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VIP SPOR:

Tips for sportswear manufacturers

Manufacturing team uniforms of club sport teams from all around the world like Europe,

the United States and the Far East and launching wide range of workout clothes, VIP Spor
owes its worldwide brand power to its professionalism in manufacturing.

ith the founder Recep Demir’s 25 years of in-
Wdustry experience along with his experience
in imports and exports, VIP Spor was founded in
2013 as one of the leading sportswear manufac-
turers. Established with its own equity, VIP Spor
is one of the top global team uniform manufactur-
ers which closely follow global trends in the sec-
tor with its dedicated team combining design and
creativity with technology and manufacturing. VIP
Spor currently provides service to top brands like
Umbro, Kappa, Jako, Lotto and Hummel. Your opinions and experiences are very valuable for tex-
tile manufacturers who just want to start up sportswear
Introducing fitness wear under the brand name business. To begin with, could you tell us the order-to-
of Fitcom in Turkey, the company supplies many delivery process of a team uniform?
types of sports clothing such as team uniforms
and fitness apparel to Europe, the United States First of all, we prepare the first proto sample following the
and the Far East countries under the brand name customer’s design and fabric requests. Subsequently, we
of VIP Spor. Manufacturing team uniforms of design the second proto sample in line with the customer’s
many sports club in many countries especially feedback. Then, we proceed to conduct a series of process-
es called size-set like body size and washing tests. After
from Europe to the Far East countries, VIP Spor the approval of the size-set, the manufacturing sample is
strives to quickly respond customers’ needs with sent to the customer for approval. Upon confirmation by
high quality manufacturing. VIP Spor today meets the customer, we initiate manufacturing process.
the needs of domestic and international markets
in sportswear with its 1,200 square meter pro- The production process flow is as follows: the product’
final drawing is printed, then pressing, cutting and sew-
duction site, 230 employees and annual produc- ing process are put into operation. Following the cutting
tion capacity of 3 million team uniform items. process, the products are sorted out one by one for every
possible defect in the fabric like stain, fabric run or nee-
So, we interviewed with VIP Spor to inspire those dle-line. Subsequently, if transfer printing method is pre-
who want to get into sportswear business and to ferred, designs such as club logo or sponsorship logos on
learn about their experiences as a global brand. team jerseys will be removed and sorting process is done
The Company’s Chief of Production Engin Balcı re- once again and possible defects resulting from transfer
plied our questions. printing are checked.

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