Sesli Textiles, one of the South African companies which participated in the International Fair of Luanda Trade Exhibition (FILDA) that ended in Luanda, Angola yesterday, returned home with an order of blankets to the tune of R525 000 after signing a distribution deal with an Angolan company.
The Regional Sales Manager of Sesli, Mr Erkan Dogru says he is optimistic that the distribution company will place more orders after it has established a client base in Angola.
“Our staff is already in the process of preparing this first order which we will be dispatching as soon as tomorrow. We are hopeful that our blankets will make an impression among Angolans and the company will return with another order pretty soon. Besides the confirmed order, we also had quite a number of promising enquiries at the exhibition in Angola,” adds Dogru.
According to Dogru, the Department of Police in Angola has expressed interest in purchasing about 100 000 blankets from Sesli, with the initial order of 45 000 blankets to be finalised and dispatched by the end of next month.
Sesli has a permanent staff complement of 150 employees and when it is winter they hire 50 casual staff.
“If we continue getting positive response like we did here, we will definitely increase the number of our employees. And we appreciate as a company the platform provided for us to expose our products to other countries,” adds Dogru.
The companies that participated in FILDA were financially supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (dti).
Enquiries:
Sidwell Medupe
Tel: 012 394 1650
Cell: 079 492 1774
E-mail: MSMedupe@thedti.gov.za
