ULUSOY TEKSTIL A.S.

ULUSOY COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS HOLDING INC., which was founded in 1937, has reached today a major role in the Turkish industry by covering many private sectors such as coaching, overland, maritime and air tranportation, tourism, hotel management and automotive industries.

While Turkey is approching full-membership of the EU and with the Turkish textile industry set to expand due to Turkey's joining of the EU customs union, the ULUSOY GROUP founded ULUSOY TEKSTIL A.S. in June 1995, supported by massive US$ 63 million investment.

ULUSOY TEKSTIL A.S. has built a fully integrated textile plant of 45.000 m2 in the region of Tekirdag near Cerkezkoy. This ultra modern factory, built to the highest standarts, is fully air-conditioned and equipped with the latest '' State of the art'' machinery for the production of high quality textiles. 400 employees, well suported by an international management team, will produce the annual capacity of :

875.000 mEMBROIDERED FABRICS 900.000 m.LACE FABRICS

700.000 m.BRIDAL FABRICS

6.500.000 m.VOILE FABRICS

3.000.000 m.CURTAIN FABRICS ( Inc. printed, coated and crease effects )

The Design Department, augmented by French, Italian and Turkish specialists, is developing products ranges for the international markets with the team-spirit aiming to satisfy the demands of the interior designer. They are backed-up by a highly qualified production team which has at their disposal some of the finest machinery in the world such as :

4 fully electronic 22 YD SAURER EPOCA

1 fully electronic 5 YD SAURER EPOCA (sampling machine)

14 HIRAOKA machines

3 SAURER EMNET PLUS for design and disc production

4 SAURER M-DRAW

1 SAURER EMHOST for order control

100 SOMET THEMA II Weaving machines

34 ICBT Twisting machines

2 ICBT Winding Cops Machines

2 Fixing Steam

1 HACOBA sectional warping machine

1 BENINGER warping machine

1 BRUCKNER finishing machine

1 BABCOCK-KUSTERS Washing, Dyeing Finishing Line

1 RAMISH washing line for fixing and dyeing

1 Combing machine specially for macrame, guipure and fine lingerie

1 GESSNER shearing machine

2 Crushing Machine

2 Yarn Dyeing Machines

1 Beam Dyeing Machine

6 Jacquard Weaving Machines

The production of this leading European plant have the quality assurance of ISO 9001, TSE and AQAP-110; the production commenced by May 1997 and it has reached full capacity during 1998. 80 % of the production is designated for overseas markes.

The ULUSOY GROUP has over the years established strong and successful relationships with its international customers, and the stated aim of ULUSOY TEKSTIL A.S. is to accomplish the same in the field of international textiles trade.