Kardemir Target Enlarged

Fadıl Demirel, General Manager of Karabük Demir ve Çelik İşletmeleri (KARDEMİR) Inc., said that they have significantly increased production as a factory and that they will make Karabük the production center of railway material.

Demirel, General Manager of KARDEMİR A.Ş, stated that there is a short time left for the factory to start producing 3 million tons, and that they signed the contract for the establishment of a new oxygen factory. Explaining that the application of an increase to 3 million tons project is not something that occurs with a single unit in integrated facilities, Demirel said, “It is possible for us to reach this level by adding new units and gaining altitude. One of them was the oxygen factory. All of our other transactions are finished. We have commissioned only one part one by one and continue to do so. In the middle of the year, we will start producing at a pace of 3 million tons. Now we are going at a pace of 2 million 50 thousand tons. We needed a fourth oxygen factory with 3 million tons. We delayed this work a bit due to finances and balances in time. We have determined a Chinese company by doing this in the last 3-4 months. We signed a contract with the company in China. This factory is a large factory, will produce 42 thousand cubic meters of oxygen per hour and will be activated in 1.5 years. 3 million tons of steel was produced in our oxygen factory. We have added another factory to our factory, ”he said.

"WE MAKE A GREAT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY"

Saying that they are a world company as KARDEMİR, Demirel said, “We are one of the biggest establishments of our country and we are also the lifeblood of Karabük. Its economy alone is a magnitude that will seriously affect KARDEMİR. Our enthusiasm is to contribute seriously to Karabük and our country. To contribute to the welfare, happiness and economy of our people. This is our perspective on Karabük. When we look at the work we do, there are actions that will bring pluses to the region and the city. Especially our university, our sports club, the regulations we have made regarding the city, green areas, cleaning the old and smoothing the shabby images, preventing air pollution, preventing water pollution, disciplining solid wastes, the emergence of a livable factory and city. It is not possible to observe this change in the last 4-5 years. I think all of these have an important relationship with the dynamics of the city. In addition to the changes in the factory we have made recently, we are making serious arrangements outside and around the factory. These will add beauty to the beauty of the city and remove ugly images. We are trying to contribute by thinking about our city as well as our city as well as our country. For this reason, it is possible to expand our activities for the factory, Karabük, our country and even our world. We have the power to contribute to both KARDEMİR workers and the people of Karabük. As long as we are cleared, we will make economic contributions as long as they are not interrupted or prevented. Everyone eats the pros of this. The housing constructions that we planned to do in the Yenişehir region had some problems and such projects were prevented. If everyone contributes to bring this issue to a positive end, our employees and the people of Karabük will benefit. We are ready to do these kinds of things, ”he said.

"WE HAVE INCREASED PRODUCTION SERIOUSLY"

Demirel also stated that they have increased the production of the factory seriously and said:

“This will increase again by a third from mid-summer. All of this means the expansion of Karabük economy and business world. There are contractors who do manufacturing for us, buy goods from us, buy logs, and somehow contribute to our development. If you count them, KARDEMİR is a full medicine that is active, growing, increasing its turnover and increasing production. Waiting to expand with a small cake without producing, increasing, or providing size, and waiting to produce solutions to problems is nothing more than a dream. If you are going to solve all of these, once you have to provide size. The largest production to be made here is 3 million tons. There is no place left to build the smallest factory in the factory. The factory was filled up to its entire boundaries. We took this out there at the top of 3 million. Our product range has increased and will increase even more and reached different points. It is the activities and dynamism that bring serious dimension and economy to this place. We are much different from last year and the year ahead. Next year will be different than this year. We will continue on our way, increasing each time. "

"WE WILL BE THE CENTER OF THE RAILWAY"

Stating that they are trying to make Karabük the center of the railway, Demirel continued his explanation as follows:

“We produce the basic production items related to this. Ray is at the beginning of this. We are producing scissors in Çankırı. We will now produce a wheel factory. This is a huge and serious investment. In Turkey, this work will make it the most convenient and appropriate infrastructure of Kardemir steel production. It will be a production that is not easy to make differently. We will give it to Turkey. We are now building the factory building. Loan and other contracts have expired. I hope it will be operational in 2 years. Our 700 thousand capacity rolling mill will be operational within 1.5 years. All the funding for these has been prepared and we just need time. These are not parts of the increase to 3 million tons. We will have reached 3 million tons when the third converter of the blast furnace and meltshop is finished. When the new rolling mill and wheel factory is finished, there will be products with high added value. KARDEMİR is very good and the flash has come to a point. "

"KARDEMIR IS MUCH STRONGER AND BONY COMPANY COMPARED TO THE WORLD"

Emphasizing that KARDEMİR is a much stronger and bony company compared to yesterday, Demirel said, “There are chaos and wars in the world. These affect companies like us doing international trade. The important thing is to find a solution in every event and to ensure that the ship you manage takes a good course. Until this time we have demonstrated this skill. From now on, we will manage in favor of our country and our factory. Compared to yesterday, KARDEMİR is a much stronger and bony company. Now, KARDEMİR's remedies and solutions are neither with small money nor with the guidance of small companies. The economy and targets of KARDEMİR have grown. Its impeller is turning big and its speed is very fast. The remedy produces solutions within this speed. As this economy grows, you need to be more careful. You have to work with people with a higher level of knowledge. When we say that we switch to high value added production, it should be done with much better trained personnel. It continues on its way more critical but much stronger ”.

6 MILLION TONS NEW FACILITY IN FILYOS VALLEY

General Manager Fadıl Demirel also gave information about the 6 million-ton capacity new facility they are planning to build in Filyos Valley:

“Karabük KARDEMİR is its main flagship. This is where it will do everything. Careful management of this place with the growth of the economy and profits will create this place. This is our pupil and our heart. This place needs to be managed and walked completely in order for that project to be realized. The Filyos project is a separate project. It is a project that will be built on 5 thousand decares of land. A place request was made for this. Its general layout has been drawn and prepared. Other details that need to be prepared in time are being prepared in projects. When the time comes, I hope this will be our share. 6 million tons will be a system that returns separately from here. Our total capacity will be 9 million tons. These are good capacities. Turkey also needs it. There are larger organizations around the world in separate campuses. We have to increase the weight of integrated facility in Turkey. More precisely, it should enter the right authority by increasing the production of iron and steel. There are Ereğli, İSDEMİR and KARDEMİR organizations as an integrated facility establishment to do this. We have to do it first. We are putting forward these projects and we will build and realize as much as we can over time. "

Demirel, adding that they will participate in the tender for the Filyos port construction as KARDEMİR, said, “We have the biggest freight transportation in this region. When we reach 3 million, there is a huge freight transport. Superstructures will be built with the build-operate-transfer port and we are an important factor in its operation. We are an important establishment. We should be around here. Hopefully, we think that there will be a tender soon and we are ready for it ”.