SCHOTT solutions no. 1/2013 > Flat Glass

SCHOTT manufactures high-quality flat glasses for the home appliance industry at its Turkish sites in Çerkezköy and Bolu. The company has managed to increase its market share quite significantly and doubled its sales over the last decade. Photo: SCHOTT/A. Sell
Sustainable Growth on the Bosporus
Turkey ranks among the world’s fastest growing national economies. SCHOTT recognized the potential this booming country has to offer and established its own local flat glass production facility here 10 years ago
Christine Fuhr
Hardly any other country seems to be so internally divided between tradition and modernity as Turkey. A pristine Turkey with an agrarian character that places such high importance on customs and religion during everyday life on the one hand and, on the other, prosperous, highly industrialized centers like Istanbul, Ankara or Izmir, in which Western lifestyle and high-tech have been rapidly gaining ground since the turn-of-the-century.

Photos: SCHOTT/A. Sell

Photo: SCHOTT/A. Sell

By offering glass solutions for use in the kitchen, for instance glass cooktop panels for gas cooking appliances (left) and panes for ovens (right), SCHOTT Orim serves its local customers as well as customers in Western and Southeast Europe. Photo: SCHOTT/A. Sell
The goal is to continue its development as well because Turkey has big plans for the future. The country is hoping to become one of the ten most important nations in the world by 2023 when the Republic celebrates its 100th anniversary. SCHOTT will then be celebrating ”20 years of SCHOTT Orim.” Its Managing Director Hakan Gerdan is optimistic for the future: ”As a young and highly motivated company, we will continue to excite our customers well into the next decade by presenting them with inspiring ideas and reliable quality.” <
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