Products
(Staple Fiber, Filaments, Industrial Nylon, Resins)
CORLEN® STAPLE FIBER SPINNING AND NON WOVENS: cotton type spun yarns, wool type, non wovens, fiberfill, abrasives and geotextiles.
FILAMENTS:
CORLEN® Filament Yarns - CORLEN® POY, FOY, Flat, Textured, Twisted and special filaments for fabrics used in apparel (inner, outerwear); automotive upholstery, covered fabrics, narrow wovens. Nylon Filament Yarns: Flat, POY, FOY (high affinity), Textured, Twisted and specialty Nylon yarns with a silk touch, specially used for innerwear, underwear, outerwear, swimsuits, lingerie and hosiery.
Covered Elastomeric Yarns
INDUSTRIAL NYLON Industrial nylon’s outstanding specifications make it ideal for demanding applications in technical yarns, ropes, cords, fishing nets, tire reinforcement and industrial fabrics.
RESINS
Our fundamental priority is to develop and commercialize Polyester and Polyamide spinning chips, PET Bottle grade chips and Polyamide for Engineering plastics.
Production Capacity
More than 120 ktpa
Turnover
2005-06 : 216 US$ millions
2006-07 : 231 US$ millions 2007-08 (Till Sep): 246 US$ millions |
Top Management
President
Alvaro Hincapié Vélez
Production Vice President
Alvaro Restrepo Ochoa
Sales Vice President
Luis Mariano Urrego Giraldo
Financial and Administrative Vice President
Gustavo Mantilla Ortiz
Company Profile
Enka de Colombia S.A. was founded in 1964, it was agreed to envision a plant site with the capacity to produce synthetic fibers of polyester and nylon. The society was conformed between seven of the biggest Colombian textile companies and the Dutch conglomerate AKU, later Akzo Nobel.
The plant site was built near the town of Girardota, 28 Km. north of the city of Medellín. Previewing the expansion of the company, the land for the factory has 185 acres.
The production started in 1966 with 402 workers and capacity to produce 4200 t.
Since then the company has been in permanent growth; at present the company generates more than 6200 direct and indirect jobs and sells more than USD 240 millions and 120.000 MT.
Currently the company quotes in the Colombian Stocks Exchange Market and is ruled under a Corporate Governance Code.
Corporate Office
Telephone No : 57 4 3195106
Fax : 57 4 3195155
Email : ventasymercadeo@enka.com.co
Website : www.enka.com.co |