Kardemir
Public/Private | |
Traded as | BİST: KRDMA |
Industry | Steel |
Founded | 1937 |
Headquarters | Karabük, Turkey |
Products | Hot rolled round steel bars, steel beams and profiles, blooms, billets, beam blank |
Website | http://www.kardemir.com |
Kardemir is a Turkish steel producer. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikaları, which means "Karabük Iron and Steel Works".
Kardemir in brief
Its main plant is located at Karabük in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Construction of the complex started in 1937 and finished in two years. Power plant was the first plant put into operation in 1939 and other plants became operative successionally within 2 years. Having functioned as a state-owned company for decades, Kardemir was privatized in 1995.
Kardemir Karabükspor
Kardemir is the main sponsor of Karabükspor.
See also
- List of steel producers
- List of Turkish companies