The company has been producing and exporting jacquard and plain velvet type of fabrics used for upholstery and draperies.
As one of the respectful companies operating in the textile industry Karteks has a lot to say about fabrics. Şemsettin Uçar of Karteks answered the questions of Home Textile Exports to detail their success story.
Would you tell us about your company in brief?
Our firm was established in 1997 to produce jacquard fabric production in Istanbul, then started to produce velvet fabrics by having special finishing machinery. Our annual production capacity is about 4.2 million sqm. Our products are exported to Middle East, Europe, America and Russia. We also got awards as one of Turkey’s stars in exports.
What are your product varieties?
As I mentioned, we produce jacquard and plain velvet type of fabrics used for upholstery and draperies. They are made of cotton, acrylic, viscose and polyester fibers.
Information about production facilities
In our factory of 3 thousand sqm about 100 people are employed. The factory is composed of three sections as preparation, looming and finishing. We updated our machinery and equipment recently by adding new finishing line.
Information about export markets you targeted
For long years, Russia was the largest market for us. We are adding new products in our portfolio and new markets for exports in Europe, America, Iran and Middle East.
What is your customer satisfaction policy?
As Karteks company, we focused on our customers and their satisfaction. We continuously try to improve our processes and to establish long-term relationships with them.
On international fairs and your participation in them
Each year we participate in Evteks and Hometeks fairs, and also in the fairs held in Germany and Russia.
What is your target for the year 2015?
We emphasize on and improve our R&D activities to develop more new products.
What are your additional comments?
We think that there are serious opportunities in textile industry especially in the production of velvet. We want to explore new market opportunities for our new products.
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