İHİ DALGAKIRAN Turbo Compressor, which was established in February 2017 with the partnership of two powerful names in the industry, started its business life with 7 employees. Currently, it continues its growth at pace with a team of 100 people, 40 of which are engineers.
İHİ DALGAKIRAN General Manager Yakub Tüfekci who made the opening speech said the following, “We established our production line in a very challenging but lucrative 5-year period. We have activated the only Turbo compressor test center in Turkey and nearby geography. We are entitled to an award to be the first and foremost R&D Center with turbo compressor capabilities approved by Tübitak. We have completed our investments in the heat exchanger production line, dye house, welding facility and in energy mills. We have invested in our precision balance center, which is a very critical investment for our industry.”
Stating that some models of turbo compressors produced in Turkey with Japanese technology have reached a domestic rate of 70%, Yakub Tüfekci also stated that they have increased their competitive power against global competitors with the 1850kW, 2500HP TRX Series Turbo compressor, which is the largest compressor ever produced in Turkey.
Market Leader
While taking into account turbine compress that are İHİ DALHAKIRAN production; in five year period, are actively employed in mills in 16 different industries in 14 different countries. Further, our country has become the compressed air solution provider for mega plants in Europe, Africa, Russia and Europe. While talking about their market position in Turkey and in Ukraine as a market leader, Tüfekci said, ''Before the establishment of İHİ DALGAKIRAN, with the high prices set by the four importing companies, and with the intervention of the İHİ DALGAKIRAN in turbo compressor market with the complete dependency on imports, a reduction was made possible around % 50 per cent in competitors’ prices. Our country losing its position in the market from being the % 100 per cent importer of Turbo compressors to its current position by losing control of most of its imports in comparison to our exports increasing day by day. When we look at the figures associate with the foreign trade deficit, the ratio of İHİ DALGAKIRAN in closing this gap in five year period was around 70 million USD.’’
"We are Aiming to Produce 300 Units Per Year"
Kazuo Kobayashi, CEO of İHİ DALGAKIRAN; “İHİ DALGAKIRAN started its journey with the production of turbo compressors and plans to add different product groups to its portfolio. We will carry more know-how from Japan to Turkey and we will grow together. Our 2030 turnover target is over 100 million USD. We plan to produce 300 units per year for standard series and engineering series compressors and we plan all our investments in line with this target. In addition, the number of İHİ DALGAKIRAN Group employees will exceed 200. Our export rate target is 75% of our total production.”
Steven Young, Chairman and CEO of Dalgakıran Group, said, “As Vision 2030, we already have set our target to one billion dollars and while we are taking firm steps to reach this target, İHİ and DK have a special role in achieving it. These will have an important contribution and when I look at the upcoming five year period, I can say that we will cooperate more and we are just now at the beginning of a journey to mark our success. When we are ready to celebrate our 10th year anniversary in the next five year period and when we look back at our journey, we can also say that the progress we have made even behind our targets. For that reason, do not withhold your continued support. We are all part of this historical journey and surely will be the supporters of it.’’
Continuing Investments in the Field of Advanced Technology
Adnan Dalgakıran, Chairman of the Board of İHİ DALGAKIRAN and Dalgakıran Group, “I wish good luck for our country. As you know, we have difficulties in producing with high technology, and the Dalgakıran group continues to invest in the field of high technology in its work in this country. We delivered a very large factory last year. We started to operate in Diliovası, one of the largest compressor factories in Europe, in a 50,000 m2 closed area. With my brother Ayhan, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Dalgakıran, we can say that we are exhausted, focus solely on this factory, it will cost us a decade, but once we encounter a fully operational mills in a year we then surely look for another mill.'' After the awards were given to the İHİ DALGAKIRAN employees whom completed their fifth year, the award event was ended.
