Nerteks continues to grow with rich product portfolio

Established by Nail Erdogan in Sultanhamam, Istanbul, in 1971 Nerterks supplies a wide variety of textile auxiliary materials.

The company recorded a big progress in 1999 by establishing a modern yarn factory over an area of 12 thousand square meters in Hadimkoy, Istanbul. Factory Manager Esref Erbay says that Nerteks follows up the needs of the companies and develops its production line to serve the companies better with a way that they can provide all of their needs from one source adding that they produce using the latest technology products. Esref Erbay outlined the operations in 2013:

Could you brief us about yourself?

Nerteks is a major player of Ner Group which was established in 1971 by our father, Mr. Nail Erdoğan. He is one of the pioneer businessmen  who  successfully reinforced the garment accessories segment to serve   the  clothing industry. Obviously, this business was started in the main trading area of Istanbul, namely Sultanhamam. As being the eldest amongst my two other brothers, thus I am responsible to run Nerteks which is the manufacturing company of our group.

Could you furnish us with general information about Nerteks?
Nerteks is a leading manufacturer of sewing threads to supply apparel and bedding industries both in domestic and export markets as well as other niche segments. Nerteks expanded the production facilities in early 2000 s to increase its market share to assign the top priority on customer satisfaction and ensuring the quality standards. The mission statement covers the process of sourcing the top quality raw materials and auxiliaries to produce the most economical sewing thread articles thanks to modern technology with a highly trained and dedicated team.

Which sectors do you serve with your products?
Our core markets are apparel / garments and bedding industries. We supply a full range of sewing threads and cocoons to the other manufacturers which produce quality articles for various end-users. Furthermore, we are continuously in search of new products to follow the worlwide technological developments; such as, GLOW and REFLECTIVE yarns for Embroidery industry and TECHNICAL  yarns for industrial safety. On the other hand, fashionable front yarns (POLYESTER FDY) are also part of our production range for Schiffli Embroidery customers.
Could you brief us about your production?
Our production facilities are located in Hadımkoy–Istanbul. We already have invested for a state-of-art effluent treatment plant long before the authorities legally forced the industry.
Our dyeing infrastructure and winding equipment are carefully planned to meet the ever-changing demand and trends of the customers.
The factory has a flexible production capacity to produce quality products at affordable prices .The main objective is to produce at the right time with the right resources at the affordable prices to satisfy the customers consistently.

Can you inform us about foreign trade ; Imports & Exports?
Nerteks imports most of the quality raw materials ( e.g. Spun Polyester , Poly Poly , HT CF Polyester etc ) and auxiliaries ( dyestuff & lubricants and other ingredients  )from reliable and confident suppliers. The volume of imports are growing with the total demand both from export and home markets.
Our main export markets are most of the leading  EU countries and former eastern-block countries. Meanwhile , the export orders from Pakistan and India are also encouraging .
We aim to increase our export sales. Our country needs hard currency and we realize the importance of new export markets competing with the international  brands of sewing thread manufacturers.

What do you have in your product range ?
We currently produce and sell various products thanks to our efficient sales and distribution team. The quality and the punctuality of our service is second to none. The products are mainly as follows: (Available on all counts )

TEXTURISED POLYESTER
SPUN POLYESTER
CF POLYESTER
POLY POLY
COTTON WRAPPED POLY POLY
MERCERISED COTTON
RAYON & TRILOBAL POLYESTER
KEVLAR & NOMEX
LYCRA ( ELASTIC ) THREAD  & COCOONS

Those products are offered on cones / King Spools or any other desired commercial sizes, e.g. Kg packages. Our color cards reflect the unequalled range of colors to provide to our customers and we try to expand our service by closely following the market requirements.
On the other hand, we can also group the products in accordance with the end-use, i.e.

–          SEWING ( ALL PURPOSES incl. JEANS / GARMENTS / BEDDING / LEATHER / SWIMWEAR / OUTDOOR / SPORTSWEAR)
–          QUILTING
–          MACHINE & SCHIFFLI EMBROIDERY
–          GARMENT DYEING / PIECE DYEING
–          FLAME RETARDANCY

We are offering the best alternative products for  the leading mattress manufacturers to use for the  efficiency of  important production processes, e.g. Tape Edging / Frame Quilting / Border processing / Edge processing / Mattress panels etc.

We are proud to indicate that most of the “ High speed chain stitch “and/or“ multi-needle quilting machines” are equipped with Nerteks products.

How was 2013 for your company? What plan sor targets do you have for 2014?
It was a difficult year both to source quality raw materials and also to meet the price expectations of our home customers. The Nerteks team and the top management are working with full enthusiasm and dedication to overcome the difficulties.
However, we are totally satisfied with the performance figures for  the three quarters  of the year. The forecasts and the achieved figures match and the production budgets are regularly updated in consideration of dynamic market demand although the raw material  prices are consistently increased by the suppliers.
The bedding market is expanding in Turkey to meet the special demands of the households. We, therefore, want to put great emphasis on this market by providing the quality products to our customers.

We will grow and continue to expand with high margin products to serve our customers. They deserve quality products at affordable prices as they are competing with international brands.
Is there anything you would like especially to mention?
Nerteks has committed for further growth with innovative products and environmental friendly solutions. Nerteks is a reliable supplier for many manufacturers looking for quality sewing threads. We offer punctual service of quality products at affordable price levels.