Textiles are Smarter with Durak SilverPro Conductive Yarns

With Durak SilverPro conductive yarns developed and marketed for many different applications from smart textiles to automotive, from safety clothing to fashion and home textiles, Durak Tekstil inspires smart textile solutions.

Durak Tekstil, one of the leading manufacturers of industrial sewing and embroidery threads, continues to offer innovative solutions to the global market. The company has also turned into an important solution provider for electronic-based applications such as smart textiles and wearable technologies with the conductive yarns it has developed. Durak SilverPro 2022 and Durak SilverPro 12 conductive yarns, which met the market in 40, can be successfully used in dozens of different smart textile applications from the automotive industry to fashion, from home textiles to work and safety clothing and medical textiles.

Durak Tekstil Board Member and Marketing Director Yiğit Durak said that these yarns, which provide a certain level of electrical conductivity, make textile surfaces functional. Stating that our daily life has started to change radically thanks to smart textiles and wearable technologies, Durak said; “A lot of information, from calculating the steps we take to measuring the amount of calories, especially our health and safety data, can now be obtained quickly with smart textile solutions. Advances in software and sensor technologies make this process possible, and more importantly, these improvements are complemented by conductive yarns. Conductive threads lead to the generation of electronic data by carrying electrical signals between sensors and actuators, just as veins carry blood in our body. In short, conductive yarns are indispensable for smart textiles.

Stating that the studies on conductive yarns started in 2020, Durak explained that they carried out intensive technical R&D studies and field investigations for application areas. Durak stated that the company has progressed rapidly with its experience in the successful combination of conductive material and yarn; “The conductive material must not lose its properties or break during the spinning process. In this regard, we have succeeded in obtaining the optimum spinning result we wanted, both with our advanced production technology and with the research we have done in the market. We broke new ground in Turkey with our Durak SilverPro 2022 and Durak SilverPro 12 conductive yarns, which we started to offer to the market in 40. While different brands are currently producing in this field in the global market, we became Turkey's first domestic and national manufacturer and started to gain significant advantages rapidly.”

Stating that Durak SilverPro 12 and Durak SilverPro 40 conductive threads are produced in two different thicknesses according to their intended use, Yiğit Durak noted that these threads can be used for both sewing and embroidery. Durak continued his words as follows; “Our Durak SilverPro conductive yarns, which we produce from nylon 6,6 type fibers, have passed the necessary quality, durability, processability and flexibility tests. It offers the desired efficiency in sewing and embroidery processes with its thread counts and bobbin widths, and it can embroider its technical characteristics on surfaces such as fabric, leather and composite with its conductivity. Our Durak SilverPro conductive yarns, which prove themselves with their fastness levels such as washing and perspiration, can maintain their functional properties for a long time. We are happy to offer the market an innovative product that we trust very much.”

More comfortable and safe life with smart textiles

Underlining that smart textiles make a rapid entry into every stage of our lives and that they will show a serious growth in the next ten years, Yiğit Durak shared the following market information on this subject; “As it is known, smart textiles have new functions apart from the wearing, covering/covering and decoration features of traditional textiles. Smart textiles, which detect and react to changes in light, heat and pressure, both increase living comfort and further develop safe living standards. According to market researches, the global smart textile market reached a value of 2020 billion dollars in 2,10. By 2031, the market is expected to exceed $25 billion with annual growth of 23,82%. The automotive textiles market is growing rapidly as electric cars, which are rapidly accepted in the market and whose sales figures are increasing, bring more digitalization. Automotive textiles, which created a market of 2021 billion dollars in 29, is expected to increase by 2030% annually until 3,2. The share of smart applications in automotive textiles is increasing rapidly in parallel with this. The need for conductive yarns is more important than ever for the realization of smart textile applications, the use of which is increasing day by day in daily life and in the industrial field. As Durak Tekstil, we have presented a new solution to the global industry that is open to development. We will continue to innovate with the feedback we receive from our customers' applications and the market on conductive yarns. When you wear a jacket that measures your body temperature and pulse, you will experience the confidence and comfort of knowing that these data are presented to you with Durak Tekstil yarns. Durak Tekstil's conductive yarns offer new opportunities for sound transmission and new solutions integrated with LED technology, as well as other data transfers.

Explaining that they will continue to bring many new technical yarns, especially conductive yarns, to the market in 2023, Durak informed that the share of technical yarns in their product portfolio and sales turnover will increase regularly. Durak concluded his words as follows; “As a well-established brand that has left 50 years behind, we will continue to offer the Durak experience to the market with our sustainable, technological and artistic products and strong vision. With our R&D studies, we focus on the products of the future and prepare our industry for the future.”