Established by six entrepreneurs 30 years ago Saltanat Mobilya has been manufacturing sofas, armchairs, mattresses, boxsprings and headboards.
Located on an area of 10 thousand square meters the production plant of the company has been manufacturing 12 different types of mattresses. Saltanat has an aim to increase its export volume in 2015. Pointing out that they will also progress in domestic market as well, Mr. Huseyin Silay, Marketing Manager of Saltanat Mobilya informed us about their company stressing that they have been in the sector since 1984. “We started with a small place as 100 sqm and has reached to 10 thousand sqm. We had started with 6 people but we have been continuing with 150 personnel now,” Silay says and adds, “We have been producing sofas, armchairs, mattresses, boxsprings and headboards. We have 12 different types of beds. But we are not producing mattresses professionally. Other manufacturers are mentioning about mattresses made from anti-stress fabrics, etc. Frankly, I don’t believe in these claims. I don’t think that a fabric can release the stress of a human. We are not good at making things fancy like those claims.” Pointing out that people adhere to good-looking mattresses rather than healthy ones, Silay comments, “Visuality is given better priority at mattresses. The materials we use at production are same with theirs. We use thinner foam at economical mattresses and their density increases in others by thickening the foam. That’s all.” Hüseyin Silay says that the sector had problems last year but they are optimistic about the current year. “2014 was a little stagnant. Political issues, elections and global economic situations influenced us negatively. Volatility of currency rates caused us problems. We had difficulties in production and we had serious problems in foam and mattresses” says Silay and finalizes his comments, “But we are optimistic about 2015. We are planning to increase our exports this year. We also want to develop in domestic market as well. We will increase our promotional works. These could be TV commercials or magazine ads. We have some deficiencies in production. It is difficult to find qualified personnel.”
