Er-Bakır ™

History of Er-Bakır ™

A. Nuri ERİKOĞLU had previously been hand-crafting home-purpose copper products such as boilers, braisers, trays in Denizli Kale İçi Coppersmiths' Bazaar, but had foresaw the future change in copper's area of use. With the entrepreneurial spirit he took up by commencing industrialism in the 1960s, he established ER-BAKIR in 12 March 1981, located at the Street 665 12/14 in the first industrial site of Denizli, to produce the copper wires in electric cables used almost all areas today.

Having served only as a fractional workshop in its early years, from 1983 onwards ER-BAKIR has shifted its area of investment to what it is today.

With the material, moral and knowledge support of ERİKOĞLU family, ER-BAKIR has took up an unstoppable rise which still continues today. As a result of this progress:

Our wire rod production which began in 1985 with a monthly production of 32 tons, continues today with an annual production of 200,000 tons.
Following our first step in world trade by our first export to IRAQ and IRAN in 1985, today we are exporting to 30 technologically advanced countries.
After taking into service our first wire drawing machine and the raffination department in 1986, we have opened our first Istanbul office to get closer to our clients, we have been continuing with CNWIRE in the USA as of 1998 and with CNR ROMANIA as of 2000.
Holding on to this principle, our company has been determining the needs of its customers, and has established a wire drawing machine for the first time in the year 1986. Our initial investment of four machines has been growing with our continuing investments today.
The Waste Water Treatment Plant we have established in the year 1992 has been in service without any disturbances since then.
Aware that advancement comes with systems, our company has acquired the TSE ISO En 9002 KYS Certificate in the year 1996. The ISO 9000: 2000 Certificate we have obtained in the year 2003 is still in effect.
In the year 1997 the continuous casting plant renovation project had begun, and in the year 1999 our New Continuous Casting Plant was put in service.
As a consequence of its continuous growth, ER-BAKIR has decided to produce for the automotive industry as well, and qualified for the QS 9000 TS Certificate in the year 1999. After ISO has broadened its scope, the certificate was renamed as ISO TS 16949, and in the year 2005 ER-BAKIR has qualified to use the certificate with its updated name and scope.
The total quality operations that have begun in the year 2000 by the signing of the UKH Good-Will Declaration has gained us our first success in the year 2005. An assessment by KALDER Izmir Office, ER-BAKIR was given the “Grand Quality Award” in the conglomerates category.
In the year 2002 the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certificate and OHSAS 18001 Employee Health and Work Safety Systems Certificate were acquired. These certificates are still in effect as of 2011.
In a research conducted by the American company Hewitt-IDE in 2007 covering 12,000 employees in 32 different companies, our company was placed as the fifth best company worth working for.