Merter Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MEDİAD), founded to contribute for the development of Turkish ready-to-wear and textile industry, maintains leading the sector and providing collaboration. MESİAD, directing the sector with the events and the activities it carries out, is gathering the shareholders to solve the problems of textile and raw material. Besides, it contributes serious for the trained staff problem that the sector needs by organizing modelshop training and styler courses. By gathering the trainee graduated from these courses and the businessmen, employment is created. Chairman of the Board; Yusuf Gecü who shared special information about MESİAD which has 750 active members with our publication group, gave details about the activities of the association. Gecü said “When laws concerning the sector and the marketplace occur, we inform our members via the authorized people and help them to position about the future. We also inform our members about the markets by organizing tours at home and abroad.”
‘Recovery at Export Will Be Clearer By the End of the Year’
Gecü who evaluated the ready-to-wear, sub- industry, accessory production and export at the first quarter of 2018, said “The situation of Merter at the first quarter of 2018 is better when compared to the same period of previous year. This recovery will be clearer by the end of 2018. Because 12% of increase is expected at Turkish textile and ready-to-wear export this year. Merter will give the biggest contribution to this increase again.”
‘Merter Industrialists Care for Design and Branding’
Chairman of the Board, Yusuf Gecü who emphasized that Merter industrialists and businessmen care for design and branding, stated that they hosted ‘Design and Branding’ panel which is the first one of ‘Turkey Is Rising With Export’ seminar organized with İTHİB. Gecü used the following statements, “Businessmen in Merter are founding design offices, and departments having R&D and P&D activities. Besides they are following world textile and ready-to-wear trends closely. And s being MESİAD, we are supporting them about this issue”. MESİAD has determined its strategy on finding new markets and supporting export in 2018. Gecü who relayed 2018 plans, said, “We want to introduce Merter and MESİAD by organizing overseas trip to find new partner countries. In addition to this we want to organize several meetings to inform our members on this issue and gather competent people and our members.”
