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Kale Group (Template:Lang-tr), , is an industrial conglomerate with headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey. Established in 1956, the company's primary activities are in ceramics, building chemicals, logistics, defenseand aviation industry in 2015.[1]

History

The company was founded by İbrahim Bodur in 1956 to produce ceramics.[1] In later years, the company entered in metal tools industry in 1969,[2] chemical products industry in 1975,[3] equipment trading in 1978,[4] hardware, machinery and power tools trading,[5] and defense industry.[6] It has many more smaller companies especially in service sevtor.[7][8]

Operations

Ceramics Industry

The first company of the Group was establishedas "Çanakkale Seramik Fabrikaları A.Ş." ("Çanakkale Ceramic Factories Inc.", in 1956. The plant to produce fceramic floor tiles was built in Çanakkale in 1957. The company united in2000 with "Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi A.Ş." under the roof "Kaleseramik Çanakkale Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi A.Ş". Production is in progress in four different locations, Çan und Sameteli in Çanakkale, Yerköy in Yozgat as well as Bandırma in Balıkesir. Kaleseramik, which leads the industry with over 4th,500 product varieties in flexible porcelain plates,ceramic floor tiles, ceramic sanitary ware, faucets and bathroom furniture product groups, introduces approximately 200 new products to the market every year. The company also delivers its products to customers in thedomestic marketas well as in 86 countries abroad. In terms of ceramic floor tiles production, it rank first in Turkey, fifth in Europe and 18th biggest in the world.[9]

Metal Industry

5.56×45mm NATO Kale KCR556 Infantry rifle
Kale KMR762 - 7.62×51mm NATO / .308 DMR

"KaleKalıp" was established in Istanbul in 1969 to design and produce precision moulds, machine parts and special purpose machines. It took part in the production of molds for the Heckler & Koch G3 rifle parts by using its precision mold production capabilities in the 1970s. In 1987, it participated in the Euro Stinger Project and improved its system production, testing and integration capabilities. The company has over 500 employees.[2]

In the 1990s, it took part in the design and manufacturing of multi-barreled rocket launchers platforms of various calibers. Later, it ly increased its international defense sector experience by taking part in the GMLRS and ATACMS projects with the industry leader Lockheed Martin company and the Rapier project for theMBDA company. In 2005,it designed, qualified and produced Turkey's first 40×46 mm low-velocity grenade launcher OBA-KAGL40, which entered the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces. It was involved in the design process of Turkey's first national infantry rifle (MPT-76) in 2009 as the main subcontractor,and successfully completed the critical design and analysis processes during the 2009-2014 period.[2]

The company introduced following weapons in 2019,[10] and 2023,[11] which were in use by the Turkish Armed Forces and the Turkish Security Forces:

ChemicalsIndustry

The chemicals company "Kale Kimya A.Ş." was founded in 1975 by chemical engineer KazIm Kaleağası as the MarmaraRegion distributor of the German chemical company Henkel.[3] Following Turkey's entry into theCustoms Union, distribution agreements were signed with the worldwide leading chemical companies in 1997. A laboratory facility was established in 2000. All companies gathered in 2004 in a facility covering an area of Template:Cvt12000 in Şekerpınat neighborhood of Çayırova, Kocaeli under the group company "Kale Kimya Grubu". In 2008, pre-commercial production started. The productionwas launched in 2015 in the new plant located at the industrial zone of Düzce. For the Middle East markets, an office and warehouse was founded under the name "Dubai - Chemea" in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in 2016. A research and development center was founded in 2017. A second plant was founded in the industrial zone of Gebze, Kocaeli Province.[3] The companies is activities are in the cosmetics,,detergent, textiles, adhesives, metal, pharmaceutical, food and Ppool sectors.[12]

The company offred its shares of stock to the public. The shares began to be traded in the Borsa Istanbul as BIST:KLKIM on 18 May 2021.[13]

Equipment Trading

"Kale Makina Pazarlama A.Ş." (Kale Wquipment Marketing Inc.") was founded in 1978 to trade with construction equipment and spare parts. It offers the products of American construction equipment of Gehl (2006), Japanese construction equipment ofKubota (2007) and British dumpers of Thwaites (2013), and Finnish loaders of Avant Equipment (2016). . In 2011, the company moved into a building of [[cvt|1400|m2}} on 3,500 m2 (38,000 sq ft) area. In 2017, a customs space of 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft) and a 550 m2 (5,900 sq ft) open area were added.[4]

Hardware, Machinery and Power tools Trading

"Kale Hırdavat and Makina A.Ş. (Kale Hadware and Machinery Inc.") was established to supply hardware, machinery and power tools.[5]

Defense Industry

"Kale Savunma" ("Kale Defense") was founded by Özgür Dönmez to serve the defense industry in the industrial zone of İvedikköy neighborhood at Yenimahalle, Ankara on 13 January 2015. due to high competition in the market, the company canged its sector, and started to produce injection molding machines. Itfeatures a great number od CNC machines like CNC Vertical (machining machines, CNC lathe machines, laser cutting machines, coordinate-measuring machines and welding machines.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Bu Toprakların Kale'si" (in Turkish). Kale Grubu. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Hakkımızda" (in Turkish). Kale Kalıp. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Hakkımda" (in Turkish). Kale Kimya Grubu. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Kale Makina Pazarlama A.Ş." (in Turkish). Kale Makina. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Hakkımızda" (in Turkish). Kale Hırdavat ve Makina. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Biz Kimiz?" (in Turkish). Kale Savunma. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Kale Deco" (in Turkish). Kale Kilit. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Küçük ve Orta Boy Türbinli Motorlar için Mükemmeliyet Merkezi" (in Turkish). Kale Wrge. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Hakkımızda" (in Turkish). Kale. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Kale Savunma ve Havacılık, 5 Yeni Hafif Silah Sergiledi". Savunma Haber (in Turkish). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  11. ^ Şahin, Arif (4 February 2023). "KALEKALIP yeni tüfekleriyle sahaya çıkıyor". Savunma Sanayi (in Turkish). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Tarihçe" (in Turkish). Kale Kimya Grubu. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Kalekim borsada işlem görmeye başladı! İşte Kalekim Kimya'nın yatırım açıklaması". Finans (in Turkish). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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