SCHOTT has been present in Turkey since 1988 and currently has around 700 employees at its two sites in Çerkezköy and Bolu. Regarding innovation, reliability, quality, and turnover, the company is the market leader in flat glass production in Turkey and will increase its operations.
SCHOTT Çerkezköy has collaborated with Turkey’s most prominent white goods manufacturers for two decades. The factory’s value-added glass solutions reach 40 million households worldwide, as they are exported to 14 different countries, mainly in Western and Central Europe. The factory stands out among its competitors for its exemplary work in terms of safety; the site was the first to earn a safe production certificate for its occupational safety procedures at the start of the pandemic.
“For 20 years, our Çerkezköy site, which covers around 34,000 square metres, has been an important pillar in our global flat glass business. There is also a new factory being built, which will be complementing the current production in Bolu: Once it starts operating, it will increase our capacity there by 50 percent in the next few years,” said Mesut Tahtaci, Marketing, Sales, and R&D Director of SCHOTT’s flat glass plants in Turkey.
A new factory will be starting operations in Bolu in spring 2022, with the construction and the production start of this new factory, SCHOTT will be able to increase the manufacturing volume in Bolu by 50 percent.