Akmetal Iron and Steel Foundry was established in 1963 in Istanbul, as the fifth steel foundry in Turkey. The company flourished in the rapidly expanding local market of those years to become a leading supplier of quality steel castings in the country.
Today, after 40 years in business, over 9,000 charges of the Arc furnace, equaling to 54,000 tons of steel castings delivered, Akmetal is a proud and respected name by its customers, both locally and abroad.
The foundry specializes in one-off, short and intermediate series of jobbing castings produced to the exact requirements of the individual customers. The production is relatively flexible to cater most needs. Close collaboration with pattern makers, testing and certification authorities, machining and fabrication workshops enable complete product services.
Akmetal undertook a green field investment in 1998 and built a
new foundry in Tuzla, 30 km. East of Istanbul, where now the production
continues on 41,000 m2 open and 7,000 m2 closed
facilities.
The melt shop has total of 13 tons of molten metal capacity and can cast parts up to 9 tons net weight in most types of steel alloys. Fettling and heat treatment facilities are all under one roof. Additionally, an in-house machining workshop is also available for proof machining of the castings for testing and certification purposes.
The customer base covers a broad range of industries including machine manufacturing, ship building, iron and steel, mining, valve, food and petroleum. Proof machined or finished machined, tested and certified castings are currently exported to Holland, Germany, Denmark, Austria, France, Greece, Israel, Spain and USA.
The company’s objective is to continue serving its current customers as well as expanding into new markets in casting and open-die forgings
In, 2007 Akmetal invested in a 1000 tones open-die forging press with 6 tones rail bound manipulator as well as an AOD Converter
The company can now produce open-die forging up to 6 tons net weight with its in-house cast ingots.