Founded in Bursa in 2015 by textile engineer Özel couple, the company provides added value to the national economy by exporting to nearly 60 countries in 9 years.

Mehmet Çetin Özel, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marsala Textile Company, told AA correspondent that his father Mehmet Özel was engaged in textile trade on mule back in Kayseri in the 1940s and that he learned the trade by working with his father since he was 8-9 years old.

Explaining that he and his wife decided to establish their company in 2015 after graduating from Ege University Textile Engineering Department, Çetin said:

“When we founded this company, our aim was to become an international brand and a leading organization in exports. We sowed the seeds of the company with this intention and since then, we have managed to turn the company, which managed to receive Bursa’s golden export award in 9 years, into a very good fabric brand. In this sense, I would like to thank my wife and my teammates. We currently have 300 employees. We produce woven fabric. We also produce garment fabrics from woven fabric. We sell these fabrics to international and local brands. We are one of the main fabric suppliers of many national and international brands. Our monthly capacity is approximately 1.5 million meters. We export about 60 percent of our production. This changes from time to time, we increase to 70-80 percent.”

“We export to nearly 60 countries”

Giving information about exports, Özel said, “We export to nearly 60 countries and we aim to increase the number of countries we export to. We export to Spain, England, Germany, America, France, Russia and almost all of Europe. Our export target for 2024 is 15 million dollars. In 2026, we aim to increase this figure to 25 million dollars.”

“We produce more creative and higher quality products than the Chinese market”

Özlem Özel, Member of the Board of Directors of the company, stated that they participated in 18 fairs during the year and exhibited their summer collections in 9 fairs and their fall-winter collections in 9 fairs.

Emphasizing that they also participated in the Premier Vision Fair in Paris, which is one of the most important fairs of the sector, Özel said, “We have a lot of participants at our stands at the fairs. We have several different contacts with customers. Fairs are the most important part of this. We gain new customers at fairs. We have a lot of customers who come by seeing our name at fairs or who come by reference. In addition, the people we meet at fairs later visit our company.”

Pointing out that the fabrics they produce are highly appreciated abroad, Özel said

“There is actually a place in the market where Turkey is positioned. We have a position between China and Italy. We produce more creative and higher quality products than the Chinese market. We also produce more affordable products than the Italian market. We are also preferred by customers because we work more flexibly and quickly. Since we work with a dynamic team, we have no problems in serving our customers. We work with global brands and grow together with them. In addition to presenting our own collection, we mutually feed ourselves together with our customers. We follow the latest trends. Trends are changing very fast now. We also shape our collection. This gives us the following, we are in a constant change.”