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Playing to strengths
Cetin Civata
Çatalca, Istanbul
Turkey’s second largest bolt producer, Cetin Civata is also a major manufacturer of screws and operates
a large-scale import and distribution business. Most recently it launched a now rapidly expanding
C-parts sales operation.
All of which is a world away from the black and white photograph, Phosphating, annealing, and wire drawing is all carried out in house.
on the office wall of third generation managing director Mustafa Bolt and screw manufacturing is in separate but adjoining buildings – laid
Tecdelioğlu, depicting his grandfather’s hardware stall in 1915. A second out for volume production. Tooling is produced in a well-equipped tool
photograph, taken in 1943, shows the same figure surrounded by shelf room. Two automated and atmosphere controlled heat treatment lines
loads of bolts – at that time, with Turkish borders closed by the Second provide one tonne per hour capacity – Cetin produces 8.8, 10.9 and 12.9
World War, almost as precious as gold. In 1965 the business passed grade bolts. The company has electrolytic zinc and hot dipped galvanising
to the next generation. In 1976 Cetin moved to Istanbul and started plants. An automatic packing line is used for volume runs but hand
producing about 35 tonnes of fasteners a month on five machines. In packing is still used extensively, with galvanised bolt, nut, washer sets
1985 a newly graduated Mustafa Tecdelioğlu joined his father. Preferring also hand assembled. Two Sems thread rollers are used to assemble self-
marketing to production he developed the trading business that now drilling screws with neoprene washers for construction applications.
supplies over 2,000 live accounts across Turkey from a 15,000 pallet Cetin is a robust business, astutely and pragmatically managed,
space warehouse. Currently the company holds which through a combination of a diverse manufacturing capability and
stock of over 14,000 articles, one third of wide ranging trading connections commands a strong position
them produced by the Cetin factory. across many sectors of the Turkish market. In common with
In 2000 new investment was many others its expansion has been stymied by the
injected into the production downturn. Plans to relocate the production operation
business allowing it to to a new 25,000 square metre site and to build a
increase output five fold. new 10,000 square metre warehouse have been
Today all production stages postponed until the market stabilises.
are carried out in house, No doubt, though, that Cetin Civata will
from phosphating and continue to battle for position at the top of
annealing through forming Turkey’s premier league of fastener companies.
and heat treatment, to
plating and packing. Cetin
manufactures screws and
bolts from 2mm to 22mm
diameter, on equipment
ranging from three six-die
parts formers to one-die two-
blow headers for small screws. The
company does produce specials for
automotive and furniture industries but
the lion’s share of output remains in standard
fasteners. At full capacity the plant can produce 2,000 tonnes per
month, although current output is nearer 60% of this figure.
Forty-five percent of production is exported, four-fifths of it
to Germany. In both export and domestic markets Cetin supplies
a diverse set of markets, significant in helping to insulate the
business from the impact of the downturn.
“The sound of production is very important these days,” says
technical coordinator, Mahmut Darian as he leads a rapid tour of
the plant. Most of Cetin’s wire is imported from Europe. Typically the
company would hold around 3,000 tonnes of stock but the inflow of
high cost raw material was reduced before the economic crisis took firm
hold so current stock holding is considerably lower, presenting an earlier
opportunity to take advantage of falling wire costs.
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