Turktex Offers Innovative, Fast and Flexible Solutions with SSM Dp5-T Machine
Dündar Çetin, owner and technical director of TURKTEX
Established in 2002, in Bursa which is Turkey’s textile center, Turkuaz Tekstil San. ve Tic. carries out its activities as a Turkish textile company serving in the synthetic yarn sector. Turktex meets the demands of customers with innovative, fast and flexible solutions with SSM texturing machines. Offering over 1000 different yarns, Turktex takes mission of providing quality service to customers one step further with the SSM Dp5-T Machine.
Due to its superior products, TURKTEX is now Turkey’s leading company in the high value-added continuous filament sector, especially for polyester (PES) and polypropylene (PP) yarns. Its production portfolio includes yarns for home textiles (such as curtains, upholstery, mattress ticking and carpets), fashion, automotive fabrics as well as yarns for technical applications, outdoor and military. Besides supplying the local market, the company exports its products to more than 30 countries.
Offers a Wide Product Portfolio
The company continues to develop day by day with its a huge portfolio including polypropylene (PP) or polyester (PES) in divergent forms (recycled, flame retardant and more), various final yarn counts up to 2 000 denier, each available in 50 different colors, the company is on track to succeed. Turktex diversifies its yarn range thanks to easy and fast, reliable and flexible machines to maintain and use.
With SSM DP5-T, TURKTEX provide high quality Air Textured Yarn (ATY)
DP5-T: the right solution to handle large assortments
SSM machines have proved to be the perfect solution. In 2020, TURKTEX acquired the last SSM texturing machine DP5-T to help the company meet the demand in Air Textured Yarn (ATY) made of PES and PP. It then invested in a DP5-FT false twist-texturing machine to drive business in the Drawn Texturized Yarn (DTY) market as well.
Today, the company stores approximately 1 000 different recipes in its SSM DP5-T machines and changes around every other second day the settings of the spindles. Any recipe can be removed and put back into production without any quality or repeatability issues. With its individual drive concept, the DP5-T makes it easy to switch between recipes, an indispensable feature for TURKTEX as it responds to the ever-changing needs of its markets.
“SSM Considers Our Needs and Supports Us”
Turtex Manager Ömer Efendioğlu stated that Turktex is pleased with the support provided by SSM. Efendioğlu said; “As Turtex, we are very satisfied with SSM’s service and technicians SSM cares about our needs and supports us from the first negotiation to the commissioning of the machine and beyond.”
TURKTEX has a strong internal textile research and development department which ensures innovative products. To make these products a reality in the desired quality, the company can count on SSM. Dündar Çetin, owner and technical director of TURKTEX, is convinced that it is crucial to satisfy customers’ requirements immediately and without delay. He states: “Always keeping promises and ensuring excellent quality is possible for us, thanks to SSM DP5-T.”
Flexibility is another critical factor. While standard batches in the industry are usually over 2 tons, TURKTEX handles many small orders, as low as 50 kg. Changing raw material and parameters can be laborious, but with the DP5-T, it is easy for operators to switch between orders.
