Sectors

A world pioneer in micro-thread technology: Korteks

Founded in 1989 in Bursa as the first company of Zorlu Group, Korteks is one of the largest polyester yarn producer in Europe and the Middle East. With a production area of 360 thousand square meters, near 2000 employees, an annual production of 274 thousand tons of yarn, Korteks exports in 5 continents and more than 60 countries. Korteks, which has nearly 250 customers abroad, exports 15% of its total production to many different countries such as Italy, Spain, USA, Canada, Egypt, Algeria, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, mainly in Europe.

Among the top three in the global home textiles market: Zorluteks

Europe's biggest home textile exporter, and among the top three in the global home textiles market, Zorluteks, is the largest integrated producer of cotton home textiles in Europe. Zorluteks, which consists of four plants comprising of home textile, curtain weaving-knitting, finishing and garment factories, produces 96 million square meters of home textile products per year.

Exporting approximately 50% of Turkey's home textile production and 34% of its curtain production to foreign markets, realizes 17% of curtain exports and 23% of duvet cover exports alone.

As the leader of a 700-million-strong market, the company exports 62% of its production to different markets, primarily the USA, Europe, Japan and Russia, and sells the rest domestically under the TAÇ, Linens and Valeron brands.

TAÇ, the biggest brand of Zorlu Textile Group, reaches millions of consumers with a wide range of products ranging from curtains to duvet covers, bedspreads to towels, blankets to licensed products through 1700 sales points in Turkey and 112 stores and 760 sales points abroad.

The number of Linens stores, Turkey's first home textile store chain to specialize and open to the international market, is reaching 80. In Linens stores, products such as curtains, bed linen, bedspreads, towels and bathroom group products, baby group products, tableware group and accessories are offered for sale; curtain service is provided from A to Z.

Valeron, which first made its name in the European home textile market, is now sold in 40 countries in the USA, Far East, Middle East and Europe.

$ 4 million per year is invested in R&D for sustainable innovation in textiles.

The Zorlu Textile Group, who has spent years on innovation in textiles and has made its mark in the forefront, is investing $ 4 million every year on R&D for sustainable innovation. In the two R&D centers established for Korteks and Zorluteks, engineers working in all areas of smart textiles, including wearable technology, carry out studies.

Many smart products such as self-cleaning blinds and cloth curtains, cool keeping pique, LED light curtains and QR-coded bed linen that produce content continue to make consumers' lives easier by using the technology of the future.