09.11.19
Gaziantep, Turkey
www.mogulsb.com
2019 Nonwovens Sales: $133 million
Key Personnel
Ekerem Kayali, chairman; Ayse Kayali, executive board member; Serkan Gogus, CEO; Ersin Kosker, COO
Plants
Gaziantep, Turkey; Durabey-Istanbul, Turkey; Gray Court, SC
Processes
Spunbond (including bico and microfilament technologies), meltblown, spunlace, extrusion coated/laminated fabrics, PEVA films, welded fabrics, converting
Major Markets
Bedding and furniture, medical, agriculture-landscape, luggage and shoe linings, filtration, oil sorbents/spill control, wipes, protective apparel, construction, hygiene, automotives, fabric softeners, laminating/coatings substrates, packaging, vacuum cleaner dustings
The effects of new investments including a bicomponent line in Gaziantep and a new facility in Luleburgaz, Turkey, helped drive sales to $133 million for Mogul. These additions were able to offset the impact of Mogul’s sale of its U.S. facility, in Grey Court, SC, to Fibertex Nonwovens, particularly since that line was not running at full capacity. Mogul had added a 3.2-meter, 15,000-ton high-speed parallel laid spunlace line in May 2017 and sold it in January 2019.
“The sale has allowed us to focus on our new site in Luleburgaz and focus on new products like Madaline and Durell,” says commercial director Serkan Gogus. “It has given us more time to focus on developments.”
Madaline is Mogul’s microfilament hybrid technology that can achieve fabric properties close to conventional textiles to target not only classic nonwoven uses but also apparel, upholstery and home textile applications by bridging the gap between conventional textiles and nonwovens.
This spring, Mogul announced it was using Madaline to make reusable and washable cloth face masks
The Madaline microfilament cloth face mask offers up to 90% bacterial filtration efficiency and up to 98% particle filtration efficiency while being skin and allergy friendly, breathable, soft and comfortable
Mogul makes Madaline at its new site in Luleburgaz, Turkey, which was added in 2017. This site also houses a line featuring crosslapping technology to make products featuring complex fibers, filaments and web formations as well as chemical treatments and printing applications. Mogul is marketing the materials made on this line under the Durell brand, saying it complements existing spunlace fabric offerings and helps expand its role in the automotive, artificial leather, dry wipes, depilation pads, roofing, medical and hygiene applications.
In the next couple of years, Gogus says he expects to see additional new applications for both technologies as the company looks toward areas currently targeted by traditional textiles.
Meanwhile, Mogul has focused on debottlenecking projects on its existing lines, particularly in spunbond, meltblown and spunlace technologies where demand has spiked due to the coronavirus.
“We have seen a significant increase with demand for PP spunbond, meltblown and spunlace fabrics,” Gogus says. “For first time in 23 years I have observed a seller’s market in these areas, but there have been some declines in durable applications like automotives and filtration.”
www.mogulsb.com
2019 Nonwovens Sales: $133 million
Key Personnel
Ekerem Kayali, chairman; Ayse Kayali, executive board member; Serkan Gogus, CEO; Ersin Kosker, COO
Plants
Gaziantep, Turkey; Durabey-Istanbul, Turkey; Gray Court, SC
Processes
Spunbond (including bico and microfilament technologies), meltblown, spunlace, extrusion coated/laminated fabrics, PEVA films, welded fabrics, converting
Major Markets
Bedding and furniture, medical, agriculture-landscape, luggage and shoe linings, filtration, oil sorbents/spill control, wipes, protective apparel, construction, hygiene, automotives, fabric softeners, laminating/coatings substrates, packaging, vacuum cleaner dustings
The effects of new investments including a bicomponent line in Gaziantep and a new facility in Luleburgaz, Turkey, helped drive sales to $133 million for Mogul. These additions were able to offset the impact of Mogul’s sale of its U.S. facility, in Grey Court, SC, to Fibertex Nonwovens, particularly since that line was not running at full capacity. Mogul had added a 3.2-meter, 15,000-ton high-speed parallel laid spunlace line in May 2017 and sold it in January 2019.
“The sale has allowed us to focus on our new site in Luleburgaz and focus on new products like Madaline and Durell,” says commercial director Serkan Gogus. “It has given us more time to focus on developments.”
Madaline is Mogul’s microfilament hybrid technology that can achieve fabric properties close to conventional textiles to target not only classic nonwoven uses but also apparel, upholstery and home textile applications by bridging the gap between conventional textiles and nonwovens.
This spring, Mogul announced it was using Madaline to make reusable and washable cloth face masks
The Madaline microfilament cloth face mask offers up to 90% bacterial filtration efficiency and up to 98% particle filtration efficiency while being skin and allergy friendly, breathable, soft and comfortable
Mogul makes Madaline at its new site in Luleburgaz, Turkey, which was added in 2017. This site also houses a line featuring crosslapping technology to make products featuring complex fibers, filaments and web formations as well as chemical treatments and printing applications. Mogul is marketing the materials made on this line under the Durell brand, saying it complements existing spunlace fabric offerings and helps expand its role in the automotive, artificial leather, dry wipes, depilation pads, roofing, medical and hygiene applications.
In the next couple of years, Gogus says he expects to see additional new applications for both technologies as the company looks toward areas currently targeted by traditional textiles.
Meanwhile, Mogul has focused on debottlenecking projects on its existing lines, particularly in spunbond, meltblown and spunlace technologies where demand has spiked due to the coronavirus.
“We have seen a significant increase with demand for PP spunbond, meltblown and spunlace fabrics,” Gogus says. “For first time in 23 years I have observed a seller’s market in these areas, but there have been some declines in durable applications like automotives and filtration.”