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Officials at the opening ceremony

Freudenberg Sealing opens new plant in Turkey

WEINHEIM, June 6, 2016

Germany-based Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, a global market leader in sealing technology, has established a new plant with an investment of €10 million ($11.34 million) in Bursa, Turkey.

A broad product portfolio of innovative sealing solutions will be manufactured on a 14,000-sq-m property in the HOYAB industrial centre for a wide range of sectors, including the automotive, agricultural, energy and mobile machinery industries, said a statement from the company.

More than 200 international guests from the business and political worlds attended the formal opening ceremony, it said.

The facility meets the most modern safety and environmental protection requirements and is equipped with special earthquake protection measures since the region is seismically active, it added.

Turkey’s growth at an annual rate of about 10 per cent offers good investment opportunities, and is an important market for the company, said a statement.

In 2003, the company set up a small facility into operation in Bursa whose production facilities are now integrated into the new factory. Currently about 220 employees produce a range of products which includes encoders, bearing seals, radial shaft seal rings and cassette seals that are used in engines and transmissions. More than 100 additional positions are expected to result by 2017 with appropriate business growth, it added.

The company's Freudenberg Xpress service also offers machined seals made of the original materials and original profiles from Freudenberg series production. It offers efficient solutions for economically produced short production runs, prototypes or made-to-order individual items to meet the need for replacement parts. And products from the Corteco subsidiary (serving the independent automotive replacement parts market) and Dichtomatik (technical seals) are distributed from a newly constructed logistics centre at the location. In addition, the company operates a service centre in Istanbul, it said.

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies’ chief executive officer Claus Möhlenkamp, said: “We have created one of the most advanced plants in our global production network and nearly doubled our capacity locally.”

"We are going to supply many of our European customers from here and sustainably expand our business activities in Turkey and the Middle East,” he said.

"Turkey is a geographically interesting interface between East and West and is thus appealing for the development of our business with the Middle East," he added.

The company also sees growth in target markets such as energy production, mining, metal-processing, machine-building and the construction industry, it stated.

Erdi Ceyhan, president of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Turkey, said: “With our new, large facility here in Bursa, we can serve our customers in the region more quickly and directly with the outstanding, high-quality products that are typical of us and our capacity to innovate.”

 "Production, administration, sales, logistics and warehousing are now located here in Bursa. In this way, potential synergies can be fully exploited. Response times are shortened for even better customer service. We are thus making a noticeable positive contribution to the company’s business development,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service




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