Redman Tekstil Telleri A.Ş., manufacturing textile cord which is one of the most important spare parts in textile sector, was established in 2005 with the cooperation of an American company Redman Card Co and Dörtaral Tekstil Telleri A.Ş.
Besides raising cords produced with the flexible cord production of Redman and the knowledge and experience of Dörtaral and, % 70 of Redman’s production is exported. Among these productions are short and long fiber carding bands, leather brush wire and cloth guider cords. Redman sells its products to such countries as USA, Bangladesh, China, South Africa, South Korea, India, UK, Iran, Italy, Canada, Eygpt, Poland and Portugal. Working inland with such companies as Menderes Tekstil, Üniversal Tekstil,Zorlu Tekstil, Sesli Tekstil, Oğuz Tekstil, Lafer-Has Group, Redman Tekstil Telleri Chairman of the Executive Board K. Cemal Aral answered our Edition Group’s questions.
Redman in Turkey
K. Cemal Aral, saying that in 1940s his brother Cemil Fahri Aral started importing textile machines and spare parts in Istanbul and entered into textile sector by acquiring agencies, stated that he also started serving in the sector of textile after his graduation of the university. Aral, stating that they imported carding and carding cords for many years, expressed his opinions about the textile cords: “At that time Turkey was spending quite a lot Money for these products. I asked myself whether we can manufacture this steel cord. We searched for manufacturing machines but we could find neither the new nor the second-hand one. After that I found an artisan from Gaziantep but we could not agree on matters and the project was left half finished.”
Aral said that they heard afterwards that Redman was about to close the factory in USA and to open it in China. They suggested to move the factory to Turkey instead of China, however Redman rejected this idea saying; “Everyone is going to China, why do we need to come to Turkey?”. Aral said: “I tried to point out the power of Turkey in textile and the geographical position of the country which is quite close to Europe and the Middle East. An afterwards I persuaded the Redman authorities to set up the factory in Turkey.” He stated that they took action for setting up the factory by dismantling 48 machines in USA and Holland. Aral, saying that they had difficulties at the time of setting up the factory in Turkey, and in getting permission from the Under-secretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade, pointed that they had to deal with the bureaucratic channels at the time of bringing the machines to Turkey, had problems with the customs, and only 8 months later they could settle down everything. Aral stated that they faced many difficulties to bring such a strategic premise in Turkey and said that they nevertheless gave up with the bureaucratic obstacles they faced during the establishment of the premise.
“We dominate % 55 in the Internal Market”
Aral, saying that they are one of those companies possessing the largest machine parks, and that they were bringing products from Europe and bringing them to Turkey, notified that they decreased the prices after setting up the factory and that was also the reason for Europe to decrease the prices. In his words, Aral: “I believe that I make good things for my country. I also enabled quite a lot of foreign currency to enter in the country.” Aral, stating the most worrying thing for himself was the imported product obsession of some textile businessmen, gave this example: “Because of the brand obsession of some users, our raising cords exported to Italy were imported again from Italy as they were import goods.” Aral said that they devoted themselves to diminish this habit of import goods and that their main goal as a company was to encourage the use of local goods.
Aral, pointing that they dominate % 55 of the internal market and that they export at the same rate, stated that they own % 90 of Redman’s stakes and the rest %10 is possessed by the Americans. Aral, emphasizing that they are all the time in progress, said that they opened up an office in Singapore for selling and marketing.
