History

about us

Our company, which was founded by Ömer Faruk Arıkan in Kahramanmaş in 1984 and started its production activities with the first yarn mill in 1987, continued its activities as one of the enterprises with the largest capacity in the sector for many years. It has been among Turkey's top 500 companies for years in the ranking organized by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry every year. By completing its horizontal and vertical integration in the field of textile, it has become a manufacturer that supplies raw materials to the Ready-made Clothing Industry and sells fabrics to important brands abroad.

After our first yarn mill started operating in 1987, the foundations of our founder Ömer Faruk Arıkan, an enterprising member of the ARIKAN family, one of the oldest families of our city, who have made great contributions to the economy and industry of Kahramanmaraş, pioneered in many issues in these areas, have not been invested. continued without interruption. Second yarn mill, third yarn mill and knitting mill investments have been completed. After the sudden death of Ömer Faruk Arıkan in 1994, his sons Mehmet Arıkan and Alişan Arıkan received the flag. The fourth spinning mill and the fifth spinning mill and Doubling-Twisting facilities were completed until 1997.

From the day it was founded until 1997, our company has grown rapidly in yarn production, increased its capacity and expanded its sales network, covering 60,000 m2. It has become one of the biggest suppliers of our country with a daily production of 100 tons of yarn in closed area.

Although it is a family company, our company, which has completed its corporate structure, has opened 15% of its shares to the public in 1998, becoming the only company in our city whose shares are traded in the national market. In the same year, Sümerbank Kahramanmaraş Pamuklu Sanayii İşletmeleri A.Ş. Our company, which has purchased and added to its assets, has also started production activities in the field of Weaving and Dye Finishing.

Arsan Dokuma Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. was established in 1997 with the participation of our company in order to create a different structure in the production of woven fabrics. Our company, titled, completed its investments in 1998 and started production. This subsidiary still continues its activities with the production of Raw and Dyed Woven Fabric, Raw and Dyed Knitted Fabric, Dyed Yarn. Our company, which produces the electrical energy it needs by using natural gas without polluting the environment, with the Cogeneration facility it has established, was awarded by the Ministry in 2014 in terms of energy efficiency.

As a result of our management approach that adopts continuous growth and sustainable stability, it has formed a structure that includes different sectors by participating in companies operating in the fields of Tourism, Construction and Finance, especially in Energy. As a result of our culture of responsibility towards people and society, Schools, Health Centers, Condolence Houses and Masjids have been built and given to relevant institutions through donations. With this understanding, our group, which is a big family, will continue to contribute to the city and country's economy with new investments, projects and targets.