12 July 2010, Istanbul - Şenol Şankaya, CEO of Turkish knit
apparel manufacturer Yeşim Tekstil, is to represent the Turkish apparel and
ready-to-wear industry in the International Apparel Federation (IAF), one of
the world’s largest federations.
Mr Şankaya will assume his new position when he represents
Turkey’s apparel industry at the 26th International Apparel Federation meeting,
which is to be held from 5-7 October in Hong Kong. After former chairmen Hasan
Arat and Umut Oran, Şankaya will be the 3rd Turkish industrialist to represent Turkey
on the management board of the IAF, one of the world’s largest federations
established in 1976 by a group of American, European and Japanese apparel
industrialists.
Şankaya already holds the positions of Coordinating Chairman
of Uludağ Exporters’ Unions (UİB) and Chairman of UİB Apparel and Ready Wear
Exporters’ Union. He will deliver a speech at the 26th meeting of the
International Apparel Federation which will outline Yeşim Tekstil’s efforts in
the fields of production, innovation and social responsibility and will share
the Turkish vision of the apparel industry as viewed by Yeşim Tekstil with
participants from different countries.
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