This is a fundamental statement made by Haldun Ekincioglu, joint owner of Bisas Iplik and Bisas Tekstil, and in addition the sole owner of Ekincioglu in Bursa, Turkey.

Bisas Tekstil

From a company trading in printed goods started by the father in 1958, a textile company developed with the participation in a spinning plant in 1968. Today this 160,000 spindle plant, under the name Bisas Iplik, is one of the two largest spinning plants in Turkey. The logical step toward becoming a vertically integrated operation was taken in 1989 with the building of a weaving plant, Bisas Tekstil. As in the case of the spinning plant, it operates independently, and has been quoted on the stock market since 1996. The final step in becoming a totally vertical operation will be taken this year with the construction of a finishing plant that will finish the fabrics produced by the weaving plant.

Bisas Tekstil produces some 50,000 meters of fabric daily for sportswear and also fabrics used for shirts and blouses. Yarns are woven in counts of up to Ne 60/1 and 120/2 from a wide range of materials such as cotton, polyester, rayon and linen, including fancy yarns. As a result the company has gained the reputation of being the most flexible producer of apparel fabrics for the Turkish garment industry. These companies appreciate the fact that they are supplied with exclusive patterns for their use only, and 95% of the apparel goods produced are exported.

Today, the weaving plant, located in Inegöl, is equipped with 128 DORNIER rapier weaving machines, type HTV and HTVS 6/S with a nominal width of 190 cm. In addition, a further 42 air jet machines, type LWV2 and 4/S, also with a nominal width of 190 cm are installed.

The decision in favor of the DORNIER Weaving System with its family of rapier and air jet machines was made in 1990, since this promised the highest degree of flexibility to put the company on the leading edge in a very competitive market. This conviction was further strengthened by the ability of the rapier weaving machine to safely and reliably insert double picks.

Ekincioglu – different range of products – the same philosophy

Even prior to the decision by Bisas to build a weaving plant, Haldun Ekincioglu had already started his own weaving operation. In this plant a similarly diversified range of yarns is processed, but the styling is even more extensive. This ranges from fabrics for blouses and pants, through print cloth and mattress ticking, to napery fabrics and tablecloths for the hotel industry.

Also in this plant, machine selection concentrated on choosing the right type of weaving equipment for the fabrics being produced. This weaving operation has 28 rapier weaving machines, type HTV 4/S in nominal widths of 190, 250 and 360 cm, equipped with dobby shedding, and 6 machines in a nominal width of 250 cm, equipped with electronic jacquard machines with a capacity of up to 7,168 hooks. In order to fully satisfy the needs and requirements of the hotel industry, these machines can be quickly converted to weave with center and outside tuckers.

Just how innovative the company is in the Turkish market is illustrated by the fact that already in 1989, when the rapier weaving machines equipped with dobby shedding were installed with the brand new AT electronic package. At that time DORNIER was the first engineering company to apply this new electronic monitoring and control, the CAN-Bus system, almost simultaneously with the automobile manufacturers Mercedes and BMW. In essence this is a very powerful and efficient information carrier, free from external disturbances, channeling information through a network to the various subassemblies on the weaving machine, such as let-off motion, take-up motion, filling color selector, tension units, filling scissor, and selvedge formation device to name just a few.

The almost unlimited expansion capability of the CAN-Bus network facilitates an optimum adaptation of future developments to DORNIER weaving machines.

Finally, in 1996 Haldun Ekincioglu extended the plant to include its own warp preparation department with warping and slashing.

Let’s go back to the beginning. In the case of both companies, the frequency of faults occurring in the fabric is 1–2 per 100 meters in fabrics produced from plied yarns and 3–4 faults in fabrics utilizing single yarns. When taking into consideration the fact that the ready-made clothing manufacturer accepts 6 faults per 50 meters of fabric, this underlines the high standards of quality set by the company. A level of quality that secures the company’s market position and continued success in the future.