
ISDEMIR's main products consist of hot rolled coil and sheet, billet, wire rod, slab, deformed reinforcing steel bar and pig iron.
ISDEMIR being the third in terms of date of foundation, the biggest integrated Iron & Steel Plant of our country in terms of long product production capacity, is the only integrated facility of Turkey producing long and flat product with its 3.5 million tons/year hot rolling capacity commissioned in 2008. ISDEMIR is founded on 3 October 1970 in south of Turkey on the Mediterranean coast, in Payas (Yakac?k) region, which is 17 km away from Iskenderun. On the date of its establishment, it was located on a total area of 16.75 million m2 (Plant area is 6.8 million m2) with its social facilities.
ISDEMIR being commissioned with 1,1 million tons/year steel bloom production capacity in 1975, reached to capacity of 2.2 million tons/year with 1. plant extension in 1985. At ISDEMIR facilities being established with the intention of producing long products like pig iron, bloom, billet, construction steels in international quality standards; production is made with coke- sinter –blast furnace – steel mill – continuous casting and hot rolling processes. Besides the domestic market, products, lead by Middle East countries, are exported to European, African and Asian countries. With the modernization and transformation investments (MTI) made, besides the long products, also flat products production started as of August 2008. Main product range of ISDEMIR consists of pig iron, billet, coil, slab, hot rolled coils and plates. Besides these products, by-products such as coke, oxygen, nitrogen, argon, ammonium sulphate, granulated slag, coal tar and benzene are also obtained.
All of the shares of ISDEMIR are transferred to ERDEMIR by Privatization Administration with Share Transfer Agreement dated 31 January 2002 on the condition that investments shall be made towards flat product production in ISDEMIR. In the direction of decision No.2005/140 of Privatization High Council dated 01.12.2005, 46.2% of ERDEM?R shares (all the shares owned by Privatization Administration) are transferred to ATAER Holding Inc., all shares of which are owned by OYAK, on27 February 2006 and with said transfer ISDEMIR started to operate within OYAK Group. Currently, 92.91% of ISDEMIR shares are owned by ERDEM?R, and 7,09% are owned by ISDEMIR Employees Support Foundation.
Adopting “continual progress and creating difference in products and services through using new technologies with environmental awareness” as its main principal, ISDEMIR’s initial 2.2 million tons/year liquid-steel capacity will be increased to 5.3 million ton/year and besides long products, mainly production of flat products will be made when Modernization and Transformation investments (MTI), planned in 2003 and initiated in 2004, are completed. With the investments which are expected to be completed in 2011, ISDEMIR’s Modernization and Transformation Investments will also be completed.
- [Editor:Sophie]
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