İsdemir is a Turkish steel producer located in Payas, Hatay Province on the Mediterranean coast. The name is a contraction of the Turkish language İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş., which means "İskenderun Iron and Steel CO". İsdemir is currently an Erdemir venture, another steel works located in Ereğli at the Black Sea coast.
Overview
Established in 1970 to produce long steel products, İskenderun Demir ve Çelik A.Ş. was incorporated into Erdemir Group on February 1, 2002. Production of flat steel began in 2008 at its İskenderun plant with the implementation of modernization and transformation investments so as to balance long and flat steel production levels in Turkey.
Products
- Wire rod 5.5 mm – 16.0 mm (for manufacturing of wire and nails, wire mesh, electrode and welding filler, bolt and nut, spring)
- Pig iron (for foundry)
- Billet 100x100 mm – 180x180 mm (for manufacturing of plain and deformed reinforcing bar, angle and profile, bulb flat)