Turkey's developing market: Technical textiles
In Turkey, being one of the most important centers of world textile industry, technical textiles market started to develop in the recent years thanks to the development of high value added products. The producer companies, which started their activities with simple products in 1970s, now export tones of technical textile raw material or end products to the world. Especially Meltblown, Spunbond, Spunlace, Thermobond, Waterlaid technologies are preferred in Turkey. Technical textile producer companies produce raw material or intermediate products used by all the sectors, mainly construction, readymade clothing, geotextiles, home textiles, cleaning/cosmetics/hygiene, automotive, packaging, food industries. Since the producer companies operating in Turkish market have just discovered technical textiles market, they define themselves as a part of the sector they serve. Being pleased with the global demands for their products, the producers continuously make technological investments in order to renew their technologies and increase their capacities. Also new countries start to operate in the sector. Aiming to start smart textile production as well, Turkish producers receive attention with the R&D and P&D investments they have increased recently. Turkey's developing market: Technical textiles
In Turkey, being one of the most important centers of world textile industry, technical textiles market started to develop in the #
Also the products marketed by most of the end product producer companies under their own brand receive worldwide interest. There are hundreds of companies operating in this field in Turkey.
Production capacities of Technical Textiles in Turkey
The approximate production amounts of intermediate and end products in Turkey, according to their sectors are:
• Annual production capacity of agro textiles; 1 million tons
• Annual production capacity of construction textiles, 1.8 million tons
• Annual production capacity of ready made clothing textiles, 1.1 million tons.
• Annual production capacity of geotextiles, 800 thousand tons
• Annual production capacity of home textiles, 2.9 million ton
• Annual production capacity of industrial textiles, 2.3 million tons
• Annual production capacity of textiles used in cleaning/cosmetics/hygiene sectors, 1.9 million tons
• Annual production capacity of automotive textiles, 2.5 million tons
• Annual production capacity of packaging textiles, 750 thousand tones
• Annual production capacity of protective textiles, 300 thousand tones
• Annual production capacity of sports textiles, 420 thousand tones
• Annual production capacity of food textiles, 725 thousand tones
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