Being among the biggest industrial organisations of Turkey, Küçükçalık Group performed another new textile investment. The official opening of KFS Synthetic Industrial facility whose construction finished in the 2nd Organized Industrial Site in Sakarya Hendek, made in a ceremony senior officials attented. The new investment of Küçükçalık Group which has facilities in İnegöl, Kayseri and Egypt, owns 40 thousand squaremeters confined space in 150 milestone. The facility producing 50 ton yarn daily, is expected to raise its production to 200 ton in a short time and aimed to increase the employment from 350 to 900. Science, Industry and Technology Minister Frauk Özlü being in the first place; congressmen, civil and administrative representatives attented to the opening ceremony.
Making an opening speech at the ceremony, Küçükçalık Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Chairman of Board Yaşar Küçükçalık said that the sector is a whole from yarn manufacturer to retailer. Stating that “We are all parts of a whole”, Küçükçalık continued thusly;
“The way that saves our country from middle income trap and meet current deficit is our industrialists updated and value added manufacturing. Our KFS syntetic facility is design to provide daily 200 ton manufacturing and employment to 900 people in a short time with its 50 ton manufacturing and employment upto 350 people capacity on an approximately 40 thousand squaremeters confined area in 150 milestone land. Currently 70% of our country’s textile import which is 12 billion dollars in total, consists of polyester yarn and the product ranges manufactured by polyester yarns.”
“We aimed to prove that the raw material need in textile sector isn’t depended to outside sources and we can perform a raw material manufcaturing in world standards; with the latest technology manufacturing techniques with our own feasibilities in our country. We also decreased the dependence to outside sources in different yarn types; including technical differences and become manufcatured in Turkey for the first time in our facility where we manufacture”.
Turkey continues to its growth
Minister Faruk Özlü expressed that Turkey continues to its growth and becomes locomotive of industrial development in his speech. Özlü stated thusly; “Last year, Turkey grew around 2,9%. Despite all the events inside, it managed to develop. Last year, it grew 4,5% in the first quarter and again 4,5% in the second quarter; in the third quarter it decreased 1% because of an abominable reason. Currently, there are some statements about slowness in economy. Our government took some precautions. One of them is about KOBİs. Again, another precaution our government took was to bring approximately 250 billion dollars credit; together with industrials thanks to Credit Guarantee Funding bail. ”