Innovative, pioneer, and leader company established in 1985 for the on-board equipment sector in Turkey, with an experience over 25 years. The company has a wide product range in the sector, producing nearly 30 types of vehicles, all of which are quality certified, including fire trucks, canal jetting trucks, recovery trucks, water and fuel tankers, tanker trailers, hydraulic packer garbage trucks, cesspit emptier and garbage semi trailer, hydraulic garbage trucks, mobile workshops, articulated platforms, tippers, tipper trailer, cement cyclo trailers, cargo body with crane, cranes, low-bed trailer, sliding platforms, cabling trucks, cable traction trucks, and hook lifts. Produces civil disturbance intervention trucks (TOMA) with its production capability based on advanced technology.
High added value products, such as airport fire truck, high ladder fire trucks, snow shoveling trucks, salting trucks, armoring and LPG tanker, are among the product sections that Katmerciler will focus on more in the near future.
Very strong Project and R&D Departments provide significant competitive advantage. Thanks to its wide design portfolio, the company has the ability to design and manufacture on vehicles of various brands and types very rapidly in the sector where each order may require a new design. The company looms large with its flexible manufacturing capability and ability to respond promptly.
Services are provided to various public organizations as well as domestic and foreign private sector companies active in service areas such as construction and logistics. The company works with the giants in the world automotive market, such as Ford, BMC, Hyundai, Isuzu, Iveco, MAN, Mercedes, Mitsubishi, Renault, Scania, Volvo.
Production is made at the 12 thousand m2 closed area facility on an area of 31 thousand 500 m2 in İzmir Atatürk Organized Industrial Zone. Although the product range is wide, manufacture is carried out under single roof and in turn-key system.
Significant contribution is made to the national economy and employment, either directly or indirectly, with 320 employees.
Largest exporter in the sector. Vehicles bearing Katmerciler brand are on roads of more than 40 countries. Many countries with many different features, from Japan to Egypt, France to Nigeria, India to Algeria, Germany to Qatar and Thailand, are included in the export network of Katmerciler which started exporting to Japan in 1998.
Shares are traded in the IMKB as a public company starting from November 2010. Single representative of the sector in the stock market. Also the third on-board equipment manufacturer after US and Australian companies in the world, whose shares are traded in the stock markets. An open and transparent company, acting in every step with the awareness of its responsibilities towards thousands of investors and managed with an corporate citizenship understanding.
With its powerful exporter role, endeavors to represent Turkey in the World and its sector in the market as a public company.
Distinguished with after-sales services the company is renowned to produce based on advance technology with an innovative approach, taking quality and customer satisfaction as basis in all processes, working with an understanding of never compromising quality.
A new company, GimKat On-Board Equipment, which has its management and production center at İzmir, is established on 50-50 shares with French Gimaex International, a leading company in Europe for firefighting equipment production, based on its international development and growth vision. GimKat, which will provide employment opportunities to 100 individuals in the beginning, will produce high added value fire fighting vehicles and equipment, heavily for foreign markets.
Under the light of recent data, it is the 85th largest company in the Aegean Region, based on the results of survey carried out by Aegean Region Chamber of Industry. Claims 40th rank in 100 taxpayers paying the highest amount of Corporate Tax in İzmir. Claims rank number 439 in the second 500 Companies of ISO.
The company was honored with the "Platinum Award" in the "Machine Tools and Equipment" sector in the contest organized annually by League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) to determine "Best Activity Reports", with its first activity report after public offering, i.e. "Activity Report 2010."
Based on its pioneer and innovative approach, Katmerciler anticipates expanding its product range with new products by transferring opportunities of advance technology into its production processes at the highest level, to increase its product and service quality, and to strengthen its domestic position as well as its position in the countries where products are exported.
The target is to make Katmerciler more powerful, effective, and reputable brand in the international on-board equipment by 2015.