Pique Fabric Manufacturers and Suppliers in Turkey

Piqué (also spelled pique; pike or lakost in Turkish) is a knitted fabric with a honeycomb-like, raised-and-recessed texture on the surface. Cotton Incorporated considers piqué suited to hot climates because of its visible micro-mesh structure, and notes that it is widely used in polo shirts. This category lists mills that knit piqué on their own machines together with dyehouses and fabric wholesalers. For a smooth-surface T-shirt fabric, see single jersey suppliers; for garments made from piqué, see polo shirts manufacturers; and for all knitted fabric types, see the knitted fabric page. Piqué used as a bedspread, and piqué bedding sets, are not covered on this page; they belong to the bed linen category.

Pin down the piqué type

Cotton Incorporated's textile encyclopedia defines the simplest piqué as single piqué or single cross-tuck, and also lists double cross-tuck and six-feed piqué among the common types. Because Turkish trade names can vary by supplier, do not treat a quote that just says “pike” as sufficient. Ask for a description of the structure and for a sample, and state the end use (polo shirt, corporate wear and so on).

Ask a piqué supplier about yarn, shrinkage and corporate colors

• Composition and yarn: 100% cotton or cotton-polyester? Combed or carded, ring-spun or open-end, and what Ne count? Have all of it written in percentages and counts.
• GSM: Ask whether the value was measured greige or finished; the state of measurement changes GSM.
• Dimensional change after washing: Request length and width change as a test report, washing to EN ISO 6330 and measuring to EN ISO 5077. Because length shrinkage can be higher in piqué, plan the pattern allowance accordingly.
• Corporate color: If you want piqué in a company color, ask how many days the lab-dip takes to reach approval, what the minimum order per color (MOQ) is, and how the dyehouse queue looks.
• Manufacturer or intermediary: Find out whether the company knits the fabric on its own machines or buys it in; lead time and price depend on it.
• Location: TOBB has no product code specific to piqué; for knitted fabrics overall (code 13.91), 698 of the 1,294 firms with a valid capacity report are in Istanbul (October 2026). This is the overall distribution of knitted fabric manufacturers; verify a piqué producer with the province filter and the quote.

Composition, yarn, GSM and piqué type set piqué price

Composition, yarn type and count, GSM, piqué type, dyeing and finishing, and the order quantity per color set the price. Convert the kilogram price to meters: the weight of a meter is GSM × open width. For example, a meter of 200 g/m² (about 5.9 oz/yd²) piqué with a 1.60 m open width weighs 320 g, so 1 kg is about 3.1 meters.

Before printing or embroidery

If you plan fine-detail printing or embroidery, test it on the piqué itself; the textured surface may not carry detail as sharply as single jersey. For fabric choice, see the T-shirt fabric guide; for GSM comparison, see the fabric weight (GSM) guide by garment type.