Kardemir

Infobox_Company
company_name = Kardemir
company_type = Public/Private
company_
foundation = 1937| industry = Steel
location =
products = Hot rolled round steel bars, steel beams and profiles, blooms, billets, beam blank
homepage = [http://www.kardemir.com 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 the year 1995.

ee also

*List of steel producers
*List of Turkish companies

External links

* [http://www.kardemir.com/english/index.html Kardemir official web site]