WHO WE ARE

Kocaer Steel, with over 60 years of experience, a qualified workforce, and a sustainable growth strategy, aims to be a leading and exemplary Turkish brand on the global stage.

At every step and in every endeavor, the company is committed to adding value to the country's economy and its employees.

Kocaer Steel, with its product, service, and commercial expertise, continues to implement planned investments without compromising its innovative, quality-focused, environmentally friendly, sustainable, and excellence-driven values.

Operating in the steel profile segment of the iron and steel industry, Kocaer Steel has been the export champion in the iron and steel sector in the Aegean Region for the last 7 years, with sales revenue exceeding 550 million US Dollars and exports of nearly 400 million US Dollars. In 2022, it ranked 87th in the Istanbul Chamber of Industry's "Turkey's Top 500 Industrial Companies" private sector ranking and 50th in the Turkish Exporters' Assembly's "Top 1000 Exporters" survey for goods exports.

Kocaer Steel, with its portfolio of value-added products, exports more than 75% of its production to 140 countries across 6 continents, offering various types, sizes, and thicknesses of products containing over 12,000 and nearly 60 different quality chemical compositions. Operating in a total area of 280,000 square meters, including 85,000 square meters of closed space, Kocaer Steel is one of Turkey's largest companies in the steel profile segment, with a total capacity of 800,000 tons/year. In addition to its 3 steel profile factories, the company also provides services with a 180,000 tons/year capacity Steel Service Center and a 100,000 tons/year capacity hot-dip Galvanizing Plant, which is a unique facility in terms of integration and LEED certification.

Furthermore, Kocaer Steel owns a 9.2 MW capacity Roof-Top Solar Energy (SPP) facility, which covers approximately 33% of its electricity consumption. This renewable energy infrastructure enables the company to prioritize renewable energy investments in line with its green energy, sustainable production, and consumption strategy.

In 2023, Kocaer Steel initiated seismic and magnetotelluric (MT) surveys as part of feasibility studies for a 24 MW Geothermal Energy Plant (GPP) investment, equivalent to approximately 120 MW of solar energy, in Aydın Kuyucak. To undertake these activities, the company established a new corporate structure called Kocaer Enerji, which is 99% owned by Kocaer Steel and is dedicated to renewable energy, primarily geothermal energy. With this new structure, Kocaer Steel plans to meet 100% of its energy needs from renewable sources, aiming to become carbon neutral and achieve energy independence, providing a significant advantage in international competition.

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The company started production with its first factory established on an area of 3.000 sqm in Denizli.

Aliaga -1 (A1) Factory, which is a thick section steel production factory with an annual capacity of 300.000 tons, was established on a total area of 32.500 sqm, 21.000 sqm of which is closed space, in Aliağa district of Izmir.

Aliaga -2 (A2) Factory, which is a medium section steel profile production factory with an annual capacity of 300.000 tons, was established on a total area of 186.000 sqm, 34.000 sqm of which is closed space, in Aliağa district of Izmir.

Kocaer Steel UK Company, which performs the distribution of iron steel products with its warehouses located in United Kingdom, has was established. The first R&D Centre of the Sector was established through the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Technology. Service Centre started its activities.

The company was included in Turquality, which is the first and only state-sponsored branding program of the world, by the Ministry of Commerce.

Aliaga -3 (A3) Factory, which is a thin section steel profile production factory with an annual capacity of 200.000 tons, was established on a total area of 41.000 sqm, 18.000 sqm of which is closed space, in Aliağa district of Izmir.

The company won the first prize in Turkey in the R&D category of the Efficiency Project Awards organized by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. The company won the first prize in the Innovation category of the 2017 SAP Quality Awards, through its SAP S4/HANA Project. The company won the second prize in the Smart Manufacturing category of the 2017 IDC Industry 4.0, through its MES (Digital Production System) Project.

The company was entitled to receive the AWARD FOR THE BIGGEST EXPORTER OF THE AEGEAN REGION in the "Shining Stars of Export Awards" organized by the Aegean Exporters' Association in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, for four consecutive years. The company won the second prize in Turkey in the "Project Capacity" category, and the third price in Turkey in the "A Grade R&D Centres" category at the R&D Centres Summit of the Ministry of Industry and Technology.

Credit rating of the Company was determined as A, as a result of the evaluation made by the JCR (Japan Credit Rating), a credit rating agency. Within the scope of the project for reducing the carbon footprint, the solar energy investments were completed to ensure that approximately 30% of the total consumption is met by clean and renewable energy sources.

Establishment of the Hot-Dip Galvanisation Factory with an annual capacity of 100.000 tons on a on a total closed space of 11.000 m² in Aliağa district of Izmir was completed, and the investment needed to increase the annual capacity of the Service Centre to 120.000 tons was also completed.

Our 99% subsidiary Kocaer Energy has started drilling works for the first phase of our geothermal licence area located in Horsunlu - Ortakçı Village, Kuyucak District, Aydın Province.

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