Metyx Composites doubles production at its Turkey site

Turkey-based materials company Metyx Composites, which is a division of textiles company Teleteks, has announced it is in the process of doubling its production facilities at its manufacturing centre in Manisa, Turkey.

Telateks recently acquired land and buildings adjacent to its Manisa site and will link them to the exitisting site. Together the area provides 23,000 square metres of space for warehouses and production. The space allows Metyx the space to double its weaving capacity for glass and carbon fibre multiaxial fabrics and to also add more tooling and kitting capacity with new CNC machining centres for composite plug and mould making.

Metyx states that the new site is planned to be fully operational later this year and additional staff are being recruited.

“We have seen rapid growth in the Wind Industry in the Aegean Region since 2011 and our local factory and capacity has grown to meet the needs of our customers. We also see new developments regionally in other key composites sectors, which are expected to further fuel our growth in the region, where Metyx has become a key supplier.” stated Bahattin ?endo?an, marketing and sales manager, Metyx Composites.

Ugur üstünel, managing partner of Metyx Composites said: “When the Manisa factory started production in 2012, we already had in mind a desire to expand the site further when the market timing was right. We think that this new investment decision to expand our Manisa site has been taken at the right time, and will enable us to better support the growing needs of our customers. Looking to the immediate future and longer term, we will be doubling production capacity by 2018, and look forward in the coming years to working closely with all of our existing customers, as well as new customers in the Aegean region.”

The company highlights that the investment is part of an ongoing five-year programme of investments in production facilities for technical textiles and composites-related products made by Telateks since 2011.