International Home Textile Magazine – September’17

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The mattress industry in Turkey has reached
the sales figures of over 4 million in the local
market in 2014. 95 percent of the market
has been consisted of spring mattresses and
remaining 5 percent of foam mattresses. The
size of the market is very close to TL 1 billion
and the growth rate is 7%. 20 thousand mattresses
are produced daily in Kayseri which
is followed by Istanbul and Izmir. There are
more than 400 manufacturers in Kayseri. The
production capacity of these firms approaches
to 2.7 million. Kayseri holds the half of the
total production with 2.5 million mattresses.
The share of the sector in the foreign market
is over 100 million dollars. Kayseri performs
more than half of the total export value. The
mattresses, which are produced in Kayseri,
are exported mainly to France, Germany and
The Netherlands and other European countries
and the different countries of the Middle
East.
Representatives of the industry express that
the trends that are seeking healthier, more
comfortable sleep environments, play an
important role in growth. According to the
industry representatives the 3 million of the
4 million mattresses sold, have been sold to
the individual consumers, 1 million to the
institutions such as hotels, dorms and hospitals.
There are around one thousand hotels
which are under construction with 800 thousand-bed
capacity in the country and the private
sector hospital investments are accepted
as an indicator that the growth in the industry
will be continuous.
September 2017