Milkay produces its own raw materials

Established in 1995 MİLKAY manufactures spring mattresses and sofas, nonwoven and paddings that are used in mattress, isolation, automotive and furniture sectors. At Milkay, raw materials needed for felt and paddings production have been manufactured in its own facilities for more than 2 decades. Oguz Ozev, sales and marketing manager of Milkay informed about his company and activities.

On the general outlook of 2016 for Milkay company
It was better than the year before for us. There were loss of sales especially in domestic market and exports were not so strong, however we worked hard and with the advantage of selling in diverse countries we maintained our sales level. We look forward for the results of the last season of three months. We think that this period will be better.

On the targeted markets in export countries
We are selling to variety of markets in abroad, especially in North Africa, where competition is high. Besides, we emphasize on mid and South African markets. Earlier there were a few number of mattress manufacturers in these markets, but now the people have become more prosperous and began to demand higher quality mattresses and better technologies. We are also active in Latin American countries.  These are hard to reach markets for mattress industry due to logistical reasons. Our competitors are mostly active in the Balkans, Middle East, Caucasia, and North Africa. But we can reach to further markets thanks to our production capacity and limited profit margins.

On the raw materials of felt and paddings, the wastes of textile industry
In case of the need we import some of our inputs. Some materials could not be find in Turkey, such as some special fibers. We have to import them. Sometimes we decide to import due to cost considerations. There is no regular source of supply for these wastes in Turkey.  We have a large facility in Nigde, Bor, to process imported textile wastes, where they are cut, combined, processed into fibers. It makes us more powerful in our effort to meet larger demands.

The facility was established in 2014 and is one of the largest facilities of its kind in the world, we think. We also may sell processed fibers to our competitors, as well.

General comments
We will be in the Sleepwell Expo fair event, which will be held for the third time, in Istanbul. The earlier  edition of the fair was very successful for us. We expect larger group of visitors in the fair. It was highly productive and profitable. Even it was better than the fair held in Germany. We are optimistic about the future of the industry, despite all kinds of problems enliven in the region.

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