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Lineer Makina: “We are one of the three manufacturers of Foam Splitter Machine, LM-FS-300 in the world” Gülfidan Yaşar, Sales and Marketing Manager at Lineer Makina stated that they were one of the only three manufacturers of Foam Splitter Machine, LM-FS-300 in the world.
Having been asked about what would lie ahead, precautions taken by the companies during and post pandemic periods and other major issues such as new investment plans and branding processes, Ms Yaşar informed us of the fact that they were planning to participate in two game changing exhibitions; Interzum Cologne-2021 (Cologne, Germany) and Expo-Foam-2021 (Stuttgart, Germany).
First off, I’m kindly asking for your overview of present situation of mattress industry in Turkey with your future projections. The solid economic structure of our country still promises
the continuation of dynamic and sustainable growth in the mattress market despite the notorious pandemic that came out of nowhere hitting global economies including ours, along with other undesirable incidents occurring in and around our territories. Geographical location of Turkey to the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and Russia provides our country with commercial advantages. Speedy service, in particular, as is known to all, is vital; therefore, geographical proximity and quick delivery time are highly important. Compared to production in Europe, Turkey has much better
conditions in terms of the ratio of youth population and labor costs with additional benefits such as technology used in production as well as production and labor-force efficiency against Russia, the Middle East and North Africa. Our overview on mattress market in Turkey is that mattress production has not grown enough considering the present population, demand and income per capita and that it will keep growing. The use of ready-made mattresses took a comparative surge particularly around 90s, following hand-made wool mattresses made mostly at homes. Looking into the growth in demand to ready-made mattress-
