In the supply of machines of Turkish textile sector, German machine manufacturers have the largest share. At the global crisis period which was experienced in the past year and now lost a decrease in its effects, despite the overall decline in the number of machine sales, Turkish textile producers didn't lose interest in German branded machines.
With a history of long years of the Turkish-German relations, also trade and sectoral dimensions have quite a long history. In terms of German machine manufacturers, Turkey is considered as an important market that is indispensable in the short or long term.
German Engineering Association VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau) that has over 3,100 machine manufacturers on a global scale, represents over 40 percent share of European investment goods industry with approximately 948,000 employees, an annual production of 187 billion euros and about 75 percent of export ratio. VDMA, leaving behind a time that is more than 124 years, hosts companies under its roof that develops technology toward spinning, nonwovens, weaving, knitting, hosiery and finishing sectors. The organization that represents 90 percent of the German manufacturers, is also among Europe's most important textile organizations.
According to VDMA's datas, even thoug the German machine manufacturers ended 2013 with disappointment, German textile mechanics are the world champion for almost half century and represented in more than 150 countries. The German textile machine industry has more representatives than Germany's embassies in the world.
Made in Germany
High quality apparel products soaring from Asia, sturdy and durable wipes glands to U.S, technical textiles manufactured with advanced technology of Europe, generating chemical fibers and pulls yarn, forming textile surfaces from woven, nonwoven, knitted goods and finishing machines are mostly textile machines that has "Made in Germany" writing. The future of textile technology is determined by the research and development works, new ideas and solutions of German machine industry.
Innovation capability, enters the activity field of approximately 120 textile machinery manufacurers that is under VDMA. In the focus of new developments related to machine technology there are the production of versatile products such as geotextiles used in the construction of roads and buildings, filter materials or sports clothing which are necessary for vital medical technology. German textile machineries plays a role at the production of fiber-reinforced composites and next step procedures that are used in fuselage as lightweight construction material and increasingly used in vehicle bodies. If we were to examine the reasons for it, German technology not only should be preferred due to its especially creative and reliable works, but also the price performance ratio, high quality and reliable use of materials, spare parts and service are the factors that puts the German textilie machines in front.
The newly developed technology also seriously provides energy and labor savings. German machinery industry, leads textile manufacturers in this way for sustainable products, responds to the needs of changing environmental regulation, retailers and brands.
Thanks to the flexible use of textile machines German machine manufacturers that fulfills complicated work flows as customers' desire in every configuration, the interaction between research and development of modern products and again before and after qualitative customer service, opens the way of success to the markets all over the world to business partners.
For A Better Environment BLUecoMPETENCE
VDMA that gathers the largest German textile industry associations under its roof, continues to develop new solutions for manufacturers. VDMA that put forth sustainability initiative named BLUecoMPETENCE (Blue-Eco-Competence), together with member organizations is seeing great interest from the participants. In recent years, especially in Europe and the U.S, energy and raw material price increases and bureaucratic regulations has become a real competitive factor for retailers and consumers. BLUecoMPETENCE which aims to provide solutions to the problems and developed for sustainable production for companies that experiences difficulties in this context, continues to be center of interest to manufacturers in the global market. VDMA, by introducing this work in almost all of the activities carried out in the global arena, to increase the frequency for the solution of the problem. BLUecoMPETENCE, by positioning itself with machinists that are technical problem solvers, in the axis of today's and tomorrow's social needs; touches upon such matters as energy efficiency, materials and resources. VDMA which organized BLUecoMPETENCE, a wide campaign for sustainable technological solutions to turn into an international brand for all range of industrial, began its studies with a focus on energy efficiency. For this, Technology and Research Advisory Board of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association, has prepeare a guide named "Conserving resources- securing savings and potential".
VDMA's published guide to energy efficiency, also aims to help the sector in efficiency criterion, carbon footprint and a more objective comparability discussions.
