1. Mill 2000

MMK is building a new production facility to benefit from growing demand for high-strength steels, and to substitute imports of high-quality automotive plate.

The facility will use cutting edge technologies to produce high quality cold-rolled and galvanized products for use in internal and external car parts as well as for white goods and the construction industry. The facility is expected to have a capacity of 2 million tonnes of finished products per year, including 700,000 tonnes of galvanized steel.

The first stage of Mill 2000, including a continuous pickling line coupled with a tandem mill, was commissioned on July 15, 2011.

The facility is currently in the process of ramping up to full production capacity. In 2011, the mill produced 370 thousand tonnes of cold-rolled product. The mill continues to supply carmakers.

The second stage of the complex, which will include a continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit, a continuous annealing unit and a coil inspection unit, is to be commissioned in July 2012.

The Mill 2000 complex was supplied by the German metallurgy machinery company SMS-DEMAG.

2. ???-Metalurji

In order to strengthen its footprint in Middle Eastern markets, MMK constructed the MMK Metalurji steel production complex in Turkey.
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The continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit at the MMK Metalurji Istanbul site was commissioned on July 15, 2011. This marks completion of construction of the MMK Metalurji metallurgy complex, which is located at two sites: in Iskenderun and Istanbul. Construction of the Iskenderun facility was completed in May 2011.

The annual production capacity of MMK Metalurji is 2.3 million tonnes of finished steel products: hot rolled coils, galvanized coils and color coated coils.

The advanced production technology installed at MMK Metalurji makes the plant one of the most advanced in Turkey. This new facility will meet growing Turkish demand for a range of metal products and enable MMK to export products to the Middle East, Mediterranean region and Europe.