What NILTEX LTD does

NILTEX LTD (legal entity: Nilgün Dış Ticaret A.Ş.) is a privately held, international B2B textile trading company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Bursa, Turkey — described as the capital of the Turkish silk industry. The company specializes in the sourcing, import, and wholesale distribution of silk products across three core categories: silk fiber (raw material, 10–15 micron fineness), silk yarn (raw, thrown, carpet, spun, noil, dupioni, and blended varieties), and silk fabrics (satin, crepe de chine, chiffon, georgette, twill, voile, habotai, and blends). All silk is imported from Chinese producers based in the Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, with whom Niltex maintains strategic sourcing partnerships. The company positions itself as the largest supplier of silk yarns and fabrics in the Turkish market, and operates a secondary Madrid office to serve international (notably European) customers. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, selling directly to textile manufacturers, garment makers, and traditional carpet weavers (including Hereke and Kayseri carpet producers) via quote-based wholesale pricing.

The company also operates the ICON SILK sub-brand — a consumer-facing line of silk loungewear, sleepwear, and home textiles sold through dedicated e-commerce storefronts (iconsilk.com.tr for Turkey and iconsilk.es for Spain) — representing a downstream extension from B2B trading into direct-to-consumer silk products. Quality control is positioned as a key differentiator: raw silk is reeled with minimum denier dispersion and maximum tenacity, and silk fibers are combed and aligned to produce consistent tops and slivers. Silk carpet yarn uses 20/22 denier 4A grade raw silk twisted in 60–80 thread bundles and boiled to remove sericine, supporting high-luster, high-fiber-content carpet applications. The company has no disclosed funding, no institutional investors, and is presumed to be family/founder-controlled based on the legal entity name. The multilingual corporate website (Turkish, English, Italian, Spanish) and dual-jurisdiction offices indicate international ambition, but revenue, headcount, and customer-level data are not publicly disclosed.

Name

NILTEX LTD

Legal name

Nilgün Dış Ticaret A.Ş.

Website

https://niltex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

NILTEX LTD is a privately held B2B silk trading company founded in 2001 in Bursa, Turkey, importing silk fiber, yarn, and fabric from Chinese producers in Zhejiang and Jiangsu for sale to Turkish and European textile manufacturers, carpet weavers, and garment makers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Silk Textile Trading

NAICS

Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills (313110), Broadwoven Fabric Mills (313210), Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills (3133)

SIC

Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk (2221), Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Fabric Mills (Performance/Protective/Medical Substrates) (IMAOABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Technical Yarn Manufacturing (High-Tenacity/Aramid/Carbon/Glass) (IMAOAAAG), Yarn Dyeing & Finishing (Package/Hank Dyeing, Mercerization) (IMAOAAAJ)

Keywords

• Silk yarn trading
• Silk fabric wholesale
• Silk fiber supply
• Textile raw materials
• B2B silk imports

Headquarters

HQ city

Bursa

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Silk Yarn Sales: B2B wholesale of various silk yarn types including raw silk yarn, thrown silk yarn, silk carpet yarn, spun silk yarn, silk noil yarn, and dupioni. Sold to textile manufacturers and garment producers.
2. Silk Fabric Sales: B2B wholesale of silk fabrics including satin, crepe de chine, chiffon, georgette, twill, and blended fabrics. Sold to garment making industry.
3. Silk Fiber Sales: Sale of silk fiber/tops for spinning into spun silk yarn or blending with other textile fibers.
4. ICON SILK Brand Products: Consumer-facing silk lounge & sleepwear and home textile products sold through their own e-commerce platform iconsilk.com.tr

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Niltex is an international trading company that imports silk fiber, silk yarn, and silk fabrics from producers in Zhejiang and Jiangsu, China, and distributes them to textile manufacturers, garment makers, and carpet weavers in Turkey and Europe. It maintains consistent stock availability through regular shipments from Chinese partners and operates the ICON SILK consumer sub-brand for silk loungewear, sleepwear, and home textiles sold via own e-commerce storefronts.

Product overview

NILTEX LTD (Nilgün Dış Ticaret A.Ş.) is an international silk trading company founded in 2001 in Bursa, Turkey. The company operates as a B2B supplier specializing in three core product categories: Silk Fiber (raw material for yarn production), Silk Yarn (including raw, thrown, spun, carpet, noil, dupioni, and blended varieties), and Silk Fabrics (satin, crepe, chiffon, georgette, voile, habotai, twill, and blends). Products are imported from China (Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces) and sold to Turkish and international markets. The company also operates ICON SILK, a consumer e-commerce sub-brand for silk loungewear, sleepwear, and home textiles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ICON SILK: Brand under which silk lounge & sleepwear and home textile products are sold online.

Products and services

• Silk Fiber (İpek Elyaf) Fine silk fiber (10–15 microns) obtained by combing and aligning slubby and tangled silk waste into silk tops and carded silk slivers, sold to yarn spinners for producing spun silk yarn, silk noil yarn, or for blending with other natural fibers such as cotton, wool, linen, modal, and bamboo.
• Silk Yarn (İpek İpliği) Comprehensive range of silk yarn products including raw silk yarn, thrown silk yarn (organzine and tram), silk carpet yarn (60–80 twisted threads of 20/22 denier 4A grade raw silk, boiled to remove sericin), spun silk yarn, silk noil yarn, dupioni silk yarn, and silk blended yarns (silk/wool, silk/cotton, silk/linen, silk/bamboo). Imported from Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces of China and sold B2B to textile manufacturers, garment producers, and carpet weavers.
• Silk Fabrics (İpek Kumaşlar) Silk fabric offerings including satin, crepe de chine, crinkle chiffon, georgette, chiffon, lycra crepe satin, voile, cotton/silk (70/30) voile, habotai, and twill. Suitable for garment making and home textile applications.
• ICON SILK consumer brand Consumer-facing sub-brand for finished silk loungewear, sleepwear, and home textile products. Sold direct-to-consumer through own e-commerce platforms at iconsilk.com.tr (Turkey) and iconsilk.es (Spain).

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Chinese Silk Producers in Zhejiang and JiangsucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNiltex maintains strict collaboration with reliable Chinese silk producers in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. Raw silk is reeled by these trading partners using the most advanced technical equipment. This partnership enables quality control over the entire value chain from silk production to shipment. Regular shipments from China ensure stock availability at all times.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Li & Fung Limited: Hong Kong-headquartered global apparel and textile sourcing giant connecting Asian manufacturers (including China) with Western brands. Comparable trading model and Asian-sourcing footprint to Niltex, but operating at much greater scale and breadth across all fiber types.
• Bonotto S.p.A. Italian luxury textile manufacturer producing high-end fabrics for fashion houses. Comparable as a European specialty fabric supplier serving luxury apparel, though Bonotto operates as a manufacturer with broader fiber and product range than Niltex's silk focus.
• Bossa Ticaret ve Sanayi İşletmeleri T.A.Ş. Major Turkish textile manufacturer producing woven and knitted fabrics. Comparable as a large Turkish-headquartered textile player serving domestic and international apparel brands, though Bossa focuses on cotton and broader fabrics rather than silk specialty.
• Marubeni Corporation: Japanese sogo shosha with a textiles division that trades and distributes fabric and yarn globally. Comparable as a broad incumbent in textile trading with international reach, though Marubeni operates across many industries far beyond silk.
• Söktaş A.Ş. Turkish premium shirting and fabric manufacturer with international distribution. Comparable as a Bursa-region Turkish textile exporter serving global apparel buyers, though Söktaş focuses on cotton shirting rather than silk.

Direct peers

• Macres (Silk Throwsters) Ltd. UK-based silk yarn throwster and trader specializing in silk twisting and yarn processing. Directly comparable to Niltex as a specialty silk yarn supplier serving European textile and carpet weavers.
• Tessitura Luigi Taroni S.p.A. Italian silk fabric producer and trader specializing in high-end silk textiles for fashion and home furnishing. Directly comparable to Niltex as a specialty silk yarn and fabric supplier serving luxury apparel and home textile buyers in Europe.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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