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business of around 50,000 units and on the B to B side or dealers/ franchisees around 70,000 units in 2017,” said Halil.
TATKO Group is among the fastest growing 100 companies in Turkey, consistently registering growth of almost 30 per cent annually from last five years. The company merged
all its business units including distribution channels, truck & off- highway business units, and its repair material & consumable business units under TATKO in November 2016. The company has been active in the retreading industry since 1954.
premises available for the new plant in the next quarter. “Once the premises are available, equipment installation will begin, and the plant is likely to be functional by March/April 2018,” he confirmed. The plant will be installed with two 24 and 20-tyre autoclaves and will initially target 1,000 tyre retreads each month. The majority of production will consist of TBR with 10 per cent light truck tyre retreads. TATKO also plans to open a new retreading facility in Izmir, Turkey’s third most important market after Istanbul and Ankara. “Izmir is a mix of all kinds of fleets, and from a B to C perspective, it is a very important region to be present in,”
300 OTR retreads each month. The company has one 7-tyre autoclave for the Orbitread process also. It retreads Michelin tyres with the Recamic system and also retreads with other brands of tread. TATKO also sells multi-brand OTR tyres, although the majority (60 per cent) are Michelin. The company sells 6,000 new OTR tyres, 4,000 OTR retreads and 2,000 OTR repairs annually and claims to control almost 25 per cent market share in the OTR sector. "We have capacity to retread 4,500 OTR yearly, and are targeting 4,000 units of production in 2017," he said. The company has a team of 40 people to provide breakdown services at 10
Lastiksan to Foray into Tread Production and Double TBR Retreads
Istanbul based Lastiksan first forayed into TBR retreading in 2013 and is now planning an expansion process that will see production doubled as well as the commencement of OTR retreading and the production of tread by 2019. The move involves the installation of additional autoclaves for TBR and OTR.
“Currently, we have one 25-tyre autoclave, and we are adding one 20-tyre chamber in October. We will add another combo autoclave that can retread 4 OTR tyres or 24 TBR tyres next year,” informed 􏰀smail Subasi, Marketing Manager,
Lastiksan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Şirketi.
The plant, which retreads about 1,500 tyres each month, is based at Gebze, which is a district in Kocaeli Province, situated about 30 miles southeast of Istanbul. “The objective is to double the TBR production and introduce OTR retreading, as currently we outsource OTR retreading. Once we have the capability, we get them retreaded here,” claimed 􏰀smail. Currently, the company gets around 40 OTR tyres retreaded from outside and could achieve OTR volumes of in between 50-60 tyres
Halil İbrahim Acikgöz, Director (Commercial Tires), TATKO Lastik San.ve Tic.
İsmail Subasi, Marketing Manager, Lastiksan Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi
explained Halil.
The proposed Izmir plant will offer a complete package of new tyres, retread service, software support etc. It will be installed with one 20- tyre autoclave with initial production pegged at around 500 truck tyres per month. “It is a functional plant and we will acquire it early next year with a view to getting it operational by the middle of 2018.”
Currently, TATKO’s two plants produce about 2,500 TBR and 250-
different locations in Istanbul. TATKO also offers a service package ‘TATPRO’ that provides new tyres, retread and software and serves almost 10,000 vehicles in Turkey. In order to consolidate its new tyre business, TATKO also formed a retail network called Lastik Park in 2010, which has 400 tyre shops as its franchisees spread all over Turkey. This network regularly source tyres, wheel servicing equipment and consumables. “We are targeting B to C sales in the fleet
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