TURKISH TEXTILE MAJOR TO BENEFIT FROM UPCOMING ETHIOPIA INDUSTRIAL PARK

The Turkish textile and garment manufacturer Ayka Tekstil has told WTiN.com that construction of its new textile and garment industrial zone in Ethiopia, which it is developing in partnership with the Ethiopian government, is likely to begin within the next two or three months.Ayka Tekstil, which is based in Istanbul, shifted virtually all its production to Addis Ababa in 2006, establishing an Ethiopian subsidiary, Ayka Addis Textile, which now accounts for around half of Ethiopia’s total textile and garment exports, according to the company.Kemal Oznoyan, who ...


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