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Kale Kilit: A Turkish delight for
the global locksmith market
» » KALE KILIT WAS FOUNDED BY
Sadık Ozgur who began his career in a
Tahtakale workshop; producing metal
bed frames and gas stoves. It was during a
particularly difficult period in the Turkish
economy that he was able to create the
first locally-manufactured locks. His
standard of workmanship meant that his
locks were soon in popular demand and
by 1957, the workshop had moved to a
new 1,640m2 on the Eski Londra Asfaltı
Road, Bahçelievler.
As production increased, so did the
numbers of employees and machinery,
which culminated in the
establishment of Kale Kollektif
Sirketi in 1958. At that time, the
company had also successfully
started to manufacture padlocks
and new investme nts led to even
more growth. The company
was re-named Kale Madeni
E ş ya Fabrikası in 1963, shortly
followed by the manufacturing
of Turkey’s first safe lock in 1965.
With a mission statement
revolving around customer-
focused production and service, high
standards of business ethics and
principles based on honesty, Kale Madeni
Esya Fabrikası became the first Turkish
company to export locks in 1974 thus
promoting its principles of quality and
trust guaranteed on a global basis.
Kale Kilit expanded its export markets
within a short period of time and just as
in Turkey, the company succeeded in
becoming a leading lock brand worldwide.
Faced with increasing demand, the
company moved to its current premises
measuring 35,000 m2 in Gungoren
where Kale Kilit ve Kalıp Sanayi A.S.
was established as the first integrated
technological lock factory. Here, the
company manufactured Turkey’s first
master system cylinder in 1980, followed by
the first car steering wheel locks in 1987.
Today, with more than half a century’s
worth of experience, Kale Kilit continues to
expand by accelerating its own investments
day by day, making considerable
contributions to the national economy,
and playing an important role in regional,
national and international industry. While
corporate management and a healthy
production rate is the name of the game
at Kale Kilit, there is never a compromise
on quality of product nor an impact on the
company’s dynamic structure.
Kale Kilit has become one of the world’s
most trustworthy brands due to its it
professional research and development
team, a dedicated workforce of 1,600
staff, more than 350 product lines (under
eight groups to meet all manner of
requirements), plus with a widespread
sales network that spans its home
nation and beyond, it has become the
export champion in its field for the last
decade. The business has maintained its
innovative product approach by opening
the first research and development
centre of the sector; now achieving 65%
of Turkish lock exports, with orders from
70 countries on a regular basis. Known
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as Turkey’s preferred lock brand for years
Kale Kilit is ranked in the ISO ‘First 500
Industrial Companies in Turkey’.
Çerkezköy Factory – where all products
within the body of Kale Endüstri Holding
will soon be manufactured – is on track
to become the greatest integrated lock
production facility not only in Turkey
but also in the Europe, another huge
step to strengthen the brand’s position
(and maintain the standard of its product
range) in the world market.
A rapid and consistent growth trend
has been bolstered by investments in this
factory, located in Turkey’s ‘Çerkezköy
Kapaklı Organized Industrial Zone’ where
innovation and modern technology is
right at the heart of the approx. 100,000m2
plant. 170,000 pieces of locks and 75,000
thousand pieces of cylinders can be
manufactured every day here via the latest
production methods in a effecient factory
infrastructure; increasing Kale Kilit’s
production capacity two-fold.