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KORTEKS HAS BEEN ON THE FIRST RANK IN “PRODUCTIVITY PROJECT AWARDS”

orteks was granted with the first prize with “Water Efficiency” Project in Large-scaled Enterprises Sustainable Production Category at the Efficiency Project Awards

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organized by the Ministry of Science Industry and Technology – General Directorate of Efficieny. By decreasing our consumption of water, we aim to contribute to a sustainable future, and also increase our product competitiveness by decreasing

our costs.In order to achieve theseobjectives, we have established a water purification plant with state of the art technology and its own software. Water treatment system consisting of 5 stages gives us the required quality water according to our usage area.

TURKISH COTTON ARISES FROM THE LABORATORY

pon the demand of the sector, taller fibre, higher efficiency and quality cotton types were developed at İYTE Molecular Biology laboratory. Seed which was developed with the study of Turkishscientists, will be launched as ‘Turkish cotton’. Upon the demand of a seed company carrying on business in Aydın, studies have begun for taller fibre, higher efficiency and quality cotton type.

Doğanlar says “Turkey’s competitors at textile produce higher value- added products. Just making evaluation above cotton has already lost validity. In a conclusion of the study at our laboratory, we developed the best type in terms of efficiency and fibre quality”. After seed testworks, planting has started. Lodos which has started to take demand from overseas is believed to find a large marketplace within 5 years.

The name of ‘Lodos’ (Southwester) was given to the cotton type which was developed as a result of the rehabilitation works carried out at İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) Molecular Biology laboratory in cooperations with university and industry.

Turkish Scientists Developed

Planting Has Started İYTE Molecular Biology Department Associate Prof. Dr. Sami Doğanlar who emphasizes the developed cotton will be a strategic product for Turkey, says Turkey doesn’t meet the consumption of cotton production.

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New cotton type is a natural one which is planted in Turkey and occurs with classic rehabilitation works. Lodos which will launched to the world as ‘Turkish cotton’ was developed with the studies of Turkish scientists. Cenk Peynircioğlu, Director of R&D and Production of ÖzaltınTarım, states that they developed a product matching up with the demands of textile industry and as its feature to be early riser cotton type is a choice reason.

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SATEKS ADDS COLOR TO LIFE

e made our first investments in the yarn-dyeing sector in 1984 when my father Sabri Öztürk set up a small workshop at Demiryolu Street. A polyester cheese dyeing was the first job in our business life that continues as one of the first facilities in the Demirtas Organized Industrial Zone.

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fter the second half of 2000’s, we kept up with development pace of the sector by making new investments. Products with spandex (elastane) yarn were very popular in the 2000s but this kind of yarns couldn’t be dyed as spool in those days. Top dyeing was carried out after weaving the fabric. We started our first R&D studies in 2012 for cotton spandex yarn dyeing. A year later, we expanded the product range of spandex yarn dyeing to spool dyeing for polyamide and viscose spandex yarns. Then, we reached a certain level to produce six main varieties of yarn used in the sector with spandex without elastane loss as well as floss spandex yarn dyeing and polyester spandex yarn dyeing and additionally poly/vis/spandex yarn dyeing in line with the demands of the market.

eanwhile, our product development and promotion team visit almost all leading exporters and fabric facilities and in this sort of promotion visits, they make presentations and also inform them about product and dyeings. We attend all leading exhibitions around the globe to both visit customers and follow the latest trends in the sector and understand market share of next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yarn dyeing because SATEKS have a customer focused management concept I must say frankly that we are of the few companies that can dye these six yarns with spandex in the world. Linen, staple, nylon, floss, cotton, polyester, viscose and mixtures of these yarns are dyed in our facility. Our company is a member of Inditex. Also we have H20 and Ekoteks certificates. Any carcinogenic dye and chemicals are never used in our factory. I and my team move forward with new R&D activities.

OERLIKON ACQUIRE

GERMANY-BASED AC-AUTOMATION

erlikon announced today that it has acquired Germany-based AC-Automation GmbH & Co. KG, an engineering company specializing in largescale plant automation solutions for the textile and packaging industries. The two companies have been partnering since the early 1980s. The integration of AC-Automation in Oerlikon expands the market-leading technology portfolio of its Manmade Fibers Segment. It also marks a milestone in Oerlikon’s ongoing quest to offer innovative, fully automated and digitally networked Industry 4.0 solutions in the manmade fiber industry.

Oerlikon integrates automation solutions for large-scale plants in technology portfolio The 60 employees at AC-Automation’s Bernkastel-Kues and Augsburg locations will become part of Oerlikon’s Manmade Fibers Segment, which includes the leading brands Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag. The move will expand the Segment’s business model, adding another key core component to its current offering of production plants and technology solutions from melt to yarn, fibers, and nonwovens. Ultimately, Oerlikon will be able to offer customers a total solution from a single source, including automation logistics for packaging, high-bay storage, and other areas, which complement its current market-leading spinning and process technologies for the textile industry. “We see our expanded overall offering as an Industry 4.0 solution, reflecting the future of an even more efficient, digitized and profitable chemical fiber industry, especially for large-scale plants with daily production capacity of several hundred tons of polyester, nylon, polypropylene, or other manmade fibers,” explains Georg Stausberg, CEO of the Manmade Fibers Segment. Manmade fiber producers from China — the world’s most important market, generating more than 70 % of worldwide manmade

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fiber production — as well as companies from other fast-growing markets such as India, Turkey and the USA are also relying on automated and networked Industry 4.0 total solutions. “The acquisition and integration of AC-Automation’s automation solutions will provide new opportunities for our manmade fiber business. It enables the Segment to increasingly position itself as an Industry 4.0 solution provider in combination with our own digitization solutions,” says Oerlikon Group CEO Dr. Roland Fischer. “As a leading provider of advanced materials, surface solutions and materials processing including the engineering and production of polymer plants, this acquisition marks another milestone in Oerlikon’s strategy to strengthen its businesses and thus sustain profitable growth.” “After such a long partnership, we are excited to be able to benefit even more in the future as part of a global player in the textile industry. Our market access will further improve with the help of the Oerlikon Group’s sales and service network. For my employees, I am very pleased to be able to bring them into an international Group, in which there would be new opportunities and perspectives for them personally,” said Rolf Gänz, AC-Automation’s Managing Director.

KEMPAŞ RAISED ANNUAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY FROM 5,000 TONS TO 7,500 TONS THROUGH MACHINERY INVESTMENTS IN 2018. FW - First could you tell us briefly about Kempaş İplik?

Q - Kempaş is an ever-growing company that increases its production capacity with every passing day. What are your investment and production plans for 2019? We tripled production through investments in 2016, 2017 and 2018. We increased our production capacity setting up a new factory building along with the factory that was built in 2004. For now we have no any investment plan for next year, but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Now we continue to use 13 Open-End yarn machineries. We are advancing confidently along the way to achieve our goals. We will use significant opportunities to pursue our investments. Q - Why do you focus on regenerated yarn production? Since our establishment in 2004, we have an innovation-oriented business culture. When we made a foray into the industry manufacturing viscose yarn, but in due course, we noticed 12

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demand for regenerated yarn, so it’s an opportunity for us. Everything can change in a few years, even just a few months. You have to forecast the future and plan for it as you struggle with everyday problems. Renegarated yarn is a product that can replace authentic cotton yarn. We started manufacturing yarn blending recycled, that’s regenerated cotton, Ne30/1 (Nm50/1) that is our main production with original polyester staple fiber. Thus we both brought down the costs and made a valuable contribution to the nature protection using recycled raw material. Q - Do you have export? 50 percent of our production is exported to foreign markets. Now we export directly to Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Poland and Brazil. Our yarns are used in 18 countries as export registered. We got into the Far East market recently. We plan to increase the export following closely textile exhibitions.

Established under the leadership of Kemal Yağcı, Kempaş İplik started manufacturing of yarn building its own facility in Uşak Leather (Mixed) Organized Industrial Zone in 2004 with a 50-year heritage of experience and business life in yarn production. As a fast growing and developing company, Kempaş İplik manufacturers regenerated yarn over an area of 40.000 square meters.Taking quality as our core concept, we have been using the most quality raw materials in the production. Kempaş İplik gradually improves itself to be a leading brand in its area with upwards of a hundred workfellows. It raised annual production capacity from 5,000 tons to 7,500 tons through machinery investments in 2018. The company continues to grow in not just textile sector, also with tourism and lodging industry investments.

Q - To which manufacturers/industries do you currently sell products? Our products are demanded by various fields of ready to wear industry. Yarns we produced have great usage diversity because they are manufactured between NE6/1 and NE36/1. Now we manufacture mainly shirt fabric, two and three ply fleece and supply product to many weaving and knitting producers, particularly sock, underclothes. Q - What do you think of impacts of the depreciation of the TLR on yarn industry? The currency devaluation against the U.S. dollar, the Euro and the British Pound is not only in Turkey, but also on a global basis, so impacts of the fall in currencies run very deep in the global textile industry. Of course when the Lira is one of world’s worst performing currencies this year, Turkish manufacturers are more affected by it. Today if you look at only small businesses in the textile, you can see clearly that they slowed the production down visibly since August. Also you have to tackle the issue with all textile industry, not only yarn because all sectors, from fibers to yarn, knitting to outfit, are linked to each other. Foreign currency based raw material input comes with a price rise on textile products. Moreover, when all production costs are linked to the currency or they turn into cash in advance, besides raw material input; the sector is negatively affected by them. However one of its positive effects is that Turkey becomes a production market increasing export opportunities. It became a shining star of European countries in terms of both prices and the proximity. Q - How do you see the future of the industry? We maintain our competitive power thanks to quality production and a wide experience. But conversely the appreciation of the foreign currencies and high rate of inflation take toll on industry. All these negative factors impose more burdens on manufacturers. Unfortunately undercapitalized companies go out of business one by one. Notwithstanding textile is an industry that will never be shut down in Turkey. Also we can say “the driving force of the world market” for Turkey’s role in the global textile industry. Textile have is always a strong potential for the future. Of course there have been, and will be, rises and falls. We need to use opportunities in periods of recession.

The Lenzing Group is set to expand its capacities for Tencel Luxe ďŹ lament yarn.

Lenzing to expand capacities for

TENCEL LUXE FILAMENT YARN The Lenzing Group is set to expand its capacities for Tencel Luxe filament yarn. The company will invest up to â&#x201A;Ź 30 million in a further pilot line at the Lenzing site. Basic engineering for construction of the new facility has already been initiated. The Lenzing Group is a global company that produces high-quality fibres from renewable raw material wood. 14

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The new capacities will enable Lenzing to more effectively fulfil the needs of customers for Tencel Luxe filament yarn, than in the past. At the same time, Lenzing will press ahead with technical planning for a large-scale commercial line at the Lenzing site.

Stefan Doboczky, chief executive officer and chairman of the management board of the Lenzing Group said, “On the occasion of the launch of Tencel Luxe filaments, the luxury brands already realised what opportunities they would have by using this yarn made of the renewable raw material wood. For this reason, demand is already so high that we have decided to take an intermediate step to expand capacities before building a large commercial production plant. The decision to construct a new line will serve as the basis for generating a three-fold increase in capacity compared to the previous volume. The additional capacity will be available to customers at the end of next year. The Lenzing site was selected because research and technological know-how in plant construction are connected in a special way, which will in turn enable us to further develop this special product.” This strong level of demand is further evidence of the Lenzing Group’s innovative strength. The yarn is opening up new markets for the company in the eco-couture segment, thus contributing to the successful implementation of the sCore TEN strategy. Robert van de Kerkhof, chief commercial officer of the Lenzing Group said, “Thanks to Tencel Luxe, Lenzing is currently positioning itself

in the premium luxury market and is embedding the issue of sustainability there in combination with superior aesthetics. The fine filament yarn is comparable to natural silk due to its airy feeling on the skin and the matte finish. It is perfectly suited for very fine fabrics made exclusively from this yarn and as a blending partner with silk, cashmere and wool.” 15

HOLLAND & SHERRY’S ‘DUET’ NAMED

MOST ATTRACTIVE TREVIRA CS COLLECTION AT MUNICH FABRIC SPRING The Munich Fabric Spring (‘Münchner Stoff Frühling’, MSF), an annual event celebrating interior design and textiles, took place this year from 16-19 March, with Trevira CS® as one of its sponsors. At the event, the public accolade for most attractive CS collection went to velour product ‘Duet’ by British editor Holland & Sherry. Congratulations! For the third year in a row, visitors to the MSF could cast their vote on which of the CS collections shown they preferred. They were asked to name their favourite CS collection by filling in a card, which they then posted in one of the Trevira CS ‘letterboxes’ placed in each of the MSF showrooms. The flame-retardant Duet, a stylish upholstery fabric, turned out to be the public’s top choice. The 100% Trevira CS® velvet material is available in a wide range of colours, from light grey, red and violet to dark blue and black. A velour was also the winner of last year’s Trevira CS competition, showing that high quality Trevira CS articles are very much ready for the market and its ongoing trend towards the use of velvets. The draw was entered by a large number of people, with one lucky participant winning a trip to Florence for two, worth 2,500 Euros. We congratulate the interior design firm ‘Raum und Form’ in Pfaffenhofen!

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LENZING STARTS PRODUCTION OF

LENZING™ ECOVERO™ FIBERS IN CHINA • Strong demand for eco-responsible viscose • Production expanded to China • Strong commitment to specialty strategy Nanjing (China) – The Lenzing Group marks a new milestone in its sustainability journey: It is introducing the eco-responsible process for the production of LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded viscose fibers, which were first launched by Lenzing in autumn 2017, also at its Chinese location Lenzing Nanjing Fibers (LNF). As of now, the Lenzing Group is able to produce LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers not solely at the site in Lenzing (Austria) but also in China and, hence, even better meet the strong demand for eco-responsible products. The environmental awareness of consumers has been growing steadily over the last decade, more recently in the fashion and textile industry. Textile consumption is expected to double by 2025, and the industry is anxiously looking for more sustainable solutions with low environmental impact. The Lenzing Group addresses this market need for more eco-responsible products by offering LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers that mark a new milestone in Lenzing’s sustainable viscose production based on three pillars: 1. LENZING™ ECOVERO™ viscose fibers are derived from sustainable wood and pulp, coming from certified and controlled sources (FSC® or PEFC™ certified) following the stringent guidelines of the Lenzing Wood and Pulp Policy. 2. LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers have been certified with the EU Ecolabel, a label of environmental excellence. 3. LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers can be robustly identified in the final product. Greater transparency in the fashion industry A special manufacturing system enables LENZING™ ECOVERO™ branded viscose fibers to be identified in the final product, even after long textile processing and

conversion steps through the value chain. Thus the retailers and brands are assured that they are incorporating LENZING™ ECOVERO™ eco-responsible viscose in their products. “LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers are the answer to a burning issue in the fashion industry, namely to robustly identify eco-responsible fibers from the producer to the consumer. With LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers, one thing is clear: If Lenzing is on the outside, Lenzing is also on the inside”, says Hu Jian, Senior Vice President North Asia of the Lenzing Group. “Thanks to this special manufacturing system, we are supporting the trend in the fashion industry towards greater transparency. It is becoming increasingly important to know where the products come from and which path they have covered”, Hu Jian explains further. “By now, Lenzing Nanjing Fibers is one of only two locations worldwide to produce LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers and this is something we are particularly proud of”, he adds. Lenzing enforces strict environmental standards during viscose production and has invested millions over the years to achieve an eco-responsible production process. Both the Lenzing site as well as the production location in Nanjing comply with the stringent guidelines of the EU Ecolabel. The label of environmental excellence is only awarded to products and services which have a significantly lower environmental impact throughout their lifecycle: from raw material extraction, to production, distribution and disposal. Long-term growth with specialty fibers The expansion of the production of LENZING™ ECOVERO™ fibers emphasizes the focus of the Lenzing Group on specialty fibers. In line with the corporate strategy sCore TEN, the Lenzing Group follows the goal to raise the share of specialty fibers in revenue to 50 percent by 2020 – from currently 42 percent.

NEPALI DELEGATION VISITS TURKEY TO END YARN EXPORT HASSLES A delegation from Nepal led by a senior official from the ministry of industry, commerce and supplies recently visited Turkey and provided supporting documents to Ankara to help wrap up the ongoing investigation into the former’s yarn export and resume its trade. The delegation comprised experts and representatives from the Nepal Yarn Producers’ Association. Alleging that Nepal was exporting Chinese yarn, Turkey had suspended the generalised system of preferences (GSP) benefit on export of yarn from Nepal in January this year. It had cited a considerable growth in export from Nepal — around 190 per cent between 2011 and 2017 — without a reliable domestic production base as the reason for suspending the facility. Data related to production units, production capacity of the spinning mills, employment generated by these factories and taxes filed by them were presented by Nepal to the directorate general of customs enforcement in Turkey, according to a Nepali newspaper report.

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Nepal clarified that the factories were mostly running below capacity earlier as the country was facing crippling power shortage and labour unrest. As the demand for yarn rose, Nepali factories started increasing their production capacity and some of them have now doubled their capacity utilisation from 35-40 per cent earlier to 70-75 per cent. India and Turkey are the major export destinations for Nepali yarn. Out of Nepal’s total annual yarn export worth around Rs 15 billion, yarn worth Rs 5 billion is exported to Turkey, according to yarn exporters. There was no chance of circumvention as Nepali factories are still operating below full capacity, the Turkish Government authorities were told. The Nepali delegation also invited the Turkish investigation team to visit the production units in their country to verify their data. The Nepali team met Turkish importers of Nepali yarn in Istanbul and briefed them about its talks with the government officials.

ÖR-İŞ ADVANCES CONFIDENTLY ALONG THE WAY TO BECOMING A COMPANY IN INT’L STANDARDS Established in 1986, Ör-İş is a producer of fancy yarns for all fields of textiles such as household textile, flat knitting, circular knitting, hand knitting, carpet and carpet yarn. It started the business manufacturing hand knitting yarn with a capacity of 10 tons/month; in 1990s the company expanded its product range to include flat and circular knitting yarns.

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uring 2000s, fancy yarns for household textile and carpet industry were added to product range. Today Ör-İş having a capacity of 200 tons/month is advancing confidently along the way to becoming a company in international standards that develops and updates, if necessary, machinery to offer quality products to customers Our goal is to be a matching manufacturer and business partner that customers can trust in all aspects.

As a company adopting a customer-focused business approach, Ör-İş engages deeply with customers to develop products that work for them. We aim also to be a manufacturer strengthening production efficiency through the use of state-ofthe-art technology and innovation. We sets our sights on becoming a significant player of both local and global markets, providing wide spectrum solutions to the industry, thereby maximizing value for our clients and in turn, becoming their preferred partner.

TURKEY’S TEXTILE EXPORTS RISE 9.4% IN Q1 Turkey’s total exports of textiles (fibres, yarns and fabrics) in the period January-March 2018 rose to $2.7 billion, an increase of 9.4%, compared to the same period last year. During the period, the EU (28) countries accounted for approximately $1.5 billion of Turkish exports, where the country’s largest textile market Italy, increased by 10.9% to reach $246 million. Exports to Germany, the second largest market, increased by 14% compared to the previous year and amounted to approximately $225 million. Exports to Bulgaria, Turkey’s third most important market declined by 10.1% to $154 million during the same period. In fourth and fifth position were USA and UK, where exports increased by 6.4% (appx. $142 million) and 10.4% (appx. $109 million) respectively. Product groups When exports of textiles are examined on a product group basis for the period, the most important group is woven fabric. Exports of woven fabrics, which account for 24.6% of total textile and raw material exports, increased by 12.1% compared to the same period last year and were worth approximately $664 million. Yarn exports, which were the second most important group, were worth $497 million, with synthetic filament yarns achieving $201 million, 40.4% of total yarn exports. Italy was the most important country for yarn exports at $65 million. Other important countries were UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. The share of EU (28) countries in yarn exports was 66%. Exports of home textiles increased by 6.5% to reach to $400 million.

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Since its establishment in 2007, Ögel İplik’s been operating with a customer satisfaction-oriented service concept.

t can manufacture more in less time than other producers in yarn industry, through both machinery equipment infrastructure and hightechnology capacity

The top priorities of our company policy are: * to assure continuity of quality and productivity * to increase market share and to improve technological capacity producing the highest quality product with the lowest cost * to bring the best quality service in a triangle of price, quality and customer * to make the name of Ögel İplik a strong brand in domestic and overseas markets

Products we manufacture: • Eyelash Yarn • Chenille • Lase • Spangle Yarn • Pompom 26

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ENSURING HIGHER QUALITY WITH INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY OF YARN: SUESSEN ELITE COMPACT SYSTEM Customer expectation on quality of yarn is increasing day by day. Clean surface has become one of the important issues of fabric quality. This has created the necessity to reduce yarn hairiness. But improvement of quality (Hairiness) requires either or combination of the following actions: 1. Use of better raw material. 2. Using higher TM (Twist Multiplier) in the ring frame. 3. Slower speed in the process machinery. All the above actions eventually result in increased cost of production of yarn. Not only that, for knit yarn increasing TM may result in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spiralityâ&#x20AC;? issue which is very difficult to handle. So, a solution that can improve quality as well can improve productivity is the ultimate solution that market has been looking since long time. SUESSEN picked the market requirement first time as a new century started in 1999, in Paris ITMA and provided the market with a solution that could meet the ends; Productivity with Quality. Initially it was not easy to meet the two ends but SUESSEN kept their relentless effort in R&D and today only SUESSEN ELITE COMPACT SYSTEM is equipped to provide a complete solution which makes it possible to improve yarn quality with higher productivity. SUESSEN Elite Compact can ensure the following: 1. Increase productivity by 10-15% with the same material and mixing ratio, in comparison with the conventional ring spinning system. 2. Decrease hairiness by 20-25% with the same material and TM, in comparison with the conventional ring spinning system. 3. Increase strength by 20-25% with the same material and speed, in comparison with the conventional ring spinning system. Considering the above benefits so far worldwide and in Bangladesh, 12 million and 1 million spindles, respectively, has been converted to SUESSEN ELITE Compact System and its population is rapidly growing in Bangladesh. From the investment point of view, the payback period is maximum 2 years, depending on how it is utilized and yarn marketed. 28

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KORDSA’S ALL STARS AWARDS FOUND THEIR OWNERS FOR THE 12TH TIME

2017 edition Kordsa’s “All Stars Awards”, which is an internal rewarding system since 2006 to recognize and appreciate the facilities with high-performance, successful projects and employees with in the company, took place in April, 2018 at Kordsa’s İzmit facility. Kordsa’s other facilities all around the world connected live to the ceremony.

The 2017 All Stars Awards of Kordsa, the leader of tire and construction reinforcement technologies and composite technologies, have found their owners for the 12th time last week. The rewarding system aims to recognize the improvement and innovation efforts within the company, as well as encouraging and inspiring other employees. The ceremony was hosted by Kordsa’s İzmit facility with live connections to Kordsa companies in USA, Brazil, Thailand and Indonesia. Kordsa All Stars Award Ceremony was presented by one of Kordsa employees who works at IndoKordsa (Kordsa Indonesia) and came to the İzmit facility for this event. The number of competing projects at All Star Awards increases incrementally each year and the jury had to choose the best among 129 candidates and 1163 projects for this year’s event. Kordsa facilities were evaluated based on their cost improvement, best financial performance, and best safety performance, whereas for individual awards, Kordsa employees’ projects were evaluated in terms of innovation approach, best development, best project team, global synergy, cost projects, commercial approval of patents and TPM studies. Kordsa CEO Ali Çalışkan, at his opening speech of the ceremony, conveyed his contentment about Kordsa’s investments, new technologies and co-operations in 2017 and thanked all Kordsa employees for their contributions and efforts for the company’s achievements. Underlining the contribution of the All Stars Awards to Kordsa’s continuous self-improvement as well as pioneering and exemplary position in the global sense, Çalışkan added: “We come from a strong corporate culture based on innovation and always pursuing excellence. Adhering to our corporate values, we will continue to pursue the best “

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“Customer is always at the focus of our service concept” In FairWorld Home Textile interview, Mr. Recep Gezgin, General Manager of Reg Tekstil answered our questions for the Evteks issue.

Q - First, could you tell us about your company for readers?

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EG TEKSTİL A.Ş. was established in Kestel, Bursa in an attempt to manufacture yarn. Sharing its experience of 20 years with customers, Reg Tekstil have machinery that can be able to manufacture different fancy yarns in line with Kdk and customers. It produces about 100 tons of yarns monthly and continues to gradually expand its operations in both Turkey and overseas markets.

- Why do customers choose your company’s services?

Customer is always at the focus of our service concept. We manufacture at the highest level analyzing their need and demands in the most correct way.

onfidence, quality and customer satisfaction are our indispensable principles. Q - What is your most ambitious product and which product is sold the most? Product in which we are most ambitious and are sold the most is KDK yarn manufacturing from 100 to 200 denier. Q - What do you think of the overall condition of Turkeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yarn industry and its future? As Turkey is one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading manufacturers of textile and yarn, it has a respected position in global markets through production and export volume. I think that domestic yarn industry achieving a great growth at a global level is a promising industry. Of course, imposing tariff on imported yarn in order to support domestic production will clear the way for us. 33

AQUAFIL AND GENOMATICA COLLABORATE ON PROJECT EFFECTIVE TO INCREASE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIâ&#x20AC;?ALS

quafil and Genomatica announce the formation of Project EFFECTIVE, a multi-company collaboration to produce more sustainable fibers and plastics for commercial use by using renewable feedstocks and bio-based technologies.

With participation from 12 companies, including brands like H&M, Carvico, Vaude and Balsan, Project EFFECTIVE is one of the broadest industrial-driven efforts to reshape entire product value chains and drive economic growth. One of the key objectives of Project EFFECTIVE is to develop a more sustainable nylon, made from bio-based caprolactam produced using renewable feedstocks. The nylon will be validated by brands to make apparel and carpet textiles. Engaging brands at the beginning An advantage of Project EFFECTIVE is the early involvement of major consumer brands, allowing them to contribute valuable customer- and industry-driven perspectives. This brand participation is expected to facilitate broader and faster adoption of sustainable technologies and products. Brands will better understand what monomers, polymers and sustainability initiatives are commercially available, enabling them to develop more effective plans with suppliers regarding bio-based ingredients and materials.

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Project EFFECTIVE’s stakeholders span eight countries and are leaders in renewable feedstocks, conversion technologies, makers of intermediate and finished products, major consumer brands and recycling technologies. Participants include Aquafil, Genomatica, H&M, Carvico, Vaude, Balsan, Circular Change, Life Cycle Engineering, Bio-Mi, Südzucker, Fundación CIRCE, and Novamont.

“This consortium is an important step toward a more circular economy,” said Giulio Bonazzi, Chairman and CEO of Aquafil. “Together we will drive new waves of healthy industrialization, economic growth, and greater sustainability – better than we can individually.”

The initiative is funded in part through a grant from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking, a public/ private partnership between the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program and the Bio-based Industries Consortium. Aquafil and Genomatica’s agreement announced in early 2018 will pave the way toward the industrial production of bio-based nylon.

“More renewables in product value chains means more impact,” said Christophe Schilling, CEO of Genomatica. “More and more manufacturers and brands get it; more and more are taking action. We look forward to rapidly expanding the circle of action.”

VOLT SMART YARNS FEATURED ON IOCLOTHES AND MATERIAL IS YOUR BUSINESS PODCASTS Matt Kolmes, CEO of VOLT Smart Yarns, a division of Supreme Corporation, recently appeared on notable podcasts IoClothes and Material Is Your Business to discuss the revolutionary advances that VOLT Smart Yarns is making in the wearable technology space. Since winning the 2017 Industrial Fabric Association International (“IFAI”) Show Stopper award, VOLT Smart Yarns has gained notoriety as a highly conductive and customizable smart yarn that is helping companies shape the conversation around what’s possible for the future of smart textiles and wearable technology. IoClothes, a podcast hosted by Ben Cooper, features thought leaders and innovators across the smart apparel, footwear and textile industries. In his interview, Kolmes discussed the challenges facing companies developing wearable technology, and the solutions VOLT Smart Yarns has developed to help companies bring their ideas to market. “When we were looking at what people were doing with smart fabrics, right away it occurred to me that it takes a tremendous amount of planning to make a smart fabric,” said Kolmes. “You need to plan where you want your power source and where you want your sensor and if you’re weaving or knitting, you have to be very precise where your power goes.” It was partially thanks to this analysis that made Kolmes realize the enormous potential of VOLT Smart Yarns due to its ability to be used as a sewing thread. “You can take a sewing machine and take our yarn and you can make any clothing a smart fabric,” explained Kolmes. Kolmes also appeared on the Material Is Your Business (“MIYB”) podcast, a show hosted by Stephanie Benedetto and Samanta Cortes that interviews industry leaders to make insights into business and technology within the material sciences space. As part of the interview, Kolmes shared exciting achievements that VOLT Smart Yarns is making in research and development. 36

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“We started talking to automobile manufacturers, people that make car seats, health and hospital corporations, and also micro-processor and computer companies,” said Kolmes. “In these conversations we found out that everybody wanted a different version of the yarn and everybody wanted the yarn to do something slightly different than what it does. We’ve been adding about 1 new yarn every month since we started VOLT in 2017.” Kolmes shared that recent partnerships have resulted in cutting-edge prototypes such as a smart technology protective vest for law enforcement personnel, and the world’s first yarn that delivers dual reflective and conductive capabilities. The company is also in testing stages for a conductive yarn that can change colors at a certain temperature. About Supreme Corporation A leader in textiles, fiber and safety apparel technology, Supreme Corporation manufactures innovative specialty yarns and safety apparel. The privately-held, Hickory, NC-based company has held 185 patents in 60 countries and currently has 60 active patents in high-tech yarns and fabrics, with another 15 patents pending. Supreme is the inventor of cut resistant composite yarns and leads the way by investing heavily in R&D to constantly evolve and improve the performance of its products. VOLT Smart Yarns is a new division of Supreme Corporation. Using exclusive and patented processes, Supreme engineers are able to create revolutionary highly-conductive custom Volt Smart Yarns with specific levels of conductivity, resistance, and strength. These Volt Smart Yarns harness the power of highly conductive copper wires to deliver yarns and sewing threads that are poised to change the world and what is possible in Smart Textiles.

ith experience of yarn and cloth trade from the previous generation, İlko Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. was established in Bursa in 1989. It achieved to become one of the market’s leading brands through production facility with cutting-edge technology, and air texturize, fancy twisting, roving, chenille yarn production. We serve textile sectors such as home textile, knitwear, knitting, women’s outdoor clothing and hand knitting thanks to our ongoing investments and R&D activities in 12000 sqm production facility in Demirtaş Organized Industrial Zone, Bursa.

Mission To make people happy with its quality, continuity and credibility.

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Vision To be the market leader through customer oriented, innovative and products that adds value.

Quality Policy To provide highest quality products through an innovative approach in the processes of raw material input, yarn production, quality control, packaging and delivery and to minimize the effects of inconvenience arising from the production.

INDIA’S SYNTHETIC YARN INDUSTRY SUFFERS

DUE TO RISING CRUDE OIL PRICE

arain Aggarwal, chairman, The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council said that, synthetic yarn export has grown in 2017-18, by about five per cent. However, say observers, this is only due to a rise in global demand while China cut production.

“PTA/ MEG and benzene are crude oil derivatives and have seen a price rise of 25-30 per cent and 30-35 per cent (respectively) in six months. Demand has also been poor. Be it spinning, weaving or even finished products, the synthetic yarn value chain is unable to forward the price rise to buyers,” he adds.

“The industry as such has not done anything substantial to see export grow. We are globally uncompetitive in terms of prices, compared to China, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia.”

Imports are turning unviable and have slowed; also, the market has turned volatile, Janak Ladhani, managing director of Sonkamal Enterprise, a big player in acetone and phenols.

He added that as the share of domestic sales in synthetic yarn is substantially more than export, the industry has much less of the benefit from a falling rupee. The impact is even more in the textile hub of Surat, where capacity utilisation has fallen below 60 per cent.

Along with the rupee fall rise in prices of petrochemical raw materials such as purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) has made synthetic yarn costlier by 10-15 per cent.

Jayesh Pathak of the Bombay Yarn Merchants’ Association says that, as for PTA and MEG, they are the key raw material for synthetic yarn, especially polyester. Other reasons for the price rise of yarn are, apart from the inflation in crude oil and the depreciation in rupee’s value and reduction in cutback in Chinese production.” He notes that the industry has become entirely global and prices are based on international market comparison,” also saying that it is also a period of slacker demand.

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Increase in crude oil prices have led to a great rise in its derivative petrochemicals, polymers, plastic-making raw material and feedstock like Naphtha. The price increase in the international market for all petrochemicals, solvents and polymers has been sharp since April. Most petrochemicals have seen a price rise of 4-18 per cent; so have polymers, the raw material for plastic goods from April. Their import into India has been costlier still to the extent of the rupee’s depreciation.

ETOL FANCY YARN “WE PRODUCE BEAUTIFUL YARNS THAT INSPIRE TEXTILE” In Etol Fancy Yarn, we believe it can be combined a love of yarn with a love of contemporary quality and design. That’s why our products are inspired by the latest trends, our pattern and colors are adapted periodically and our yarn is made at the finest quality. And we produce beautiful and quality yarns that inspire textile.

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rendy fancy yarns at affordable prices have made Etol a favorite go-to-brand for over 15 years, starting in 2003 when the company was initially established in a heart of textile and trade city, Bursa. Producing high quality of fancy, tricot, knitting and hand knitting yarns, it equipped with the last technology machines (Yumos, Crochet, Fancy Twist, Transfer, Folding and Skein) and professional staff as well as 12 years of experience. Likewise, company oriented with new market developments.

A WORLD BRAND

TOL is very well known in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland and Morocco. Besides these countries, the export network is gradually growing and developing around the world.

Etol Fancy Yarn attends the most popular events in the world particularly H+H Cologne (Germany), Premier Vision Paris (France), Istanbul TĂźyap Yarn Fair (Turkey) , Baglioni Moda (Italy), Fast Textile (Poland) to follow closely latest trendy and fashion products in the world. Targeting to cement its position in the domestic market, it is advancing confidently along the way to becoming a global brand.

olours twist effects, giving an opportunity to manufacturing of single or double layer designs.

Etol Fancy Yarn has costumersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; satisfactions and interests based management policy. Nonetheless, producing yarn start from 0,5 NM and shows variety. This is clearly shown that, Etol Fancy Yarn is capable to meet with consumer demands and interests as well as innovator products within fast and quality service network. Furthermore, the company has wider numbers of customer portfolio through the advanced productive capacity, including %70 to overseas. Consequently, textile starts with yarn and you can find the best trendy and modern yarns in ETOL Fancy Yarn.

EVER-CHANGING DESIGNS, EVER-RENEWING ATTITUDES Etol conducts an intense working by highly professional research and development staff about following and developing the last fashion products in the market. Particularly, varying numbers of fancy yarns and folding them by appropriate machines with different

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Sunole is an olefin based synthetic yarn which is durable to outdoor conditions.

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Due to additives and special pigments used in the production, Sunole provides high protection to sun and weather conditions, high color fastness and very limited tenacity loss in the material. The research and tests are continuing to ever improve the performance of Sunole.

FRP is permanent Flame Retardant Polyester group of yarns. • •

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Permanent Flame Retardant properties are firmly anchored in the molecular chain of the FRP fiber and cannot be affected by external factors. FRP yarns are served to customers with a large variety meeting the demands of home and contract sectors. Raw materials are kept in stocks which enable fast deliveries as short as one week. FRP products have been tested by different laboratories and they meet the most important international standards on fire safety. (NF P92 503-504-505-507, DIN 4102, BS 5852(Crib 5,7), NF 701)

NAT is polyester based group of yarns produced by air texturing technology which aims to convert a synthetic material to a natural look and touch yarn. • •

NAT is produced in hundreds of colors and various counts. In addition, new colors are done upon request.

Series are used as low cost substitute for wool in the fabrics for curtains, upholstery and fashion. • • •

Wool look and touch Weaving efficiency is higher than wool All finishing processes can be applied with ease such as FR treatment, water repellency.

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This process gives natural look, volume and soft touch to the synthetic yarn. PEX is produced in hundreds of colors and various counts. In addition new colors are done upon request.

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is permanent flame retardant version of PEX.

SUNNAT is a polyester based synthetic yarn which is durable to outdoor conditions. • •

Thanks to the special production process, anti-UV characteristics are incorporated into the polymer in order to become an intrinsic property of the polymer. During development of SUNNAT long term laboratory tests and real life trials are conducted and a high standard outdoor product has been created.

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Recycled from post-consumer goods. Meeting the requirements of worldwide retailers and garment brands.

YARN EXPO SEES INCREASE IN BUYERS The Yarn Expo, a leading exhibition for fibres and yarns, continues to be the industry’s most comprehensive and effective business platform for natural and manmade fibres and yarns and other specialty products. The spring edition, held from March 14 to 16 in the Chinese city of Shanghai, recorded an increase of 15 per cent buyers this year. There was a strong demand in recent growth areas such as synthetic, fancy, and specialty yarns as well as chemical fibres, while exhibitors in the more traditional cotton product group also fared well. In total, 435 exhibitors from 10 countries and regions took part (2017: 393, 12 countries and regions), attracting 25,966 tradebuyers from 88 countries and regions (2017: 22,579, 94 countries and regions). Wendy Wen, senior general manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd said, “Once again, Yarn Expo proved itself as the ideal trade fair for the industry to benefit from changing demands and product trends, especially in the Chinese and wider Asian markets. The fair has evolved in recent editions to have a much larger focus on synthetic, fancy, specialty yarns and chemical fibres,

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and based on the exhibitor feedback from the fair, there was an increase in buyers sourcing these products this year. What’s more, local buyers showed interest in the offerings from Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia and Thailand, while Vietnamese cotton exhibitors reported increased orders from China due to the favourable trade policies between these countries.” Among others, Birla Jingwei Fibres had a successful event. Birla Jingwei Fibres senior vice-president Sachin Malik said, “Yarn Expo is a very important platform for Birla, to be visible to our value chain, to connect with our customers, and our own clients’ customers. We value Yarn Expo as a long-term partner for showcasing our products and connecting with the value chain. Each edition, we connect with more buyers, and more customers in the industry recognise the importance of this fair. It has developed into a premium event in the global textiles industry calendar. Usually, this edition is more quiet than the autumn fair, but the results this year saw the spring edition reach the same level. Our booth was constantly packed with buyers, and we also received more high-quality and international buyers.”

“We are the partner of choice for our customers because Seçen Yarn prioritizes quality throughout the production process through weaving experience” he says.

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Mr. Soykan Gülseçen, company manager of Seçen Yarn, answered questions of FairWorld Yarns for Tuyap Yarn Fair issue.

- First, could you tell us about your company for readers?

We began operation in 1984, the yarn twisting facility within Seçen Tekstil became a separate business in 2011 under the name of Seçen Yarn and twisting. With a 25-year experience of yarn business, we provide service on twisting and fancy yarn for manufacturing of fabrics for clothing and home textile. With a mission to produce different types of yarn in the same quality, we aim to become a solution partner for customers addressing various twisting and fancy yarn requriments.

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Twisting of polyester, rayon, nylon acetate and polyester lycra yarn from 20 to 600 denier made in the range of 80 to 3200 twists in our

twisting mill of 5000 sqm in Bursa Demirtaş Organized Industrial Zone. All sorts of two or three layer yarn are folded in fancy yarn department. We produce several yarns such as viscose flam, burn-out, various 20-30 d monofilament and short fiber yarn folds, MX folds and S-Z yarn. Our product range are mainly twisting rayon, twisting polyester and fancy yarns. Q - Why do customers choose your company’s services? We are the partners of our customers because Seçen Yarn prioritizes quality throughout the production process through yarn production experience. We give importance to be solution oriented, continuous development and offer tailored solutions to customers.

We get faster results arting rapidly and on time with ever-changing and growing need and demands of customers and thanks to R&D activities carried out jointly with customers. Q - How many employees are currently employed at your company? What is your production capacity and for which industries do you manufacture mainly? 35 people are employed at our company right now. We invest regularly in machine and qualified labor force every year. We manufacture twisting productions rayon, polyester and folded fancy yarn for knitting, weaving, jacquard and tricot.

e have annual production capacity of 1000 tonnes of twisting yarn and 500 tonnes of fancy yarn for woman and man fabric manufacturers in apparel industry and drapery, curtain, velvet and embrodiery fabric manufacturers in home textile. Q - Which product is sold the most? We feel the pulse of industry on twisting rayon yarns in terms of demand and needs, so we have always great variety of stock, also have been fastly investing in new products and machinery for fancy yarn production. Determining with the ever-changing needs of customers, we carry out R&D studies according to their demands. We follow closely fabric and home textile exhibitions all over the world, we make yarn collection in the direction of these exhibitions. 51

THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY DISCUSSED IN BALKANTÜRKSİAD “AS LONG AS THE WORLD EXISTS, WEAVING WILL BE”, CANAN SÖNMEZ

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BURSA – Balkan Rumeli Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (BALKANTÜRKSİAD) continues to keep its members and the business world informed. In an interview named “Stories: From Weaving to Designing”, textile designer Canan Sönmez, as guest of BALKANTÜRKSİAD Textile Working Group, met members of the association BALKANTÜRKSİAD President Berat Tunakan, Bulgarian Consul in Bursa Veselin Bozhilov, Commercial attaché of the Bulgarian consulate in Bursa Aleksandar Aleksandrov, members of the association and undergraduates from Department of Textile Engineering at Uludağ University participated in the event that was held in the BALKANTÜRKEVİ in Bursa.

“We make contribution to business life of our members” In the opening of the event, Rabia Kınalı, member of BALKANTÜRKSİAD Textile Working Group, referred to activities and projects of the group. “We strived to make contribution to business life of our members through fair visits and workshops. It is pleasing that university students are with us in the meeting. We, as BALKANTÜRKSİAD, always try to promote education. We hope that the event will broaden students’ horizons and provide that they can gain useful knowledge for their future business life” she said.

“Bursa is the capital of textile in Turkey” BALKANTÜRKSİAD Vice-President Süleyman İran said also “Bursa is the capital of textile in Turkey. It has been Turkey’s most significant textile weaving and production center and raised leading figures of the textile industry from past to present”

“Fashion is directly linked to human emotions” Telling the past and future of textile and fashion history, Sonmez said that ready-made industry wasn’t so developed until 1940s and every housewife was a self-proclaimed producer. “The fact that industry developed in parallel with technology enabled both producer and fashion designer to do their job in an easier way” she said. “Fashion is directly linked to human emotions. During the 1970s, it was widespread hippie trends and free designs. When we look at 1980’s, we see rising feminist trends and it brings high shoulder pads in women fashion. In 90s, it’s denim trend, young wearing jean demonstrate a sense of freedom and rebellion. But today concepts are melded together, now there is no difference such as kinds of fabrics, boots, night or evening clothes. People can go outside with a jean short and boot under a stylish evening dress.

“There will be smart clothes in the future” Pointing out that textile is used in military, medical, machinery and automotive industries as well as home textile, clothing and drapery, Sonmez said, “Today bright smart clothes with thermal protection working with solar energy are produced. We believe this kind of productions will become prevalent in the future and fashion will be shaped by it. So students studying in the faculty of textile and textile engineering come into prominence here, we have to help them for the future because as long as life exists in the world, weaving and weaving will be forever.”

SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF INVISTA’S LATEST P8 PTA TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA

erformance Technologies (IPT) announces the success of its latest P8 PTA technology deployed on Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second PTA Line. Started up in record time in December 2017, the plant is now consistently operating at 100 percent design rate with a variable cost performance better than target, firmly establishing Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second PTA Line as the global leader in terms of raw material and utility consumptions.Mike Pickens, President of INVISTA Performance Technologies, commented, “It is a proud moment for IPT, seeing our P8 PTA technology demon-

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strate the productivity and variable cost performance that we promised to the market and our loyal customer, Jiaxing. This would not have been possible without the excellent teamwork and meticulous efforts put in by Jiaxing Petrochemicals and IPT teams.” Mr. Xu, President of Tongkun Group, is appreciative of the performance of Jiaxing Petrochemical’s second PTA line. He said, “The second PTA line is running well, and we look forward to continued support from INVISTA for further optimization of the plant.” This represents yet another major achievement by IPT in the innovative development and successful deployment of industry leading PTA technologies aimed at creating competitive advantage for our global customers. INVISTA’s latest P8 PTA technology is available as a license package from INVISTA Performance Technologies.

Ecrutex is a registered trademark of Yılmaz Sünger within Yılmaz Corporate Group that is one of leading supplier companies in Bursa, Turkey. Q - First, could you tell us briefly about Ecrutex? Ecrutex is a registered trademark of Yılmaz Sünger within Yılmaz Corporate Group that is one of leading supplier companies in Bursa, Turkey. Starting its operations with sales of upholstery material, Yılmaz Sünger has made a name for itself as a soughtafter company in the industry that enriches its product range through a successful strategy and quality service and supply every kind of material imaginable for upholstery industry today. Establishing to bring a breath of fresh air to the industry in which we, as Yılmaz Sünger, operate since 2002, Ecrutex is our newest, youngest brand in registered in 2015. It has more productive, faster and customer-needsdriven quality service basis in yarn business. Our goal is to be the supplier/partner/provider of choice for our customers becoming a strong solution partner that renews itself as a quality service-oriented company in line with customer satisfactory and development of the industry. Q - Ecrutex is an ever-growing company by steadily increasing its capacity. What are your plans for investment in 2019? When we formed Ecrutex brand, one of planning strategy was to do the right moves at the right time. We think that we address needs of the industry because we export to many countries of the world and brands, products can change in due course and you have to evaluate the changes correctly, so we have an ever-growing and developing team from its inception right up to the present. Now we stand where we want and plan to be right now in yarn business in Bursa. Now we have about 1000 tons of sales volume of yarn monthly. We plan to promote and strengthen our relations with textile cities in Denizli, Usak and Gaziantep as well as Istanbul, Izmir, Corlu. 56

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Yarn industry is traded in USD in the domestic market, too. Q - To which manufacturers/industries do you currently sell products? As you know, product we deal in is yarn, that’s regarded as both raw material and intermediate product, so our marketing field is really too wide. Currently, we supply manufacturers of upholstery fabric, home textile, knitwear and woven clothes, garment (shirt, apron, outwear etc.) and even industrial cleaning. Q - What do you think of impacts of the plunging Turkish currency on yarn industry last year? Yarn industry is traded in USD in the domestic market, too. So it causes industry to be affected indirectly, not directly. Ultimately if end manufacturer is an exporter, it is partly affected by it, but if it manufactures its products for domestic market, it leads to staggering impacts on it. We see that providing incentives to businesses is well-directed and fruitful in this sense. We live in a country that, many times, went through crises like that in the past, so we believe that depreciation will turn into appreciation if we can be patient with disadvantageous situation, analyze it well enough and act according to it. Q - Will you participate in Istanbul Yarn Fair 2019? What do you think of the fair? Yes, we will. We pay attention to this event. We think it plays a great role in yarn business in the world and Turkey. It has also a serious professional visitor potential. Last developments in the industry, latest trends, applications that will emerge in the near future help us see significant data within the fair. We will gain advantages from it in terms of especially new business contacts and are waiting for all valued visitors on our booth Hall 7, stand 737B. Q - How do you see the future of the yarn business? As a backbone of textile industry, yarn business can be shaped in line with new trends and applications but its existence will be always permanent. Noticing the requirements and doing the right moves at the right time are what matters. When we accomplish them, we believe it will be an industry that all textile sectors are in harmony with each other, that’s competitive with a great commercial potential and contributes to the national economy.

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SAURER INVESTS IN ARBON – NEW TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PIONEERING FOUNDERS

The Saurer Group announced today that it is to establish a technology centre in Arbon, Switzerland. The research and development centre at the home of the Saurer textiles group will combine Saurer’s leading expertise in sensor technology and automation with the latest innovations of Industry 4.0.

aurer is currently advertising around 10 vacancies, and the first candidates have already been found. The Group believes it can create up to 40 jobs over the next years.

Anton Kehl, Chief Technology Officer of the Saurer Group, says: “Our return to the roots of the Saurer textiles group is inspired by the pioneering spirit of our founders. Here in Arbon, Franz Saurer developed the first hand-knitting machine in 1869, built the first automatic embroidery machine in 1912, and conquered the world with his modern trucks from 1905. We aim to plot our course in this spirit of energy and innovation once again.” The technology centre in Arbon will work closely with existing research and development departments of the Saurer Group. This joint approach will be guided by Saurer’s central development philosophy that is summarised in the formula “E3+I”, which stands for “Energy, Economics and Ergonomics plus Intelligence”. The formula symbolises Saurer’s efforts to manufacture machines with minimum energy consumption, maximum production efficiency and pioneering ergonomics. At the same time, it intelligently integrates all of the data gathered during production with a view to implementing self-optimising systems, preventive maintenance or intelligent quality control, for example.

In conclusion Concluding, Anton Kehl says: “New developments in Industry 4.0 offer great opportunities for a group like Saurer. We aim to exploit these new opportunities, and to evaluate how they can be used to the advantage of our customers. Our vision is to become a smart industrial solutions and services provider, and the Saurer technology centre will undoubtedly make a valuable contribution to helping us achieve this.”

PRESS CONFERANCE of Fashion Design Competition in Bursa Fashion Week Held…

alented, young designers are getting ready to take part in fashion world. The purpose of Bursa Fashion week is to give a chance to young designers to display their collections while to exposure and develop Turkish Fashion Industry. The other purpose of this event is to organise a competition, which will be be the third, so that talented ,young fashion designers can be brought in fashion world and will help Bursa to be a centre of fashion industry. Press conferance was held in Kahve Durağı in Endülüs Park. *Proffessional Fashion Designers in Jury The jury consist of ver famous international fashion designers such as: Muzaffer CAHA- The President of Jury, International Men’s Designer Turgay KIRAN – Chairman of LA MASION HOTEL Yaşariye DOĞAN – Fashion designer, Business woman, Founder of Emelia Textile Company Ümit İÇMEN – Chairman of ŞEY PUB Engin YÜRÜK – Mechanical Engineer, the first general manager of otomative factory Rabia Kınalı Asil Çağıl – Choreographer *New, talented young fashion designers are on International platform Yaşariye Doğan addressed in the press conference and said: The respectable jurymen who supported this

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project aimed to help young designers to step in fashion world. I appreciate all of them for their meaningful l and invaluable effort to lead up young designers and to help our country to be one of the fashion centre. In this regard, I also appreciate to Karkent Textile, Medoks Textile AND Design, AS Boutique Hotel, Kahve Durağı Cafe Restaurant, Livza Uyar Make up, Tokaç Advertising, Bursa Nes Group fot their support. I strongly belive in, with this competition we will discover new talented young designers and introduce them to the fashion world. *Art Designers should be supported for society’s freethinking The President of jury, Mr Çaha said: Nowadays design is in the ascendant.... Design means knowing past, interpret today and setting future agenda.. Art means freethinking, and accepting different point of views openhearthedly. For this reason art designers should be supported and let express themselves freely, for the sake of society’s freethinking. The aim of this event is to bring young designers who are interactive, dynamic, innovator, creative, sensitive to social problems, open for communication, and have enough encourage to dream in fashion world. Bursa Fashion Week will be held on 8-9-10 April. Young designers can apply online on Bursa Fashion Week Facabook account. Deadline 11th Janury 2019. First assessment is 16TH January 2019 and 15 finalist will be presented and awarded on 8th April 2019. 1st Award 7 000.00 TL 2ND Award 5 000.00 TL 3rd Award 3 000.00TL 4th Award Honourable mention

Sadık Plast, answered questions of Fairworld Yarns for our 16. Internatıonal Yarn Fair issue.

Q - What would you like to say about SADIK PLAST? Could you tell us about your works on production?

Being one of Turkey’s leading manufacturers of plastic yarn carrier, SADIK PLAST was established in Bursa in 2000. Since its establishment, it aims to have complete customer satisfaction all the time and to supply needs of the textile industry in competitive conditions. Expanding its product range through technological developments and R&D studies in 2014, it started to offer its customers the best quality goods with 24/7 production using both raw material and compound components.

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It works in cooperation with Turkey’s leading companies by producing polyester, cotton, viscose, lycra and dye tubes to dye other kinds of yarn, conics for doubling, twisting, transferring and fixing by machinery of 100-500 tons.

Q - Why do customers choose you? Quality, deadline and price. Q - Could you tell us about your R&D studies? Our coming R&D works will be on Ring bobbins and roving tubes. SADIK PLAST has made a point of improving itself and progressing keeping pace with today’s technology. We meet demands of customers in the best way through the wide product range and customer-oriented approach.

Contact Information

Kazım Karabekir Mh. 5. Ada Sk.No:51 Yıldırım / BURSA +90 224 360 42 89 www.sadikplast.com

SASA INVESTS $8.5 BILLION TO BECOME GLOBAL POLYESTER GIANT

ne of the world’s leading producers of polyester fibres, filaments, polyester-based polymers, intermediates and specialty products, Turkish company SASA Polyester Industry Inc. has announced that it will invest $ 8.5 billion in two new projects and change the balance in the global polyester business.

raw materials and continued: “We will firstly produce raw material of polyester with this investment. After one step we aim to establish a petrochemical plant to produce that raw material. China and South Korea grew this way. Turkey also had to grow up like that. We have imported these products until now, after this investment we will produce ourselves now.”

Mehmet Seker, General Manager of SASA Polyester Inc. said: “We have decided to invest to two projects. The first of these will be a polyester investment. The other will be in the field of petrochemicals.”

“The projects will reduce the current account deficit to about $ 3.8 billion. With these investments, seven thousand additional jobs will be provided. When the investments are over, total production of SASA will increase to about 10 million tons.”

“With new polyester investment, in the production of polyester chips, fibres and filaments, we will increase our production capacity from 340,000 tons/ year to 3.1 million tons/ year, making us one of the largest producers in the world.” Once the investment has been completed, Turkey will move from a net importer to a net exporter position, in terms of polyester.“With the investment in the petrochemical field, we will cut down on imports. First of all, we will produce PTA (Pure Teraphthalic Acid) and MEG (Ethylene Glycol) which are our raw materials to meet our own needs and sell the rest,” Seker said. Seker also said that the company is in talks with the Ministry of Economy regarding SASA producing its own

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In 2000, SASA strengthened its leading position in the sector by establishing a joint venture with DuPont. Following the acquisition of DuPont’s shares by Sabancı Holding in 2004, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hacı Omer Sabancı Holding A.Ş. and was renamed ADVANSA. In 2005, the name of the group in Turkey was changed to ADVANSA SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş. Then in May 2011, H.O. Sabancı Holding A.Ş. acquired SASA‘s majority shares from ADVANSA B.V and the business was renamed SASA Polyester Sanayi A.S. In May 2015, Erdemoğlu Holding acquired all of the SASA shares of Sabancı Holding, and Erdemoğlu became the main shareholder of SASA with 84.8% of its shares. 15.2% of shares are sold publicly.

PINEXPO’S SPRING/SUMMER 2020 EXHIBITION EVENT THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER SPINNERS AND KNITWEAR MANUFACTURERS HAS JUST ENDED. IT WAS HELD FOR THE LAST TIME AT CITÉ DE LA MODE ET DU DESIGN, QUAI D’AUSTERLITZ, IN PARIS, FRANCE, AND TOOK PLACE OVER TWO DAYS, 16TH AND 17TH JANUARY 2019, WELCOMING 510 VISITORS FROM 28 COUNTRIES AND THREE CONTINENTS.

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IDÉAL FIBRES & FABRICS COMINES (IFFC) RECEIVES TEXTILE INDUSTRY AWARD

déal Fibres & Fabrics Comines received the Textile Industry Award during the award ceremony of the “Trophées de l’Industrie des Hauts-de-France” (Trophies of the Industries of Hauts-de-France) which is hosted each year by the Société Industrielle du Nord. These trophies reward companies who are selected by trade and pooling associations based on their exemplary performance, innovations and achievements in an area of specialty which is different each year. Idéal Fibres & Fabrics Comines (IFFC), a subsidiary of the Belgian Beaulieu International Group of companies, announced today that it was awarded the Textile Industry Award, which is one of the Trophies of the Industries of Hauts-de-France. The award ceremony took place on the 29th of March of this year at the Cité des Échanges of Marcq en Baroeul, France. Michiel Leys, Manufacturing Manager for Europe and General Manager of the production site, and Loïc Derôme, Operations Manager at IFCC, attended the ceremony and received the prize in person. As part of the Industry Week, the ceremony is each year a time of exchange, optimism and

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encouragement to flagship companies of the industrial trades. Idéal Fibres & Fabrics Comines’ production site has been based in the North since 1993 and manufactures high quality polypropylene and polyamid based textured yarns for applications in the automotive, and commercial and residential building sectors. “We regularly invest in technology on the one hand, and in safety, security and working conditions on the other”, says Loïc Derôme, Operations Manager at IFCC. “For the past two years, we have invested around for million euros and, this year, we are in the on-going process of further developing our manufacturing resources to meet the technical needs of the market and to increase the safety of our site.” “We have selected IFCC because of its significant surface, but also because it is a French company belonging to a Belgian group, who decided to build on France as a country”, adds Eric Mezin, Délégué Général UIT Nord. Such attributes as open mindedness, strong focus on sustainable development and effective communication efforts in view of attracting new talents, including among older, more experienced people, are but a few of the multiple aspects that accounts for the election of IFFC as an award-winner.

PESAFIL AUTOMATIC YARN WEIGHING SYSTEM TO REVOLUTIONISE SOCKS SAMPLING

IMAST, the international exhibition for the hosiery machinery sector kicked off here in Brescia yesterday and innovation was immediately apparent at the Brixia Forum venue.

The most obvious innovations came from the knitting machine manufacturers who were offering solutions for shoe uppers, particularly for the sportswear brands. Santoni had some neat shoes on display from its new X intarsia machine and Colosio showcased its S1 shoe upper machine and a host of stylish sports shoes on an impressive booth – the company has already sold more than 500 S1 machines worldwide. Sandonini, which specialises in reconditioning both hosiery and seamless machines had a large stand which was packed with its ShoeSocks 3D shoe uppers. Another immediately evident trend was automatic toe-closing devices for socks machines with Staubli and a number of knitting machine builders including Da Kong and Tai Ho Shing showing new devices on machines. Pesafil Hidden away at the back of the main hall was an innovation which could be a game changer for sock sampling. Sviluppi Technologie Tessili, a research

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and development company based in Italy’s hosiery manufacturing capital Castel Goffredo, exhibited its Pesafil automatic yarn weighing system for the first time. Pesafil is the brainchild of Giancarlo Frizzi, owner of the now defunct hosiery manufaturer Gizetta, whose ingenious invention has been brought to life with the help of local software engineers. The innovative, and internationally patented technology could be used in many textile machinery applications but is currently focussed on hosiery and seamless technology. Pesafil, comprises of a central processing unit which monitors in real time, up to 30-40 yarn positions on a knitting machine, each of which has a weighing scale. Each yarn package is weighed while the machine is in operation and the technology memorises values on the spot and through bespoke software, conveys them to a database processed by Pesafil’s computer system. Each weighing scale is like a small bracket which is positioned just under the yarn package holder and the system operates under standard temperature and humidity conditions. Each scale can handle packages of up to 7Kg in weight and +/- 0.10g accuracy is claimed.

Advantages Under normal sampling conditions in a socks factory, technicians have to knit their samples, then remove and weigh every yarn package used in the sample. This involves snipping each yarn, removing the packages from the machine and weighing them and then replacing, re-threading and resetting tensions for each yarn. In the case of complex socks with multiple ends and colours this makes for a lot of work. So, immediately Pesafil can save a lot of time – possibly up to 80% on a sample. But there is an even more important advantage and that is in being able to determine the exact quantities of each yarn used in the sample. Ten grams of yarn here or there does not sound like much but if you are producing 10,000 pairs of socks for an order in expensive hosiery yarns then every gram counts. Pesafil will now allow manufacturers to plan and properly cost their production based on accurate sampling data. “By inserting a card reporting the cost of the yarn being used, the cost of the manufactured sample is immediately given” the company said. In summary the main advantages claimed by the company for Pesafil are as follows: • Sampling - quick, precise, reliable responses and correct costs • Costs - real-time cost of the yarn used • Consumption - obtaining the real consumption of the yarn being processed • Management - efficient management of the textile department and yarn warehouse • Quality - absolute precision in production quality control • Innovation - reliability, precision and innovation in textile industry management Pesafil exactly fits in with Industry 4.0, a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing. Industry 4.0 is commonly referred to as the fourth industrial revolution and creates what has been called a “smart factory”.

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2018 - YARN FAIR

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2018 - YARN FAIR

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