Acrylic Yarn Manufacturers and Suppliers in Turkey

Acrylic yarn is also sought as knitting yarn: it is common in products that need a light, soft, wool-like handle, especially knitwear and knitted products. A wool-acrylic blend is also one of the common combinations. For these blends, see also the wool yarn and blended yarn pages.

Ask about pilling first

Pilling, the formation of balls of fiber on the surface, is a quality issue to test before ordering in acrylic and acrylic-blend fabrics. A study of woven fabrics containing acrylic shows that pilling changes significantly with the weave structure and with the type of yarn used together with the acrylic (Yavaşcaoğlu et al., 2019). So a yarn sample alone is not enough. Before ordering, knit the yarn in the same structure as your product and have the sample fabric tested for pilling; the ISO 12945 series includes the pilling box method (Part 1) and the modified Martindale method (Part 2).

Normal or high-bulk?

High-bulk acrylic yarn gives fabric fullness and is widely used in knitwear. In one academic study, the temperature and machine speed of the heat treatment and the twist of the plying were found to affect the shrinkage of the yarn significantly (Sarıoğlu et al., 2019); so the “high-bulk” yarns of two suppliers may not have the same fullness. Describe the fullness you expect with a reference sample.

A count suited to the machine

The gauge of the knitting machine limits the yarn count: the finer the gauge, the finer the yarn needed. If you work with a knitwear manufacturer, choose the yarn together with them according to their machine gauge. For count conversions, see the yarn count conversion guide; for the product side, see knitwear and sweaters manufacturers.

Color, samples and fastness: what to ask an acrylic yarn supplier

• Color consistency: for dyed acrylic, use the approved color sample as the reference and find out beforehand whether the delivery will come from a single dye lot.
• Samples: ask for cone samples for a small knitting trial; pilling and handle show up in the trial.
• Fastness and washing: ask for wash and light fastness results on the yarn or fabric sample.

What an acrylic yarn quote should state

The yarn type (normal or high-bulk), count and ply (with the name of the system), whether it is raw or dyed, cone or hank packing, price per kilogram and lead time should appear clearly in the quote. If a blend with wool or cotton is wanted, add the ratio. If the product will be labeled in Turkey, remember that the fiber name must be written as in Annex 1 of the Regulation on Textile Fiber Names.

Fiber, bulking treatment and dyeing set the price of acrylic yarn

The raw material is petrochemical-based, so the price per kilogram of the fiber and the exchange rate are reflected in the quote directly. Count, the bulking treatment and dyeing come on top. High-bulk and normal yarn do not come at the same price; compare quotes on the same type.

Where are acrylic yarn manufacturers in Turkey?

The TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey) Industry Database has no separate yarn code for acrylic; staple-fiber yarn containing at least 85% acrylic falls under the code for yarn containing at least 85% synthetic staple fiber (13.10.82). Of the 109 firms with a valid capacity report under this code, 29 are in Gaziantep, 26 in Bursa and 22 in Istanbul (October 2026). Because the code also covers polyester and other synthetic staple-fiber yarns, this distribution is not specific to acrylic producers. Blends with less than 85% acrylic (e.g., wool-acrylic) are not in this code. Under the tariff rule for mixtures (Harmonized System, Section XI, Note 2), a yarn is classified by the fiber that predominates by weight: acrylic-dominant blends fall under the blended yarn code (13.10.83), wool-dominant blends under the wool yarn code (13.10.50). The data cover only manufacturers holding a capacity report; confirm in the quote and with a sample that the firm actually works with acrylic yarn.