İstikamet Döküm
İstikamet Döküm is a grey, ductile and steel foundry in Bozüyük OSB producing manhole covers, gratings, subsea cable protection and automotive castings.
About
The foundations of the İSTİKAMET brand, which is the first choice of projects in the infrastructure, agriculture, automotive, hydraulics, pump-valve, and railway industries in Turkey and the World, were laid by Hasan Hüseyin Öksüz in Konya Karatay in 1966.
The casting production journey, which began in Konya in 1966, has been continuing under the roof of "İstikamet Döküm A.Ş." with the "İSTİKAMET" brand since 1994. İstikamet Döküm sustains its position as a brand known for its quality in the grey, ductile, and polymer casting industry in the World by achieving it through its core values of being process-oriented in products and services, valuing people and labor, always prioritizing customer satisfaction, never compromising on honest and ethical earnings, managing equally and transparently, and being entrepreneurial and pioneering changes.
In addition to its Kayabaşı facilities with an area of 7500 m² and a capacity of 1200 ton/month, it continues its investments with an advanced technological infrastructure within the framework of its vision of being an integrated casting manufacturer accredited in the international market, compliant with IATF 16949 and EN 124. It put its Bilecik Bozüyük facilities, with a capacity of 5000 ton/month on a total area of 77.000 m², 45.000 m² of which is closed, into operation in 2017.
With the R&D team at its facilities, it continues to design and produce high-strength, innovative products fully compliant with international standards (EN 124, IATF 16949). Generally, it produces all kinds of Grey, Ductile, and Steel Castings for the Mining, Metallurgy, Machinery, Agriculture, Chemistry, Automotive, and Construction sectors. Especially for the Construction sector, it produces products such as gully covers, rainwater grates, strainers, clamps, bench seating, pavement barriers, wrought iron, and cable protectors.
Its export window, which it opened with the Netherlands in 2006, has expanded to 32 countries in 4 continents. In 2010, it certified its export success by entering the top 10 exporters list of İMMİB. It keeps its Quality First principle alive through a laboratory system that continuously controls every stage of production, and with its ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, BSI, TSE, TSEK, and SASO certifications.
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Products
D400 Ductile Iron Circular Manhole Cover
D400 circular ductile-iron manhole cover produced to EN 124-2 and EN GJS 500-7 for urban infrastructure and roadway use in the A15–F900 load range. Cast on Istikamet’s green-sand moulding lines and machined ready for installation.
D400 Ductile Iron Gully Grate
D400 ductile-iron square gully grate set for rainwater and surface drainage, produced to EN 124 load classes and used with the manhole-cover range. Seating faces are machined after casting.
Subsea Cable Protection System
EN GJS 450-10 ductile-iron subsea cable protection tubes, flange and J-tube adapters and clamps for offshore wind farms. Istikamet casts and CNC-machines the parts ready for assembly, targeting high ductility and corrosion resistance.
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CNC Machining of Castings
CNC machining of castings on Mazak 5-axis vertical mills, lathes and milling centres. Manhole covers through to automotive brackets are delivered machined ready for assembly under IATF 16949 and EN 124-2; the site states 31,700 machining hours per year.
Green-Sand and Machine Moulding Casting
Grey and ductile iron casting on automatic green-sand moulding lines and flask conveyors. The plant runs about 200 moulds/hour and 18 t/h melting capacity for infrastructure, automotive and machinery parts.