HASÇELİK Competitors

Founded in 1955, Arçelik A.Ş. is a global consumer durables and consumer electronics company headquartered in İstanbul,Turkey. Arçelik A.Ş. belongs to the largest conglomerate in Turkey, Koç Group, which is the only Turkish company in Fortune Global 500 list. Arçelik A.Ş. offers products and services in over 100 countries with its 30.000 employees, 17 different production facilities in 7 countries (Turkey, Romania, Russia, China, South Africa, Thailand and Pakistan), sales and marketing offices in more than 30 countries and 11 different brands (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Blomberg, Elektrabregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy, Dawlance and Altus). Maintaining its leadership in white goods, air conditioners and TVs in Turkey, Arçelik is the second largest company in its industry in Europe. Arçelik holds more than one third of the international patent applications to WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) that are originating from Turkey and ranked at the 78th place on Patent Cooperation Treaty filing companies listed by the WIPO globally. Arçelik’s vision "Respects the Globe, Respected Globally"​, which takes strength from geographical and cultural diversity, focuses on the importance of becoming an ever-growing global brand, manufacturing products that are environmentally-friendly, innovative and that provide higher standards of life by using natural resources effectively. Arçelik considers its human resources a very significant asset in reinforcing the company’s global competitive position. www.arcelikas.com

Erdemir, the main company of the OYAK Mining Metallurgy and one of the most valuable industrial assets of Turkey, was established in 1960 under a special law, in order to be the first domestic producer of flat steel, which the Turkish industry necessitates at that time. Erdemir produces plates, hot and cold rolled, tin, chromium and zinc coated flat steel and supplies basic inputs to automotive, white goods, pipes and tubes, rolling, manufacturing, electrics-electronics, mechanical engineering, energy, heating equipment, shipbuilding, defense, and packaging industries.