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VDMA: German Technology met Turkish Textile
In his opening address Fritz P. Mayer, Chairman of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association, stated: “With a focus on higher quality, the creation of own brands as well as the development of technical textiles, the Turkish textile industry is getting ready for future challenges. A market share of 30 to 35 per cent makes the German textile machinery sector Turkey’s technology partner number one. We are proud that the deliveries of machinery from Germany increased more than the whole textile machinery imports of Turkey from other countries in 2012.” In their greeting words, Ismail Hakki Hacialioglu, President Turkish Composites Manufacturers Association (TCMA), Ismail Gülle, Chairman Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters Association (ITKIB) and Adil Konukoglu, Chairman Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce underlined the long and established relations between the Turkish textile sector and the German textile machinery industry.
Focus technical textiles, energy and material efficiency Expanding the production of technical textiles for automobile, construction and medicine applications is one answer of the Turkish textile sector to the Asian competition. However, the Turkish textile sector was mainly focused on garments and home textiles in the past. Knowhow and cooperation with research institutes, universities and user industries have to be build-up. The German companies represented in Istanbul and Gaziantep recommended themselves as reliable and professional partners for this transition process. Turkish textile producers are invited to use the technical centres of German textile machinery companies more than in the past to test and to develop new textile applications right up to marketability.
The user-oriented technology lectures paid high attention to the topic energy and material efficiency. VDMA supported this approach by publishing its Blue Competence Energy Efficiency Guide in Turkish on occasion of the conferences in Istanbul and Gaziantep.
Who is who of Turkish textile industry
Nearly all big players of the Turkish textile and nonwovens sector were present at the VDMA events: AKSA Akrilik Kimya, Beyteks Tekstil, Hassan Tekstil, Kipaş Mensucat, Kordsa, Merinos, Mogul, SANKO Holding, Selcuk Group, Yünsa und numerous other companies including small and medium ones.
The VDMA conferences in Turkey will fuel the already good trade relations between Germany and Turkey: From January to August 2012 the German textile machinery exports to Turkey increased by 12 per cent to 248 Mio. EUR. 2011 the scope of supply of German companies was 30 to 35 per cent, followed by enterprises from Switzerland and Italy, both with 15 per cent.
Participating companies from Germany:
A. Monforts Textilmaschinen, Aug. Herzog Maschinenfabrik, Autefa Solutions, DIENES Apparatebau, DILO SYSTEMS, ERBATECH, FONG’S EUROPE, Groz-Beckert, Heusch, Hohenstein Textile Testing Institut, KARL MAYER Textilmaschinenfabrik, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, LIBA Maschinenfabrik, Lindauer DORNIER, Mahlo, Mayer & Cie., OEKO-TEX, Neuenhauser Maschinenbau, Oerlikon Neumag, Oerlikon Saurer Allma Product Line, PLEVA, Rieter Ingolstadt, TEXTECHNO Herbert Stein, Trützschler Nonwovens, Trützschler, WELKER SPINTECH, WUMAG TEXROLL.
Further information: www.germantechnology-turkishtextile.de
Next stop Indonesia The VDMA Textile Machinery Association will continue its series of conferences in textile producing countries in 2013. Next stop will be Indonesia. The VDMA member companies will address the specific tasks of Indonesian textile companies from 15 – 16 April in Jakarta.
