Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil, which was established in 1987, is among the world giants in the textile sector with a work volume that grows day by day. The company which has captured sustainable growth is among the top 10 companies that are able to produce quality products in the world denim sector. While the Company carries its brand recognition in the world to top rates, it is in 1st place in Turkey for metric quantity of denim exportation. In 2012, Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil exported its products to 38 different countries and continued its activities towards increasing their market share in the South American and Far Eastern countries. In this context, the Company has participated in prominent world affairs such as Denim by Premiere Vision Brazil, Denim by Premiere Asia and Fast Fashion London. The factory which operated at full capacity for 365 days in 2012 to increase quality and productivity also made an investment of 8 million USD, especially in the machine stations, with the objective of increasing the production volume from 31.3 million meters to 36 million meters. Company currently provides employment to 1,517 people and continues production on an area of 364,803 square meters with 284 looms. Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil works with world famous fashion designers and consultants to prepare collections that follow the latest world trends and continues collaborations with prestigious brands. The company has offices outside of Turkey in Treviso(Italy), Seoul (South Korea) and Hong Kong (China). Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil produces quality, environmentally friendly products in the Malatya premises and reflects this approach on all its areas of business from denim fabric to ready-to-wear apparel, from raw cotton trade to yarn production. The Çalık Denim brand which emphasized its environmentally friendly production policy with the "Denim is the only saviour" concept developed in 2011, and the "We live in public" concept of 2012 followed finally by "See yourself" concept, which organic cotton was used in the 3 collections to present its recycled products. As a result of the projects that were undertaken to assess the waste water at Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil and conserve energy, the Eco-save system was developed which reduced the use of water and chemicals by 65 percent and waste by 70 percent. By implementing an electrostatic filter in 2012 to prevent environmental pollution, the company was able to minimize the amount of hazardous waste that is released into the environment. By closely following technological and nanotechnological improvements that develop each passing day, Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil includes these developments in its operations and constantly improves its product quality. R&D has the Priority Gap Güneydoğu Tekstil, a company that has prioritized R&D in 2012, continues its efforts to produce technological information as well as develop innovation and new technologies to be commercialized in the Research and Development Center, which was established in this context. During its operations in one year, the Research and Development Center has conducted collaborative work with some of Turkey's most prominent state universities (Gaziantep, Hacettepe, Erciyes, Uludağ, Çukurova) and applied suitable projects. Some of the work in the R&D Center's portfolio of 36 projects includes; natural antibiotic fabric design, denim design that features electromagnetic shielding, new generation ring yarn design and the development of denim based coating surfaces with the hot melt technique.