We talked with Setasis Group founder Ayhan Özdemir and Board Member Alperen Baktemen about the activities of Setasis Group and developments in the sector.
Can you tell us about the foundation story and activities of Setasis?
It was established in 1992 by Ayhan Özdemir under the name of IMEGUISA K METAL to carry out activities related to industrial plant manufacturing and assembly and merged the companies in 2001 under the roof with the current name SETASİS GROUP. Currently, there are 6 different companies operating under the group and these companies have production facilities and contact offices in different regions (7 different countries).
For this purpose;
• Industrial Plant Design
• Steel Construction Structures
• Mechanical & Piping
• Electricity & Automation (Industrial)
• Process Field Instruments (Sales, design, technical service)
• Solar and Wind Energy Systems
• Industrial Storage (shelf) and Transport Systems (metal packaging)
• Infrastructure & Superstructure Construction Works
• Architecture and Engineering Service (Construction)
• Project Based Furniture & Decoration
We operate both at home and abroad with our companies operating in different fields such as construction, steel, architecture, import-export, and engineering. We carry out many simultaneous projects at home and abroad. We offer services to companies that are the largest in the world in their field.
Which companies are under the Setasis Group and what are their fields of activity?
As Setasis, our aim is to provide professional service within the entire project by giving full support within the scope of our expertise in every project we receive on turnkey basis. In this direction, Setasis carries out its activities in two separate structures as “Manufacturing and Contracting Group” and “Marketing and Service Group”. Firms operating under these groups:
• SETASİS STEEL INDUSTRIAL PLANTS – (Turkey and Russia)
Structural Steel, Transfer Line, Conveyors, Tank – Silo – Bunker, Apron feeder, Ball Mill, Vertical Mill, Cement Furnace, Cell Wheel, Crusher, Clamps, Separator Manufacturing and Installation
• OOO C&A GROUP STROY (Russia)
Turnkey Industrial Plant Projects (EPC)
• TLY ENGINEERING
Process Field Instruments Sales – Process Design – Technical Service (VEGA – FOXBORO by Schneider Electric), Electrical and Automation Projects, Solar Energy Systems
• SEVASA YAPI
Architecture, Engineering, Construction Renovation and Restoration
• IMEGUIS GROUP – (Spain-Portugal-Morocco-Turkey-Brazil) Metal Packaging, Logistics, Automotive Containers, Transport Systems, Storage, Industrial Furniture, Industrial Racks, Industrial Containers
• BUSINESS CONCEPT
Import Export
• NSM FURNITURE
Project Based Furniture – Decoration – Wood
Can you give information about your production facilities?
SETASİS STEEL INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
As Setasis Group, with the decision we made in September 2018, we have added the entire staff to Setasis Çelik by purchasing the entire machine park belonging to CB Industrial Company with the aim of growing more confidently in the structural steel industry, which has been growing rapidly every day. Today, we have a facility built on Bursa Nilüfer Alaaddinbey Street, on a closed area of 3,000 m² and an open area of 5,000 m², on a total area of 8,000 m². It continues its activities in this facility with an average monthly processing capacity of 1,000 tons of steel.
IMEGUISA GROUP
Our Spanish partner company, which produces on pioneering logistics and storage systems in the promotion of screw-free shelving system, has a total of 6 production facilities in 4 different countries, 1 in Morocco and 2 in Spain and Portugal.
NSM FURNITURE
Our production facility performs project-based wood and furniture works in Bursa Yunuselni. We provide wood and furniture production for administrative building in the construction industry or industrial facilities etc. through this company.
Can you give information about your important and ongoing projects in recent years?
We have taken part in over 80 projects in Turkey and more than 100 projects overseas until today. Some of the projects we have recently completed;
• Coşkunöz Elabuga Facilities Russia – Scrap transfer lines, mechanical,
electrical and automation works
• Oyak Renault Bursa Factory – PO Building construction and structural steel works
• Eti Bakır Mazı Mountain Fertilizer Factory – Manufacturing works of carrier steels of belt conveyors in Leach Facility and BOP Areas
• Eti Maden Kırka Boron Management Directorate – (Öztaş) – Band roads, galleries structural steel fabrication and assembly, silo fabrication and assembly, crusher fabrication and assembly, pentahydrate plant product silos, filter building, solving chutes building, decanter building, pusher building structural steel fabrication and assemblies
• Samara Federova Center – Structural steel, mechanical, electrical and automation works (installation amount 30.000 ton)
Some of our ongoing projects are;
• Eti Maden Kırka Boron Management Directorate – (Tca Engineering) – Solid Waste Transmission Plant Project structural steel and mechanical manufacturing
• Çimtaş Pipe – General Electric (GE) – Mexico Power Plant structural steel and mechanical manufacturing
You mentioned that you were established to engage in industrial plant manufacturing and installation. How do you position yourself in this industry?
We owe our success to date to our staff working with our experienced and equipped founders having sectoral knowledge. In addition, as Setasis Group, we establish trust and communication-based relationships with our customers. We have technical equipment and knowledge that can produce solutions at any point. With the international organization that can keep pace with changing market conditions, we believe that we are the solution partner for all kinds of needs of our customers and we make a difference with the technical support we provide after service.
How were you affected by the economic situation in Turkey in 2019?
As in every sector, the economic situation we are in has affected us and our industry. It is not possible to say that 2019 was very good overall. The situation of Turkey in general is economically not very good due to the absence of foreign capital and trust. For the development of the economy, foreign capital, that is, money must come. Money also comes to the environment where it feels safe. First of all, we should provide this environment and make our future plans accordingly.
What kind of studies do you carry on in terms of quality, occupational health and safety? What documents do you have?
Setasis Steel has adopted the principle of using innovations in information and communication technologies, products and production in accordance with the relevant standards, technical specifications, administrative and legislative requirements, and the requirements of the construction technique and art. While doing all these; aims to become leader, open to development, develop its innovative identity and to maintain the SETASİS GROUP difference in national and international competition. Accordingly, it has the capability to complete the contracts in accordance with the relevant management systems and standards.
• TSE, Turkish Standards Institute
• ASME Chapter VII, American Mechanical Engineers Corporation Pressure Vessels Standards
• ASME Part IX, American Mechanical Engineers Welding Standards
• ASTM, American Testing Materials Authority API, American Petroleum Institute
• DIN, German Standards Institute
• BS, British Standards Institute
• GOST, Russian Federation Standards Institute
• JIS, Japanese Standards Institute
Quality is one of the important issues we focus on on occupational health and safety. In this context, our company has EN ISO 3834-2: 2005, ISO 9001: 2005, ISO 14001: 2015 quality certificates and provides regular internal audits.
When you look at the sector in general, why should companies work with Setasis Group? What are the main features that set you apart from your competitors?
We are basically a company that has principles and works accordingly. We work within the framework of these principles so that companies working with us do not have problems. We do not say yes to every company that comes before us or prefers us. We attribute this success to the jobs we do not take as much as the work we receive. We do not take any projects that we think will harm us and our business. We are trying to do business with companies that have a certain character, who can stay connected to what is written in the contract. This is very important to us.