Gedik Welding About

COMPANY PROFILE

GEDIK WELDING; which was founded in 1963 in Turkey; has already become an outstanding global producer-exporter of welding consumables and welding equipments besides being one of the most important affiliates of GEDIK Holding.

We, GEDIK WELDING, produce numerous types of welding wires, welding electrodes and welding power sources at our facilities on an area of 70.000 m² in Istanbul; namely our international brands GeKa and GeKaTek for consumables and GEDIK Welding for welding power sources.

In addition to these facilities, we laid the foundation of a construction on an area of 267.500 m² in Hendek, Sakarya, Turkey in 2008, with the aim of actualizing prospective joint-projects of our company and the company GEDIK CASTING and VALVE, which is another member of GEDIK Holding.

Our production capacities in 2009 are as follows.

· 35.000 tons/year of Arc Welding Stick Electrodes (Rutile, Basic, Cellulose electrodes, Hardfacing electrodes, Cast Iron electrodes, Stainless Steel and Special-purpose electrodes, Non-ferrous electrodes)

· 40.000 tons/year of Gas-shielded Arc Welding (MIG/MAG, TIG) Wires

· 10.000 tons/year of Submerged Arc Welding Wires

· 5.000 tons/year of Flux-cored Arc Welding Wires

· 10.000 units/year of Welding Power Sources (MIG/MAG and TIG Welding Machines, Welding Rectifiers, Inverter-type Welding Machines, SAW Machines)

We are the supplier of a large number of high-quality welding power sources in Turkey. Our welding power sources’ advantages are accompanied by our after-sales services and warranty covering spare-parts support.

Additionally, in accordance with our business diversification policy, we have been providing solutions for robotic welding systems since 2008.

Having been exporting to more than 70 countries all over the world, we are always able to send overseas shipments of tailor-made products, and to provide special packaging alternatives upon customer requests.

We allocate our resources to R&D studies, which successfully turn into significant innovations in the sector.

In our fully-equipped laboratories, all materials we use in production are tested during both processing and final-controlling; and, all of these operations are closely followed and continually monitored according to the Quality Management System ISO 9001-2000.

As part of social responsibility projects, we established GEDIK EDUCATION FOUNDATION ( GEV ) in collaboration with other local and international institutions in 1994. In 2008, GEV became the Turkey Responsible Member of The “International Institute of Welding ( IIW )”, and was authorized to organize Academic Education Programs for International Welding Engineering (IWE). With the purpose of training countrywide as many welding technicians, welding specialists, and welders as possible; GEV provides both theoretical and practical training courses at all levels in the field of welding in general. There is a sign of GEV in various social responsibility projects in Turkey.

GEDIK HOLDING proves its significance worldwide with its premium products in all the fields in which it operates.

OUR MISSION

To be an organization, which

* effectively utilizes the resources.

* takes it as a goal to accomplish the principles of employees’ participation and customer orientation.

* supplies superior-quality products and services in the welding sector.

* is environmentally-conscious.

OUR VISION

GEDIK WELDING is pursuing its 21^st century vision of becoming a true global welding solutions leader that can please its customers throughout the world by means of its innovative welding products and services. To this end, we seek to secure three core capabilities: product leadership, market leadership, and people-centered leadership. This is an ambitious vision which will be achieved through the commitment and participation of every employee within the Gedik Group. Our sense of responsibility, integrity and respect being the core values; we aspire to be the supplier of choice, by offering premium products and services, backed up with unrivalled service packages.