Established in 2002, CSM Metalurji is a machinery, lines and equipment manufacturer for the steel wire industry. Based in Istanbul, the company’s major work areas are wire drawing, galvanizing, patenting and phosphate coating processes. CSM Metalurji is not only a manufacturing company, but also serves as an engineering company by designing and producing the most suitable machine equipment and process equipment for the steel wire industry. The company is set to establish a new factory near Istanbul which will be triple the size of the current factory and is expected to be operational around the beginning of next year. In a recent interaction with Wire & Cable India, Mr. İnanç HÜRTÜRK, Deputy General Manager, CSM Metalurji, shared about the company and its history, the manufacturing facility, equipment involved and product portfolio and the USP of CSM Metalurji.
Wire & Cable India: Please give us a brief overview of your company, along with its history.
İnanç HÜRTÜRK: CSM Metalurji is a manufacturing company for the machinery, equipment, and lines of all grades of steel wires, for the steel wire industry. Our company was established in Istanbul in 2002 as a product of an experience of more than 30 years in the fields of process and manufacturing engineering in the iron and steel industry. CSM Metalurji caters to customers who want to produce steel wires and products, design high efficiency plants and provide services at all stages from production to installation and commissioning of the products to marketing of the products. We are not only a machine manufacturer, but our engineers also design and produce the most suitable machines and process equipment for the steel wire industry with its extensive process experience, making us an engineering company as well. So everything is planned and designed in-house. And we try to use the best equipment from major brands like ABB and Siemens. Even after the commissioning of our equipment, we continue providing consultancy services for customers to get ideal working conditions.
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WCI: Can you shed light on your manufacturing setup, equipment involved, and product portfolio?
İH: All our production takes place in-house, in our factory in Istanbul. Our current factory is spread over an area of about 5,000 sq m. However, we will soon set up a new factory near Istanbul which will be almost three times bigger than the current factory and is expected to be operational around the beginning of next year. All of our manufacturing equipment that we use in our workshops consists of CNC machines. Our product portfolio covers dry drawing machines, wet drawing machines, annealing, patenting and hot dip galvanizing lines, chemical and mechanical cleaning equipment, tubular stranders and supporting equipment like zinc wiping systems, waxing units, wire pointers, uncoiling and coiling equipment, spooling, etc.
WCI: Could you shed some light on the product portfolio and major clientele?
İH: Steel wire drawing, galvanizing, annealing, patenting and phosphate coating processes are the most ambitious areas of CSM Metalurji. Our product portfolio with regard to the wires and cables segment comprises mechanical descaling, chemical descaling, dry drawing lines of all diameters starting from 0.7 mm up to 14 mm and ranging from low carbon, medium carbon to high carbon, accessories regarding the drawing lines, hot dip galvanizing lines with zinc coating ranging from heavy, low and custom/commodity coating. We also have a specially designed computer controlled wiping system for heavy coatings, which is fully automatic and controlled with very tight tolerances. Controlling the weight of zinc coating is very important because zinc is an expensive material. Additionally, we have annealing lines for batch annealing or inline annealing, along with tubular stranders, pointers, and others. We’ve been in the market for over 20 years. We have supplied machinery and lines to Europe, Russia, the Middle East, the Balkans and Turkey, and are now aiming towards the American markets.
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WCI: What is the USP of your company? Why should any buyer buy your machinery as compared to your peers?
İH: The steel wire business is a very competitive market. So the machines or the equipment that you use should be cost effective, efficient. Our biggest advantage is that we can produce at high speeds with high efficiencies. For the galvanizing lines, we have about 95% operational efficiency. In terms of energy and other consumables, our lines are very cost efficient. For the wire drawing machinery, it depends on the customer’s capabilities, but the machines can work at 85% with drawing speeds up to 36 meters/second. Being aware of our responsibilities for our children and for the next generations, all our equipment is environment-friendly. Moreover, the entire CSM team comes from the wire production industry, allowing them to have an in-depth know-how of the entire wire production procedure, including the problems faced in wire production and coating as well as their solutions. This is a huge advantage as we can provide better help to our customers in their operations through our highly experienced team.
