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A Turkish

Brand Of

Elevators:

Founded under the auspices of the Ministry
of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate
Change in an effort to promote the ‘Vision
of National Technological Maneuver’ under
the leadership of President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan, Emlak Konut Asansor (EKA) has
made an indelible impression on the whole
industry over the past 3 years.

Sharing the images of the to the Turkish economy based only domestic and national but highly professional in the eleva- Offering details about the ac-
zero-waste factory that runs on on the principles of ecological also runs on renewable energy tor business: tions taken in the aftermath of
renewable energy, Minister of sustainability and low carbon in tune with the principle of zero the earthquake with the epi-
Environment, Urbanization, and footprint. Elevators designed by waste: “Great things come out We have set things in motion for center being Kahramanmaraş,
Climate Change Murat Kurum the factory are tested for safety in of the combination of state-of- the first high-speed (6 meters a Mr. Bayraktar said: “EKA put
said this is where the very first a 42-meter-high tower. the-art technology, experience, second) in Türkiye. Our R&D a brake on exports for a while
high-speed (6 meters a second) and know-how. Emlak Konut center is currently working on and attached priority to the
lift in Türkiye is being designed. Asansor now penetrates into its design. We are going to per- production of containers and
Minister Kurum Shares the global markets as the first form the tests as soon as possible elevators for the earthquake-hit
Emlak Konut Asansor was Images of the Plant domestic elevator factory in and proceed with the certifica- towns, considering the urgency
founded in Konya back in Febru- Türkiye. We have kicked off tion and production phases. As a of meeting the needs of our own
ary 2021 as a subsidiary of Emlak Minister of Environment, actions to roll out the very first domestic and national initiative, people with all of its might. EKA
Konut GYO under the auspices Urbanization, and Climate high-speed elevator in Türkiye, we intend to grow into a global did its part along with other
of the Ministry of Environment, Change Murat Kurum shared in line with the objective of brand that competes against ministerial subsidiaries, includ-
Urbanization, and Climate some images of the EKA factory 100-percent domestic production the major players of the global ing Emlak Konut GYO, TOKI,
Change. Having kicked off oper- in Konya and its production line for construction.” market thanks to the outstand- and EPP. We take concerted
ations as part of the ‘Technolo- on his social media. ing quality of our products and actions. We delivered hundreds
gy-Driven Industrial Maneuver’ services. of elevators to those towns fol-
under the objective of Century of Minister Kurum pointed to how Things in Motion for lowing what they called Disaster
Türkiye, EKA has made a differ- the factory is not High-Speed Elevator of the Century. This makes us
ence with industry 4.0 technolo- proud”.
gy in tune with zero waste. The Hundreds of Elevators
factory adds Erdem Bayraktar, the General Delivered to the
Manager of EKA, offered in-
sight into the first high-speed Quake-Hit Towns
elevator in Türkiye after
noting that the company is

Largest R&D Centre in the Market

EKA production plant makes use of percent in 3 years.
solar energy and consumes electri- EKA has also raised the percentage of
city that it generates within the boun- youth employment, which had been
daries of its own capabilities. Being originally designated as no less than
equipped with the largest R&D center 20% by Minister Kurum, to 35 per-
in the market, Emlak Konut Asansor cent. EKA aims at ranking among the
relies on smart software and robotic world’s top 7 elevator companies, net-
systems for production. Having 75 ting an export revenue of USD 5 billi-
percent of its materials made in Tür- on in the next 10 years. The plant kic-
kiye at the inception phase, the com- ked off domestic sales in August 2022.
pany has managed to raise it to 91.46

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