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Founded as a small fabric shop in 1995 in Bursa, KayseriliTekstil reached a huge success with knitting machines and took its place among Turkey’s best companies. Continuing its work during the pandemic period, the company looks to the future with new ideas and research with hope. We talked to Ufuk Kanar, General Manager of KayseriliTekstil, which aims to be successful in the production of mattress ticking, about their goals for export and mattress ticking production.
First of all, I want to ask you about the pandemic period. How did you manage that critical period?
There was great pessimism in the markets at the beginning of the pandemic period. Almost everyone was talking about disaster scenarios. There was a great astonishment, but when we look at human history, such situations have always happened. It looks like it will continue to exist. We never panicked in this process and, we believed that crises would generate opportunities as well. In this sense, we made plans.
“We will establish better integrated facilities in Bursa and Kayseri in 2021”
You thought that crises would bring opportunities and you made plans. I want to learn about your plans, let’s open this topic a little bit.
Yes, we have made many plans and we want to take our steps strongly. We know that we will work on every subject and achieve success by making the right moves. For this reason, we made our investments to establish better integrated facilities in Kayseri and Bursa in 2021. We did not stop during the pandemic period and thought about what we can do. I hope we will also get the reward for this.
You have many investments. How do you supply raw materials?
We started our yarn texturing production in Kayseri in 2016. With the increase in our machine park, we produce 300 tons of yarn per month. After the physical and chemical controls required in our texturing laboratories, we use 90% of the yarns we produce ourselves. We serve many manufacturers in the market with our single-cover and twisting facility. In addition, we will start our vortex viscose production at the end of 2021.
“Our position is very solid”
How do you see your position in the market?
We increased our machine park by establishing better integrated facilities every day. We have always followed the developing technology closely and made our plans according to the changing conditions. We focused on our customers in the domestic and foreign markets in the global world. While doing these, we never compromised on quality. We also show that we are environmentally friendly by making extremely environmentally friendly production. I see our place very solid because we work and want to be one of the best companies.
You said that you wanted to be one of the best companies. What kind of goals do you have?
We are a company that constantly makes its goals come true. For this reason, we always need to renew our goals. We are among the successful companies we look at the conditions in Turkey. We have achieved great success with our production in the field of weaving and yarn. Likewise, we have big goals in mattress ticking fabric production because we want to be the leader of the market with our strong and ambitious production facilities.
You have many successes in the industry. What is your biggest secret?
We do all kinds of production from raw materials to finished products. This is the biggest secret in our success. We are a company that is open to innovation in every sense. For this reason, we follow technological developments closely. We work in a human-oriented manner and try to see the future according to the wishes and desires. As a result, we direct the future.
“We work with an expert staff”
You are one of the few companies in the sector. Your production and your perspective to the future make you different in every sense. When we look at your production process, do you encounter any problems in this area?
We take our precautions to avoid any problems. Therefore, I would like to sincerely say that we do not encounter any major problems in our production process. We work with an expert staff and keep our machine park always the same. In particular, we do not use machines more than 5 years old. After all these, it is very normal not to encounter any problems.
Finally, I wonder about your export target?
We have grown 50 times in the last 5 years. We want to see this growth in exports as well. We aim to increase the number of countries we export to in the European market. We think to grow and develop in every sense. We want to take our place in the American market, which has a population of 330 million. In this sense, we have done all our work and we are taking our steps very carefully.
