S-P-0023407
Karabük Demir Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.Steel Profiles
KARDEMİR is the only manufacturer of rail and heavy profile in Turkey and regional countries. Our Rail-Profile Rolling Mill which has the capacity of 450,000 tons / year, has been commissioned for this purpose in 2007. At our facility equipped with advanced technology, operators with at least level 2 user certificates are employed. In addition to the 12-75 m (46-60 kg /m) rails in international standards, R350 HT hardened rails and 59R1, 59R2, 60R1 and 60R2 corrugated rails are produced at the facility. Our company, which also has the HPQ certificate owned by only few rail manufacturers in Europe, has a modern test center consists of test units for laser where geometrical controls are performed in Ray-Profile Rolling Mill, eddy currents where surface controls are made, and ultrasonic test units for internal controls. In this facility, where the shape and size controls are made with the online laser system, we are working the production with an accuracy of one percent of the millimeter. Our company is the only producer of our country in heavy profile production. Our company, where profile production in IPE, NPI, NPU, HEA and HEB types, equal and unequal angles and mine poles are produced, manufactures up to 500 mm NPI type profiles, 400 mm NPU type profiles, 500 mm HEA and HEB type profiles, and 600 mm IPE type profiles.
CPC: 4219
ISO 14025:2006, EN 15804:2012+A2:2019/AC:2021
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Karabük Demir Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
Founded in 1937 as the Karabük Iron and Steel Works, Kardemir is Turkey’s first integrated iron and steel plant. Privatized in 1995, the company modernized its facilities and production processes, increasing capacity, efficiency, and product diversity. Today, all its shares are traded on BIST, and it ranks among Turkey’s top industrial enterprises.
Kardemir produces a wide range of products including railway wheels and tracks, profiles, coils, construction steel, billets, pig iron, and coke, supplying key sectors such as rail systems, automotive, defense, construction, and mining. Known as “The Plant that Builds Plants,” the company has also delivered numerous industrial plant projects. With ongoing investments, Kardemir is set to reach an annual production capacity of 3.5 million tons.
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Öğlebeli Mah. Ankara Karabük Bulvarı No:2 Fabrika Sahası 78170 Merkez / Karabük
0(370) 418 20 01https://www.kardemir.com/
See NowThrough its subsidiaries—KARDÖKMAK, KARÇEL, KARDEMİR Energy, and KARLİMTAŞ—and partnerships in cement, mining, railway systems, and energy markets, Kardemir maintains a strong, diversified presence. Employing around 4,500 people, the company continues to grow with its established industrial culture, advanced technology, and focus on innovation.
Established in 1937, the Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikaları (‘Karabük Iron and Steel Works’) were privatized in 1995 and renamed Kardemir. It is Turkey’s first integrated iron and steel plant.
Kardemir produces railway wheels, rail tracks, profiles, coils, rebar construction steel, blooms, platinas, billets, angles, mine poles, pig irons, coke and coke by-products in international quality standards and provides the basic inputs in rail systems, automotive, defense industry, machinery manufacturing, construction and the mining sectors. Since its establishment, Kardemir has realized the project, manufacturing and assembly of numerous industrial plants and is known as the “The Plant that Builds Plants” in Turkey.
All shares of Kardemir are traded on BIST and is among the top 50 Industrial Enterprises in Turkey. After the privatization, Kardemir rapidly renewed its facilities in line with the requirements of the age, and changed its production process with its renewed steel mill, and increased its capacity, efficiency and profitability with modern technology. In the years 2000s and later on, with the commissioning of the Rail and Profile Rolling Mill, the Rod Wire Mill and the Railroad Wheel Mill, Kardemir expanded its product range and with railroad tracks and wheels, up to 550 mm width heavy profiles and up to 56 mm in diameter coil production capability, Kardemir has become the only company in Turkey and among regional countries in terms of product variety. Continuing growth with its new investments, Kardemir will be achieving 3.5 mn tons/year production capacity next year.
Focusing on Turkey’s national targets in the automotive sector, the defense industry and rail systems with the products offered to the market, Kardemir has introduced many new quality steel products with R&D activities it has undertaken and offered them to the service of these sectors. Kardemir is one of Turkey’s leading industrial enterprises with a wide network of operations through its subsidiaries and affiliated companies in various sectors. Kardemir has four major subsidiaries: KARDÖKMAK Inc., which is a leader in its sector with high casting and mechanical processing capacity; KARÇEL Inc., which manufactures all types and grades of steel structures; KARDEMİR ENERGY Inc., which operates a hydroelectric power plant; and KARLİMTAŞ Inc., which handles logistics operations. Additionally, Kardemir has partnerships in other companies, including KARÇİMSA Inc. in the cement sector, ERDEMİR MINING Inc. in the mining sector, VADEMSAŞ Inc., which produces conventional and high-speed railway switches, and EPİAŞ (Energy Markets Operation Inc.) in the energy markets sector. Through these companies, Kardemir operates in steel production, energy, logistics, cement, mining, and railway sectors, maintaining a strong position both nationally and internationally.
Employing approximately 4,500 employees together with its affiliates, Kardemir continues its production as one of the leading companies in the sector with its deep-rooted industrial culture, competent human resources and corporate management experience.
