Sln Tekstil Ve Moda

What Sln Tekstil Ve Moda does

Sln Tekstil ve Moda (trading as SLN Textile) is a privately held Turkish contract manufacturer of sportswear, activewear, outdoor apparel, motorsports apparel, basketball wear, and headwear, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Istanbul with manufacturing operations in the Black Sea region. The company produces entirely in-house through specialized units: a Sublimation Unit with 140,000 meters/month capacity, a Heat Transfer Unit producing 25,000 pieces/day, and the SLN Headwear Production Unit (founded February 2023) producing approximately 125,000 caps/month using automated machines. SLN operates a vertical segmentation approach, organizing capacity around six use-case segments — Team Sports/Football, Fast Sport Wear/Activewear, Motor Sports, Outdoor Sports, Basketball, and Headwear/Caps — and additionally markets a consumer-facing own brand called PCFG.

The company sells exclusively on a B2B contract-manufacturing basis to enterprise sportswear and lifestyle brands, with quote-based pricing and no public disclosure of rates. Its named customers include Champion, Puma, Red Bull, Dickies, New Balance, New Era, Napapijri, Timberland, The North Face, and Warrior. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct manufacturer relationships. The company is privately held with 1,001–5,000 employees and no publicly disclosed revenue, funding, or parent ownership.

SLN differentiates on sustainability credentials, holding ISO 9001/14001/45001/27001, GOTS, OCS, GRS, RCS, OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100, REGENAGRI, and BCI certifications, with I-REC clean energy across all facilities since January 2021. The company is a founding signatory of the UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action (Q4 2018), a signatory of the SLCP and WEPs since 2017, and the first garment manufacturer in Türkiye to publish a GRI Sustainability Report.

Name

Sln Tekstil Ve Moda

Legal name

Sln Tekstil ve Moda

Website

https://slnmoda.com.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Sln Tekstil ve Moda is a privately held Turkish B2B garment manufacturer, founded in 2006, producing sportswear, activewear, motorsports apparel, outdoor wear, and headwear in-house for enterprise brands such as Puma, Champion, New Balance, The North Face, and Timberland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mahmutbey

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Garment Manufacturing Services: B2B manufacturing of sportswear, activewear, and headwear for major global brands. Services include sublimation printing, heat transfer, and complete garment production.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SLN Tekstil ve Moda is a B2B garment manufacturer that produces sportswear, activewear, team sports kits, motorsports apparel, outdoor apparel, and headwear (caps) for global brands. The company operates in-house sublimation printing, heat transfer, and cap production units, and serves enterprise customers such as Champion, Puma, Red Bull, New Balance, The North Face, Timberland, and Dickies. It also runs its own consumer brand, PCFG (The Art of Being an Alien).

Product overview

SLN Tekstil ve Moda is a sustainable textile manufacturer in Turkey operating a single unified product portfolio centered on sportswear and apparel manufacturing. The company offers six core product categories: Fast Sport Wear, Team Sport, Motor Sports, Basketball, Outdoor Sports, and CAP (headwear), all manufactured in-house at their specialized facilities. Additionally, they operate their own brand called PCFG (The Art of Being an Alien), targeting consumers who embrace authenticity and defy cultural standards. Production capabilities include inhouse sublimation printing (140,000 mtr/month), heat transfer application (25,000 pcs/day), and headwear production (125,000 pcs/month). The company serves major international sportswear brands including Champion, Puma, New Balance, The North Face, and Timberland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PCFG: PCFG - The Art of Being an Alien. A brand for those who are inspired to become fearless and savoir-faire. It challenges the norms of the fashion industry with sustainable innovation and co-creation.

Products and services

• Fast Sport Wear Fast sports clothing production designed to help customers actively program their sales strategies by following the latest trends, with close communication and prompt solutions for accelerated product development and manufacturing. Targeted at fast fashion and sportswear brands needing rapid trend responsiveness.
• Team Sport High quality football club and fan products including performance wear using high quality polyester, polyamide, cotton and their unique combinations, with special quality controls for every production phase. Targeted at football clubs, basketball teams, and fan merchandise buyers.
• Motor Sports Motorsports team apparel produced with high quality materials including Polyamide/Elastane, Polyester/Elastane, Dri Release, Nilit Breeze, Pima Cotton, Cotton/Elastane, designed for high performance and endurance. Targeted at motorsports teams and racing franchise merchandise buyers.
• Basketball Basketball sportswear and apparel products manufactured at SLN's specialized sportswear production facilities. Targeted at basketball teams and fan merchandise buyers.
• Outdoor Sports Outdoor sports clothing production designed to help customers program sales strategies by following latest trends, with partnership approach for accelerated product development and manufacturing. Targeted at outdoor apparel brands and outdoor performance gear buyers.
• CAP (Headwear) Headwear products including baseball caps, flat visor caps, trucker caps, and bucket hats produced with automatic machines and quick response programs. Targeted at headwear brands and team merchandise buyers.
• PCFG - The Art of Being an Alien (Own Brand) SLN's own consumer brand offering sustainable, co-created apparel targeting outcasts, aliens, divergents and dissonants who defy cultural standards. Available through SLN's own brand storefront.

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• RE:FIBRE ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The RE:FIBRE project aims to reduce waste and pave the way towards more recycled production models in the future, contributing to circular economy initiatives.
• UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2018SLN is the founding signatory of UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action as of Q4 2018. This partnership demonstrates the company's commitment to climate action and sustainable development in the fashion industry.
• Social and Labour Convergence Programme (SLCP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017SLN is the signatory of SLCP since 2017. The Social and Labour Convergence Programme aims to improve social and labour conditions in global supply chains through standardized assessment.
• Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017SLN is the signatory of WEPs since 2017. Women's Empowerment Principles provide guidance for businesses on promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in the workplace, marketplace, and community.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Makalot Industrial: Taiwan-listed apparel manufacturer producing knitwear and sportswear for global brands including Nike. Comparable contract manufacturing for athletic and casual apparel with similar speed and quality positioning.
• Eclat Textile: Taiwan-listed knitwear and sportswear manufacturer serving Nike, Under Armour, and other global athletic brands. Comparable contract manufacturing model for premium sportswear customers with vertical integration.
• Çalık Denim: Turkish denim and sportswear fabric producer serving global brands. Comparable vertically integrated textile manufacturing in Türkiye and similar enterprise apparel customer profile.
• Menderes Tekstil: Turkish woven fabric manufacturer serving global apparel brands including sportswear customers. Comparable B2B textile production model in Türkiye with multinational brand customers.
• Yeşim Tekstil: Turkish contract textile and garment manufacturer producing for global sportswear and apparel brands. Directly comparable B2B manufacturing model, Türkiye footprint, and enterprise brand customer base.
• Söktaş: Turkish fabric and shirt manufacturer serving premium global apparel brands. Comparable in customer segment (enterprise apparel brands) and Türkiye-based integrated textile manufacturing.
• Sarar: Turkish integrated apparel manufacturer with in-house fabric and garment production for global brands. Comparable vertically integrated production model and brand-customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Crystal International Group: Hong Kong-listed global apparel manufacturer producing for Levi Strauss, H&M, Uniqlo and other major brands. Larger-scale incumbent in diversified apparel contract manufacturing.
• Esquel Group: Hong Kong-based global apparel manufacturer producing for major sportswear and shirt brands. Larger-scale incumbent with similar enterprise brand customer mix and cotton-based apparel production.
• Shenzhou International: China-listed largest knitwear manufacturer producing for Nike, Uniqlo, Adidas, and other global sportswear/casualwear brands. Larger incumbent in the same contract sportswear/casualwear manufacturing category.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance11 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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