AKATEK, a technical yarn and fabric manufacturer serving to heat & flame protective garment manufacturers, is a company owned by Kivanc Group, which has been serving the industry since 1980.
Our 2,500 m² headquarters is located in Istanbul, and our 20,000 m² production facility is based in Antalya.
At our ring spinning mill in Antalya Organized Industrial Zone with a capacity of 10,800 spindles, mostly flame-resistant technical yarns are produced with an annual capacity of 1,000 tons; and 1.5 million meters of technical fabric are produced annually on our 12 high technology weaving looms.
With the Solar Power Plant (SPP) installed on the roof of our factory at the beginning of 2022, we have embraced sustainability in energy production. Together with the second phase of the plant, completed at the beginning of 2024, a total of 2,200 MWh of electricity will be produced annually, 1,100 tons of carbon dioxide emissions will be prevented, and 2,630 trees will be saved. Click to watch the video.
AKATEK holds certifications including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Global Recycled Standard (GRS), Recycled Claim Standard (RCS), and Organic Content Standard (OCS). In addition, our yarns and fabrics are certified according to OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100.
AKATEK, a member of the Turkish Quality Association (KalDer), has signed the National Quality Movement Declaration of Goodwill and is committed to continuously improving its processes in line with the EFQM Model to strengthen its leading position in the industry. The General Manager of Akatek is among the first members representing Türkiye in the European Committee for Standardization (CEN).
The fabric used in the suit of Türkiye’s first astronaut, Alper Gezeravcı, was proudly manufactured by Akatek.
As a market leader in domestic market; we also export our technical yarns and fabrics to over 20 countries, primarily in Europe and North America.
From firefighters in Türkiye, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, Poland, and Taiwan to workers in leading companies in the oil and gas industry, as well as sectors such as power distribution and defense, we protect people all around the world with our fabrics and serve the following areas:
- Structural and Wildland Firefighting
- Search & Rescue
- Industry
- Heat & flame resistant and antistatic protective clothing
- Protective clothing for welding
- Protective clothing against molten metal splash
- Electric arc protective clothing
- High visibility protective clothing
- Chainsaw protective clothing
- Military & Police
- FR and Non-FR Camouflage uniforms
- FR uniforms
- Invisible to thermal imaging uniforms
Quick delivery and service are some of our competitive advantages due to our
- high capacity,
- production flexibility,
- stock of raw materials,
- stock of finished products.
Mission
To be an innovative, ready for change, value adopting company where realistic decisions and permanent applications are available, with a healthy and safe working environment that employees fondly come, which is capable to establish trust based relationships with its customers, which mainly aims to protect persons with its experience, knowledge and trained staff and its understanding of sustainability, reliability and high quality, and to go beyond expectations with our services and products provided with state of art technology.
Vision
To be a leading company that guides the industry, which all its stakeholders are proud of with its experience, production and technical knowledge as well as its quality and R&D activities on all activities that it engages in.
