Ahlesa Textile Manufacturers (formerly known as Ahlesa Blankets Pty Ltd) was established in Atlantis in 1996 as a result of the DTI’s relocation grant. In 2000 it grew in size and capacity after its acquisition of Waverley Blankets.

The Ahlesa brand has deep quality, style and cultural roots in Turkiye through it’s founder, Mr Levent Senol, an astute businessman and philanthropist, who made the bold choice to emigrate Ahlesa Blankets to Cape Town in 1996 and blend two rich histories and cultures through high quality textile manufacturing. Three decades on, Mr Levent and the team of craftsmen and craftswomen at Ahlesa Textile Manufacturers are still excited about producing high quality, affordable products influenced by Turkish and South African culture, quality and a love of textiles.

In 2023 the company embarked on another bold journey - a Renaissance - in order to remain customer-centric, a leader in quality and design. The company rebrand and re-launch saw an adjustment of the company name from Ahlesa Blankets Pty Ltd to the now Ahlesa Textile Manufacturers.

The company’s full rebrand has reaffirmed it’s deep understanding of the textile manufacturing landscape and the shifts in textile fashion and trends. From this, Ahlesa Textile Manufacturers and Ahlesa Home were born. The rebrand has enabled Ahlesa Textile Manufacturers to focus it’s energies on developing and manufacturing consumer-focused and affordable home and lifestyle products whilst enabling Ahlesa Home to focus on the B2C/B2B, retail and e-tailing space. The split in focus benefits our customers through high quality, fashionable products at an affordable price backed by 3 decades of textile manufacturing experience. Ahlesa Home creates a safe, convenient and reliable retail space where customers can enjoy great value and peace of mind.

Our values…we live them…we embody them…and our products reflect them. We believe in supporting local as far as possible and we believe in uplifting local as much as we can. We pay special attention to environmentally-conscious production and manufacturing. We promote sustainability by recycling and we reduce our carbon footprint by re-using acrylic waste to manufacture non-woven inners. We believe honesty and integrity are non-negotiable and we pride ourselves on reliability and value-for money. Our customers are our family and our quality is a promise.

We have a technologically advanced manufacturing facility which is vertically geared at reducing, reusing and recycling waste. These savings from greener manufacturing methods are translated into greater savings for our clients. Our growing list of woven products range from blankets, rugs, table runners, table cloths and; our non-woven products range from bed base and mattress manufacturing, custom foam mattress manufacturing to non-woven premier duvet inner, comforters, pillows and recycled inner manufacturing amongst other products. We have the capacity to manufacture bespoke blankets with a custom design and package each one to customer specifications, as well as manufacture custom beds and mattresses. We meticulously design our products in-house and we responsibly source certain of our fabrics from international suppliers to later locally manufacture high quality, affordable products. Ahlesa is a seasoned expert and proudly South African manufacturer you can trust. Embrace comfort that is locally produced by local men and women for complete peace of mind.