Hakan Canta, one of Europe’s leading producers of licensed goods, is set to return to Brand Licensing Europe after making a hugely successful debut at BLE 2010.

Based in Istanbul, Hakan Canta has been producing quality merchandise since 1955 across sectors including back to school (BTS), fashion, travel and sport. Today the company is the market leader for BTS in Turkey, reaching over 2200 points of sale including all hyper/supermarkets, and its merchandise is also distributed across more than fifty countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Hakan Canta’s products are based on a strong range of over 30 licenses including some of the hottest properties in the world, such as Angel & Friends, Barbie, Bakugan, The Amazing Spiderman movie, Dora the Explorer, High School Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants, Roary the Racing Car, Tron and Hello Kitty.

Hakan Canta also has a strong presence in the sports sector, with licenses for Manchester United and major Turkish clubs Galatasaray, Besiktas, Fenerbahce and Turanspor. The company is also enjoying great success with a line of merchandise based around NBA – the world’s best and most exciting basketball league. Hakan Canta has a longstanding relationship with the brand and has released a fantastic NBA range for 2011 that features a variety of BTS products based on many different designs, as well as the new NBA 4 Her line, which combines basketball and fashion and taps into basketball’s status as the most popular female team sport in the world. The innovative and striking NBA 4 Her designs recently led to Hakan Canta winning NBA Turkey’s ‘Best Design 2010 award’.

“We are very much looking forward to making a return to Brand Licensing Europe,” says Hakan Hacisoyu of Hakan Canta, “our product ranges are selling well across EMEA and BLE will give us a chance to liaise with existing and potential partners and identify hot new brands that could prove equally successful for us.”