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PROFILE
The leading role in every sector
with artificial leather:
“Depar Deri”
HTE
Depar Deri number one
imitation leather company in
Turkey, has taken its place
among top three firm in its field
in Europe by emphasizing on
quality, customer satisfaction
and customer service.
Depar Leather, addressing all sectors which use artificial
leather, is one of the world’s leading brands in the
field and continues to work with its more than 40 years
of experience. Gokhan Kececi, Chairman of the Board of
Depar Deri, has started his words by saying, “We owe our
success to the perfect service we provide to our customers
and our emphasis on quality.” We talked to Gokhan Kececi
about the developments in the brand structure.
Would you give us some information about your
products, production capacity and the sectors that
you serve to?
We have polyurethane PVC vinyl coating, coagula and flock
lines for production. We produce a wide range of products
to be used in the production of footwear, slippers, bags,
dresses, upholstery, auto accessories and agendas. We can
produce 500,000 meters of imitation leather, 200,000 meters
of flock products totaling 700,000 meters per month.
What are the sources of your raw material needs?
95 percent of our raw materials are imported from Europe
and far eastern countries; the rest 5 percent are sourced
from domestic market.
Do you have custom designed products?
Our team of designers composed of eight people has been
developing new patterns and varieties. Besides, we make
custom made designs for individuals or firms.
Would you please mention about your export
activities? What is the share of exports in your
sales?
40 percent of our products are exported, 60 % is offered
to domestic market. England, Spain, Germany, France,
Greece, Italy, Russia, Ukraine and Holland are our major
export markets. As a result of our activities in domestic and
international fairs our network of markets is expanding year
after year.
What would you like to say about your R&D
activities?
We are aware of the impact of the technology and quality
products on the power of companies. We empower our professional
team in our two R&D laboratories that we have
with the certificates we got where physical and chemical
specifications are tested. We have several certificates of ISO
9001that ensures the hygiene of production. Recently we
succeeded to apply the formulation of fire fighter application
for the first time in the world developed by our R&D
team.
What do you do for the contract business segment
of the market?
As seen in the most other sectors we, as Depar Leather,
have several products addressing to the needs of hospitals,
October 2018