SAGIST GROUP LUXURY FURNITURE Produced $20 million worth of projects every year, moved from local to global player

Metin Durmaz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sagist Group, said: 'We have grown over two thousand per cent in the last 20 years. We have become a company that carries out an annual project of 20 million dollars in 20 years. Aside from selling furniture to houses in Modoko, we have started to sell furniture to the world beyond the borders of Turkey.'
Founded in 1978 in a small workshop to 'produce high quality furniture', Sagist Group is today a globally recognised and preferred brand with showrooms in 23 countries and distributors in 11 countries. Metin Durmaz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sagist Group, says that the basis of this success is 'innovation and customer satisfaction'. Durmaz, who comes from a family of craftsmen in the furniture industry in Turkey, completed his higher education at Ichuan University, one of the leading universities in the field of architecture in China, and also graduated from the Physics department.
Just before his graduation, Durmaz met the world-famous architect Zaha Hadid, who came to a conference at the university, and took part in the team of the London Aquatics Centre project, which Hadid started designing in 2004, and had the opportunity to introduce himself to the international community with this project. Upon his return, he took the helm of the family company that manufactures furniture. In 2023, Sagist Group was recognised as 'Europe's Best Luxury Furniture' by Manufacturer Award Europe and has received numerous awards such as these. We listened to Metin Durmaz about Sagist Group's globalised success story: '$20 million annual project in 20 years' Custom-made furniture refers to furniture that is designed and manufactured specifically for the needs and tastes of the customer.'

We are talking about a furniture that is specially designed and designed with all environmental factors, including the customer's character, political or social position, and the personality he wants to reflect. We have grown by over two thousand per cent in the last 20 years. In 20 years, we have become a company that carries out projects worth 20 million dollars annually. We have grown with a great leap. The vision we have jumped from that day to today is very big. In Modoko, we started to sell furniture to the world by going beyond the borders of Turkey, let alone selling furniture to homes. We became the address of ultra luxury furniture. We changed class, from local to global player. Turkey's economic indicators, despite fluctuations especially in recent years, reveal a beautiful picture in the long term. As Sagist Group, we act with a flexible and innovative approach in this dynamic environment. Turkey's young and dynamic population, increasing urbanisation rate and strategic location will continue to offer great opportunities in the future. I believe that we will continue our growth by maintaining our resilience against economic fluctuations, especially thanks to our high quality production capabilities and our worldwide customer network.'
From bulletproof wall to cat food
'The custom-made furniture market in Turkey is growing every year. As Sagist Group, we are one of the leaders of this market. We only export, we do not have domestic sales. We operate in more than 70 countries worldwide. We serve various sectors such as luxury hotels, villas, residences, restaurants and offices. Apart from this, we have many business activities around the world; we have many investments such as international investment consultancy, construction, cosmetics, coffee, cat food, defence industry (bulletproof walls). We carry out most of our production in Turkey, but we also have production facilities in various countries for our international projects. Last year, 30 per cent of our exports were to the USA, 30 per cent to Europe, 20 per cent to the Middle East, 15 per cent to Africa, and 5 per cent to Malaysia and Australia.'
TURKISH SIGNATURE ON BROOKLYN TOWER
'We have realised many prestigious projects so far. In particular, our project where we undertook the entire interior decoration of JW Marriot, one of the most famous luxury hotels in Dubai, and the design of the residence of a world-renowned brand in New York are among our most special projects. Currently, we have taken turnkey delivery of the entire works of the ultra-luxury villa of a member of the royal family in Saudi Arabia and the residences of two very famous international fashion brands in the Riyadh region. We are carrying out the interior design of a residence project with an area of over 5 thousand square metres in Erbil, Iraq. In addition to this project worth approximately 7 million dollars, we have active ongoing projects in America. Our ongoing project of 12 villas in Southampton is an ultra-luxury portfolio. The new 93-storey Brooklyn Tower, which will be the tallest building in the Brooklyn district of New York City, USA, will be constructed in the new building.
Sagist undertook the interior decoration, design and furniture of the floors and we are currently on the ninth floor.'
ZERO FOOTPRINT WITH NEW FACILITY
'Recently, the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials has come to the fore in the furniture industry. In addition, minimalism and functionality are among the important trends. Digitalisation and sustainability have greatly improved our production processes. While increasing our production efficiency by using digital design tools and automation systems, we adopt sustainability principles to ensure environmentally friendly materials and energy efficiency. For this purpose, we will soon move our production centre in Istanbul Dudullu to its new building. In the facility, which will have a steel construction, we will fully modernise the machinery system, increase our production capacity and, most importantly, reduce our carbon footprint to a level close to zero. At the same time, it will be a sustainable facility compatible with modern technology. The production phase of the project of our architect working in our office in the USA will be remotely monitored and closely followed. Likewise, with the software we have developed, our customers will be able to follow the production of their own furniture instantly.'

Sagist Group Luxury INC
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James Smith

Sagist Group was founded in 1978 In Istanbul by Metin Durmaz, a businessman and architect.

The company initially only produced furniture and later ventured into custom-made furniture and began taking up projects requiring several custom-made furniture objects for hotels, schools, hospitals, and restaurants.

In Early 2022, in line with this lofty goal, Durmaz invested 43 million USD in establishing the company's status in several other sectors such as architecture, international transportation, coffee, acoustic panels, and construction.

In Bulgaria for 400 luxury villa projects, opening its doors to investors, particularly African investors.

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