks has been producing for export markets. General Manager Cemal Aslandag informed about his company and activities

On production facility and capacity

We are producing fabrics in the old facilities of Sumerbank established in 1929. 14 businesses of Sumerbank have been privatized during 1995-1998 period. We bought one of them, the only facility that is still operational, to produce blankets

Now producing 400 thousand meter fabrics monthly, Bunteks aims 1 million by the end of 2016

In 2005 we started to produce fabrics for bed industry. In 2010 we innovated our production machinery and focused on bed fabrics produc – tion. The factory has a 30 thousand meter-covered area on 60 thousand meter land. We produce about 400 thousand meter fabrics monthly. Variety in bed fabrics is proliferat – ed recently. We produce economic type of bed fabrics, including anti-bacterial, leak-proof, stain repellant types. I think that some of fabric manufacturers over empha – size properties of their products by mentioning aromatic products. The odor is vanishing in certain period. Human body has unbelievable chemical properties. They exaggerate some of the features

On exports and export markets

95 % of our manufacturing is sold in export markets. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Balkan countries, and England are our export markets.

About the industry

Earlier we were not aware of the volume of consumer market in the world. There is a huge demand for beds. There are great potential for further development as long as you can keep the quality and price in balance. There are 12 fold larger companies in the world. Right products and right prices can find their buyers easily

On product development and plans for the future

We as Bunteks are continuously studying the fabrics for further developments in terms of their colors, structures, finishing, touching etc. Our production target for 2015 is 700 thousand meter. Next year it will be 1 million meter. To this aim, we invested about 650 thousand dollars in our machinery park. We mostly produce fabrics made of polyester and polypropylene, both are flammable materials. We apply special treatments to fabrics to make them flame-resistant products by imbedding them into special chemicals. The fabrics are then subjected to heat treatment by 250 degrees centigrade for 2 to 3 seconds. The last stage is packaging of the fabrics.