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ERDEMİR GROUP
2014 ANNUAL REPORT
INTRODUCTION
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ERDEMİR GROUP IN BRIEF
Ereğli Demir ve Çelik Fabrikaları T.A.Ş.
(Erdemir)
Erdemir commenced operation in 1965 and
is Turkey’s largest producer of integrated flat
steel. Erdemir manufactures hot rolled, cold
rolled, tin, chrome and zinc coated flat steel
at international quality standards. Erdemir
provides basic inputs to the automotive,
white goods, energy, construction, piping,
shipbuilding, home appliances, general
machinery manufacturing, pressure vessel
equipment, heavy industry, food and
packaging industries and leads the country’s
industrial development. Erdemir has been
involved in some of the largest investment
projects ever undertaken in the Turkish
Republic. It has increased its un-processed
steel capacity from the 500 thousand
tons at its foundation to around 4 million
tons today and expanded its final product
capacity to over 5 million tons as a result of
its continuous investments to increase its
product range and capacity.
İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş. (İsdemir)
İsdemir is the third facility to be founded in
Turkey and the country’s largest integrated
steel plant in terms of its long steel product
manufacturing capacity. It is Turkey’s only
integrated steel plant to manufacture both
long and flat steel products from its 3.5
million ton capacity Hot Rolling Mill that
entered service in 2008. İsdemir has played
an important role in raising Turkey’s flat steel
product manufacturing capacity, which
is of vital importance in the development
of Turkey’s steel industry. İsdemir also has
manufacturing capacity for billet and wire-
rod. It currently manufactures approximately
5.3 million tons of liquid steel, 3.5 million
tons of flat steel products, 0.6 million tons of
wire-rod, and 2.5 million tons of billet.
Erdemir Çelik Servis Merkezi San. ve Tic.
A.Ş. (Ersem)
The Company was established in October
2001 and commenced operations in Gebze
in 2002 with a 150 thousand ton capacity
cold slitting line and 100 thousand ton
capacity cut-to-length line. Erdemir Çelik
Servis Merkezi San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (Ersem)
operates as a steel service center at the
highest standards, serving the automotive
and white goods industries as well as
general machinery and manufacturing,
heating industry, electric and electronic
industries and a range of companies
operating in various industries. Ersem meets
the immediate demands of its customers
rapidly, dispatching the products at the
desired grades and dimensions on time
and to the desired locations. It manages its
inventories and meets specialized needs,
such as production at low tolerances and
dispatches in small batches. Ersem has hot
cut-to-length lines in İsdemir with an annual
capacity of 750 thousand tons. It also has a
100 thousand ton capacity multiple length
cutting line, a 100 thousand ton capacity
oblique cutting line, a 150 thousand ton
capacity hot slitting line and a 150 thousand
ton capacity cold slitting line, as well as a
150 thousand ton capacity hot scissor line
at Erdemir. In addition, Ersem continues to
provide warehousing and dispatch services
in the Manisa Organized Industrial Zone.