Tam Hangers

What Tam Hangers does

Tam Hangers is a Turkey-headquartered manufacturer and circular hanger service provider founded in 1972, operating in 50+ countries through 17+ wholly-owned subsidiaries. The company designs, produces, and reuses plastic garment hangers for retailers and garment manufacturers worldwide, anchored by the largest hanger production facility in Europe and proprietary eBiz ordering and management platform. Its product portfolio spans 12+ hanger ranges including the Phoenix, W1 premium wood-look, EU Plaque, Footwear, Modular, Hookless, and biocomposite (Stora Enso co-developed) ranges, plus Retail Solutions for packaging design, artwork management, and ticketing and labels. The Re-Use Programme is a closed-loop service that collects hangers from retailers, processes them through UK-based facilities, and recycles end-of-life hangers into virgin production, currently re-using over 1 billion and recycling over 200 million hangers annually while diverting 35,000+ metric tonnes of plastic from landfill.

Revenue is generated through one-time hanger sales to retailers of all sizes, a recurring subscription-style closed-loop reuse service that creates ongoing revenue across hanger lifecycles, and adjacent retail solutions revenue from packaging, ticketing, and labels. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales with dedicated account managers per client, supported by the eBiz web portal with XML integration for direct ERP/POS connectivity, real-time pricing, and 24/7 ordering. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Customer segments are horizontal: small retailers, medium retailers seeking improvement of existing solutions, large global retailers and department stores, and garment manufacturers. Marquee customers include Marks and Spencer, H&M Group, Weekday, and Moschino. The company is privately held under founder-family stewardship (Chairman Gökhan Tezsezer, Co-CEOs Paul Williams and Graeme Rutherford) with no disclosed institutional investors.

Name

Tam Hangers

Legal name

Tam Hangers

Website

https://tamhangers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Tam Hangers is a Turkey-founded manufacturer and closed-loop hanger service provider serving global retailers and garment manufacturers across 50+ countries with reusable plastic hangers, proprietary eBiz ordering platform, and a circular reuse and recycling program processing over 1 billion hangers annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Garment Hangers

NAICS

Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing (31599), Plastics Packaging Materials and Unlaminated Film and Sheet Manufacturing (32611)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Apparel Alterations, Repair & Circular Manufacturing (Remake/Upcycle) (CRAAAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL), Labels, Tags & Branding Trims (Woven/Printed Labels/Hangtags/Patches/Heat Transfers) (IMAOALAC)

Keywords

• Plastic garment hangers
• Hanger reuse programs
• Retail packaging solutions
• Closed loop recycling
• Apparel hangers

Headquarters

HQ city

Istanbul

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Hanger Sales: Sale of plastic garment hangers to retailers and garment manufacturers. Hangers are designed for multiple reuse cycles and come in various styles including tops, bottoms, jackets, lingerie, footwear, and accessories.
2. Re-Use Programme: Closed-loop hanger reuse service where hangers are collected from retailers, processed, and returned to the supply chain. End-of-lifecycle hangers are recycled and raw materials used in virgin production of new hangers.
3. Retail Solutions: One-stop-shop for tickets, labels, and packaging needs for clothing, homeware and lifestyle products. Includes packaging design, artwork management, and ticketing/label production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Tam Hangers manufactures plastic garment hangers and operates a closed-loop Re-Use and Recycling programme that supplies, recovers, and reprocesses hangers for global apparel retailers and garment manufacturers. The company complements its hanger offering with retail solutions spanning packaging design, artwork management, and ticketing and labels, all coordinated through its proprietary eBiz web-based order management system.

Product overview

Tam Hangers offers a comprehensive portfolio of garment hanger products and retail solutions built around a closed-loop reuse service. The core offering consists of eBiz, a web-based management information system for order and fulfilment, paired with physical hanger products including the Phoenix Range (polished polystyrene), W1 Range (premium wood-look plastic), EU Plaque Range, EU Sizer Range, Footwear Hangers, Premium Range, Modular Hangers, Hookless Line, Frame Hangers, Swivel Hook Hangers, and Hanger Accessories. These are complemented by Re-Use and Recycling Services that enable a circular economy model, and Retail Solutions including Packaging Design, Design & Artwork Management, and Ticketing & Labels. The company serves retailers of all sizes from small businesses to global brands across 50+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Braiform: Braiform is a trading name/brand of Tam Hangers, representing the company's retail solutions, packaging, ticketing, and labels division. Braiform was acquired by Tam Hangers in 2017.

Products and services

• Plastic Garment Hangers

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 million plastic hangers & accessories saved from landfill per year
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RECOUPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021Partnership to maximise and utilise plastics throughout circular supply chain via garment hanger Re-use and Recycling programmes. Working to consume pre and post-consumer waste in production of garment hangers with support of retail clients.
• SWASTIminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with M&S and SWASTI (NGO supporting health and wellbeing of poor in India) to employ women at Re-Use Facilities in New Delhi and Bangalore. Providing healthcare, promoting equal opportunities and encouraging empowerment for women of low socioeconomic status.
• H&M GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Business win for two additional product streams including highest volume tops hangers. Collaboration on Moschino x H&M limited edition collection with bespoke red velvet hangers. Trial of biocomposite hanger range at Weekday stores in Finland with planned rollout across all 33 Weekday stores.
• Stora EnsocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership to create innovative sustainable biocomposite hanger range using wood fibre composite mixed with reprocessed Polypropylene (80% reprocessed PP, 20% biocomposite wood pellet material). No virgin material used in production.
• Weekday (H&M Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Trial store in Finland for innovative biocomposite hanger range. Plan to roll out product to all 33 Weekday stores based on customer feedback.
• MoschinominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Bespoke hanger collaboration for Moschino x H&M limited edition collection. Designed and developed red velvet hangers with special design to protect and preserve clothing while providing premium aesthetic accompaniment.
• Marks and Spencer (M&S)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Since 2017, partnership to re-use and recycle over 100 million hangers. M&S granted Tam Hangers global reuse hanger contract, a significant win demonstrating competitiveness and position as global number one provider of environmentally positive closed loop hanger reuse programmes. Reuse programme equivalent to taking nearly 5,000 cars off the road for a year.
• Ocean Recovery AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsor of Ocean Recovery Alliance behind 'A Plastic Ocean documentary'. Focus on bringing together new ways of thinking, technologies, creativity and collaborations to introduce innovative projects that help improve ocean environment.
• Sustainable Apparel CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMembership in coalition developing the Higg Index, a set of standardized supply chain measurement tools for all industry participants measuring environmental and social labour impacts across the supply chain.
• SEDEXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with supplier of ethical data exchange, dedicated to driving improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains.
• Carbon TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarbon Trust certified hanger footprinting model demonstrating that reuse service delivers carbon reductions compared to single-use hanger supply chains. Single reuse delivers 39% carbon reductions per hanger per use; nine reuses result in nearly 80% savings.
• Textile Exchange (Global Recycled Standard)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGRS membership with requirements implemented across global supply chain. International voluntary full product standard setting requirements for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions.
• GS1coreTechnology or IntegrationGS1 US membership. Information standards organization bringing industry communities together to solve supply chain problems through GS1 Standards, the most widely used supply chain standards system in the world.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• CCL Industries: World's largest label manufacturer (Avery-branded consumer plus specialty labels for apparel/food/healthcare). Overlaps with Tam Hangers' ticketing, labels, and packaging solutions serving global retailers and apparel brands.
• Avery Dennison: Global Fortune 500 specialty materials company and the dominant supplier of apparel labels, tags, tickets, and RFID solutions. Directly comparable to Tam Hangers' Braiform retail solutions business serving apparel retailers worldwide.

Others

• Veolia Environmental Services: Global environmental services and recycling giant with plastics recycling operations. Tangentially comparable to Tam Hangers' closed-loop plastic hanger recycling stream and broader circular economy positioning.
• Sustainable Apparel Coalition: Industry coalition developing the Higg Index supply chain sustainability tools. Not a competitor but a peer association Tam Hangers is a member of, providing useful comparison framework for industry ESG positioning and customer procurement standards.
• Top Form Group: Hong Kong-listed apparel manufacturer focused on bras and intimate apparel with integrated retail solutions. Shares customer overlap with major fashion retailers and apparel brand owners that anchor Tam Hangers' account base.
• ALPLA Werke Lehner: Austrian-headquartered global plastic packaging manufacturer with strong sustainability and recycled-content programs. Compares to Tam Hangers' plastics manufacturing capabilities and focus on closed-loop recycled material usage in production.

Direct peers

• Mainetti Group: Italian-founded global leader in garment hangers, tags, packaging and retail solutions. Closest direct competitor to Tam Hangers with similar product range, global manufacturing footprint, and marquee retailer customer base across apparel and fashion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries19 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

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