ABOUT US

Akbaşlar Tekstil, who makes unique and permanent contirbutions to the textile world where success is achieved by combining the dreams with colors and teamwork, currently sustains its production in her high technology facilities in Bursa and Tokat cities of . Being among the 500 greatest industrial corporations of Turkey for the last 25 years, Akbaşlar Tekstil’s products are delivered to the world by her sales-marketing offices in Istanbul, , and Barcelona.

Establishment 1962 AKBAS HOLDING

AKBAS Holding is a family owned private company who are in the textiles, energy, tourism, food businesses and employee over 2700 people. Dairy Products Producing its own energy with a cogeneration plant. Gessy Investments in renewable energy: Eren hydro power plant and Bergama wind farm produces 250 Mw/year. Our aim is to have a zero carbon footprint.

Tourism Gonluferah Hotel

Energy Vento Wind Power Plant

Textile AKBASLAR Textile Digital Print

Energy Eren Hydro Power Plant YARN

In GES İplik, who has a production capacity of 2.000 tons per month, the world standard textured yarns are produced with 18 pieces of Barmag machines.

In the facility which is under control of an experienced technical team on a 24-hour basis, the quality of the products is being traced with the test machines in the laboratory. GES İplik can produce texturized yarn, elastane poliester, nylon texturized yarn and elastane nylon in DTY form. WEAVING

A remarkable part of the quality and innovation expectations of the textile sector, which gains a new dimension every day and where competition prevails in a dynamic way, are met in GES Weaving facilities of Akbaşlar Tekstil. In the facilities where the fabric production is supported with R&D and P&D studies, quality values are prioritized while the customer satisfaction is unconditionally satisfied. In GES Weaving, with 126 pieces of high technology weaving machines of Picanol, Vamatex, and Itema brands, 2.000.000 meters of fabric per month can be submitted to the textile industry.

A wide range collection of fabric types consisting of constructions obtained from cotton, cotton elastane, linen, viscose, viscose rayon, nylon, nylon elastane, poliester, oliester elastane, monofilament, micro, CIF, ITY, and GRS fibres can be provided to the customers. Having a dynamic and innovative structure, Akbaşlar Tekstil meets the raw weaving fabric need of the Painting-Dyeing and Ready-made Garment Group in every sense. KNITTING

In the facility, single jersey, interlock, rib and polar fleece fabric types are being produced by using natural, regenerated, and synthetic yarns from 10 to 600 deniers.

Akbaşlar Knitting, who successfully welcomes the demands of the sector with its gradually expanding range of products, performs the production with a capacity of 250 tons in her latest technology machine park . DYEING

Innovative Lines: Thanks to its regular dye machine park, jet dyeing, and foulard dyeing Akbaşlar Tekstil Dyeing and Printing Group is among the leading units of the company, both for dye sub and regular dye fabric production. The regular dyeing department consumes 50% less water for production by increasing the flotte ratio from 1/12 to 1/5 upon the renovations in the machine park.

In Akbaşlar Tekstil Dyeing and Printing Group facilities, printing preliminary preparation group and experienced pattern and variant team form the basis of the printing group with innovative lines that follow the world fashion. The creation of high quality is supported by jigging and automatic printing-dyeing preparation facility. PRINTING

Special Effect Fabrics: The fact that Akbaşlar Tekstil Dyeing and Printing Group includes the digital printing systems into the process besides the rotation printing techniques, exhibits her difference in the sector. Being among the companies with the largest digital printing capacity in the world, Akbaşlar Tekstil is among the giants of the sector with a production capacity of 3.500.000 meters of fabric per month, thanks to its 2 x MS Lario, 2 x MS JP7, 1 x JPK Evo, and 1 x mini Lario digital printing machine. The enterprises that follow the innovations in any stage of production add value to the fabrics they produce by finishing processes. Fabrics with special effects are produced in the facilities. GARMENT

For sector’s leaders… Akbaşlar Tekstil ready-made garment enterprise combines high quality, reasonable price, high technology machine park, quick production, high capacity, and qualified work force. Thanks to the designing team which closely observes the fashion trends, the facilities address to the international companies who lead the sector.

Wide collection By making use of her professional staff and being an integrated facility, Akbaşlar Tekstil ready-made garment enterprise outscores the opponents with her wide collection of knitting and weaving fabrics, while quickly responding to her customers. Being on the top among the producers that the sector prefers, Akbaşlar Tekstil’s Bursa and Tokat factories make a production of 1.100.000 pieces of woman clothing per month.

Industry 4.0 technology Akbaşlar ready-made garment enterprise, who act with a quality, quick, and innovative working approach, shows her difference as a digitalized facility in the production processes with her technologic investments. Our ready-made garment enterprise is among the leading corporations in the sector as a facility which adopts Industry 4.0 activities. MARKETING

AKBAŞLAR is continuing marketing activities with its production facility in Bursa, Turkey as well as its offices located in Istanbul.

In addition to it's offices in Turkey and with the aim of making AKBAŞLAR Brand a Global player, we have opened Design & Marketing offices in London & Barcelona.

Istanbul / TURKEY London / UK Barcelona / SPAIN Bursa / TURKEY DESIGN

We are creating inspirational seasonal trends with our experienced design teams in London, Barcelona, Italy & Turkey.

With an archive of over 40.000 prints and cutting edge design facilities we have a global design hand writing to offer a wide international customer base.

To ensure that we are at the forefront of seasonal trends, our design teams constantly analyse the catwalks to create collections for our UK & European High street customers. ACTIVE WEAR

Akbaşlar , as a long-established company in the field of production, design and R&D, continues to be a leading company in the field of sportswear. Akbaşlar Textile combines the concepts of sustainability , success, submit, respect for the environment and innovation in the field of sportswear. Akbaşlar Active Wear vision is to give the concept of elegance to the performance features. Increasing projects in the field of sportswear is among the strategies of Akbaşlar Textile R&D Center.

Akbaşlar Fit Fast Active Sports Wear vision is to combine performance properties and style.

• Hybrid •Antibacterial •Organic Cotton • Sports Bag Fabric • Water Proof • Quick Dry • Recycle Polyester • Towel Fabric • Breathable Windbreaker • Sustainability • Aloe Vera PHYSICAL TESTING LABORATORY

Akbaşlar Tekstil’s Physics Laboratory, which has been acting in the sector since 1962 with the awareness of the fact that she is among the irreplaceables of the textile world, serves as a unit accredited by Arcadia, Marks & Spencer, Next, , Tesco (F&F), H&M, LC Waikiki, Defacto, Menswear, , , Miss Selfridge, Outfit, , and brands.

Akbaşlar Tekstil Physics Laboratory sustains her test applications in accordance with the accredited standards and customer demands. The expert technical staff power and high technology used in the laboratory, enables precise and reliable measurement and reporting. R&D CENTER

A Team of 40 Experts Being aware of the fact that the 21th century’s textile and fashion world expects more than quality and greatness, Akbaşlar Tekstil draws her strength in innovation and creativity from the R&D Center.

Akbaşlar Tekstil R&D Center, which was founded with the approval given by the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology of the Turkish Republic on the 13th of November 2015, acts as the 12th R&D Center of Turkey in textile industry. In the center where a team of 40 experts work with the state of the art technology devices, projects regarding the women outerwear, sportswear, and defense technology are carried out in production&process development, product development, designing, patenting, chemical analysis, and physical test units.

Proof of Success: Awards The awards that Akbaşlar Tekstil R&D Center received from the leading institutions, corporations, and non-governmental organizations of the industry, proves the quality of her activities:

• 3rd Prize in chemical substances and products industry at III. R&D Project Market, Industrialist Branch • 2nd Istanbul Carbon Summit, Carbon Hero Prize • STWI Sweden Textile Water Initiative, Resource Conservation Award for Highest Chemical Savings • Turkey Textile Innovation League, Innovative Company Prize • 2nd Environment-friendly Industrial Plant Competition, 1st Prize CERTIFICATES

AKBAŞLAR Textile has ISO 9001 Quality Management System, ISO 50001 Energy Management System, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and ISO 27001 Information Security Management System certificates. In addition to quality management system certificates, OEKO-TEX also has certifications affecting manufacturing processes such as Teks, GRS and GOTS.

Akbaşlar Textile; It is the first company to have the right to have a Zero Waste Certificate in Bursa within the scope of the Zero Waste Law initiated by the Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urbanization.

AKBAŞLAR is included in the TURQUALITY Brand support program. OUR FABRIC QUALITIES

• VISCOSE WOVEN QUALITIES • VISCOSE KNIT QUALITIES • RAYON WOVEN QUALITIES • RAYON KNIT QUALITIES • COTTON WOVEN QUALITIES • COTTON KNIT QUALITIES • POLYESTER WOVEN QUALITIES • POLYESTER KNIT QUALITIES • MODAL WOVEN QUALITIES • LINEN KNIT QUALITIES • TENCEL WOVEN QUALITIES • SPECIAL EFFECTS & FUNCTIONAL KNIT GROUP • CUPRO WOVEN QUALITIES • LINEN WOVEN QUALITIES • NYLON WOVEN QUALITIES • SPECIAL EFFECTS & FUNCTIONAL WOVEN GROUP SUSTAINABILITY

Our Sustainable Product Portfolio Our Sustainable Projects

• Recycled Polyester (GRS Certificate) • M&S As Green Dye House • Organic Cotton (GOTS Certificate) • Plan A Eco Factory • Sustainable Viscose (FSC Certificate) • Eco Friendly Company • Sustainable and Analizable Viscose (EcoVero & Liva Eco) • BCI Cotton CUSTOMERS

AKBAŞLAR, with its professional staff and the advantages of being an integrated factory, continues to work with World’s famous brands. AKBASLAR FACTORY AKBASLAR ISTANBUL PLEASE WATCH FOR MORE Adress - Atatürk Cd. No: 197 Adress - Ayazağa Mah. Cendere Cad. No.109 16580 GÜRSU - BURSA Vadi-İSTANBUL, 2A Blok Kat.12 Ofis 97-98 Phone - +90 224 280 25 00 34418 SarIyer-İstanbul / TÜRKİYE Phone - +90 212 219 36 57

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