How come we rarely think about how the shirts we wear are manufactured,
by whom and where they are produced?
Although we know most shirts are made from raw cotton
do we know where they were grown? Who works in the cotton field?
How do they live? We rarely consider these things,
but let’s take this opportunity to address them.
We have the duty to know the facts.
TRUECOTTON is TRACEABLE organic cotton
made at farms and spinning mills
that we can specifically identify.
We must choose true organic cotton
produced by farmers who enjoy
good working conditions and factory workers
who have hopes for a brighter future.
We are committed to making sure that both people who wear
our products and who produce our products are happy.
We believe that pursuing this goal
also makes our entire globe sustainable.
UCAK TEKSTIL, established by HUSEYIN UCAK in 1975, is located in Izmir, Turkey, and is the second-biggest cotton spinning plant in the country. Izmir has fertile lands where organic plants such as olives have been grown for many years. Mr. Ucak began dealing in cotton, then entered the cotton spinning business, later took up cotton growing to protect the local fertile land and to support local farmers’ health and longevity. The business currently operates an organic hotel in the area, too.
For the past ten years, UCAK TEKSTIL has conducted business only with exclusive contracted farmers. The company is planning to increase organic cotton production to 20,000 tons and will use only self-generated solar power.
UCAK TEKSTIL spins 5,000 tons of cotton out of 15,000 tons every year with the remaining sold as raw cotton. They use roller ginning and the orders are traceable directly back to the farmer, hence ‘Traceable Organic Cotton’.
The weather in Turkey is perfect for cotton farming and Turkish organic cotton is one of the most renowned traceable cotton. As all steps in the process from farming to spinning are consistently controlled and we know who is involved in each of these steps, we are very proud of the products and their safety. Another feature of UCAK TEKSTIL cotton is it has very few contaminations since it is done by machine.
