Kipaş Holding which developed in three industries recently makes the biggest investment in the field of paper industry at the present time. Also this group makes investment in the fields of cement and energy industries aim to reach about 400.000 tons in a year in the field of paper production. Kipaş Holding that will make its second biggest investment in this field in Turkey plans to begin production in the field of paper in October.
Kipaş Holding companies which enter for the first time in 1991to list ‘the biggest 1000 industrial enterprise of Turkey’ that is announced by Istanbul Chamber of Industry continues this tradition after its conglomeration. This group was established in 1984and takes part in the biggest groups of Turkey in terms of company numbers nowadays. Kipaş Holding which reaches export of 200 million Dollars in a year is corporate group that makes the most export in Kahramanmaraş with its export success. Kipaş can produce 140.000 tons spinning, 50 million meters fabric and 5million garment with its integrated production plants in the field of textile.
Halil İbrahim Gümüşer, Vice Chairman of Kipaş Holding Board with whom we made an interview as Tekstil Dünyası Publication Group in ‘75th Anniversary Events of Lenzing’ in Austria made important explanations about production structure and activities of Kipaş Holding. Gümüşer who stated that they have continued their service for 30 years in textile industry said that they haven’t made production with any machines that are older than 10 years. Gümüşer who said that they use economical and environment-friendly technology pointed out that they don’t remain insensitive to this development in market by making modernization works decennially. Gümüşer; “We made ring spinning investment of about 100.000 spinners in Organized Industrial Zone. We make production in different concept and mix. Apart from that; we want to concentrate on technical textile with modern fiber that is deficit notably in Turkey. So it is required that quality and useful products should be produced in market. Turkey preferred to import products that require technology such as technical textile spinning, fabric and military dress. We try to produce these products in our country too. We accelerated all infrastructure works, R&D and technical crew works. We will reveal the results of fabric control in a short time.” said.
Incentive Decisions Should Be Made With Attention
Gümüşer who stated that they didn’t make investment in a short haul said that they concentrate on mostly paper and cement industries and said about governmental incentives as follows;”We benefit from governmental incentives like every company. But we benefit from mostly exemption of value added tax and import of duty free. There were some incentives in the field of energy in the past. And groups that benefit from these incentives made important developments. Laws that were prepared after this time are defined as incentives that are enforced in almost all regions in Turkey generally. So I find naming incentives as increasing factor of investment wrong.”
‘We Give Importance to Social Responsibility Projects’
Halil İbrahim Gümüşer who stated that their investments except in textile industry continue said that they have investments in the field of geothermal energy with Ken, Kiper and Maren corporate group. Gümüşer made an explanation about investments plans in forthcoming period and social responsibility projects of Kipaş Holding. Gümüşer ended his speech as follows;”We have three investments in the field of geothermal energy. We aim to constitute production area there as Maren corporate group, Ken energy and Kiper energy. Our Maren energy company is active and continues to production. Ken energy will begin production second half of 2014. I suppose that Kiper will begin geothermal production by the end of 2014. Also we interest in social responsibility projects closely as Kipaş Holding. We have departments from in nursery class to primary education and high school on the subject of education in Kahramanmaraş. We continue to give scholarship to all successful students. %70 of our students has education with scholarship in this year. We open our door to everyone that wants to have good education and we are in the first nine in private schools in Turkey now.
