Turkey’s steel industry continues to demonstrate resilience despite market volatility, with exports and ongoing investments in efficiency, digitalization, and green transformation emerging as central pillars of competitiveness. Colakoglu Metalurji highlights these areas as essential for sustaining the sector’s global position.
Colakoglu Metalurji, ranked 14th among Turkey’s top 500 industrial enterprises and exporting to more than 150 countries, operates two facilities in Dilovasi with annual capacities of 4.5 mln tons of HRC and 1 mln tons of construction steel.
The company supplies both semi-finished and finished steel to key sectors, including automotive, machinery, construction, oil and gas, and agricultural equipment, and is active in over 35 markets across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America.
Sales and Marketing Director Gokhan Erdem said the company’s long-term strategy is anchored in sustainability, with plans to reduce emissions by 55pct by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. These efforts are supported by accelerated digitalization initiatives and a goal to increase the share of female employees to 25pct by 2030. Erdem added that recent demand pressures and stronger competition from Asian suppliers have prompted Turkish steel producers to intensify modernization efforts.
For Colakoglu Metalurji, this includes advancing efficiency projects, expanding capacity, scaling up renewable-energy-based production, and investing in new technologies, moves that align with global industry trends and regulatory shifts such as the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, which continue to push the sector toward lower-carbon, higher-value steelmaking.
