TPi September 2019

In parallel to production we continue our sales and marketing activities worldwide. We realised our first sales within Turkey and also to some major customers in Europe. As we are planning to export 70 to 80 per cent of our production, we are giving utmost importance to international exhibitions. We participated in six international exhibitions in 2018 and this year we have already participated at SteelFab in Dubai and Tube Russia in Moscow. In the second half of 2019 we will be also participating at EMO 2019, Hanover, Tube Southeast Asia in Bangkok, Thailand and FABTECH, Chicago, USA. Azak Tool Technologies Inc A company overview Azak Tool Technologies Inc was established in 2018 by Ağır Haddecilik Inc and is the first company in Turkey to produce HSS circular saws. Its products will be produced using the latest technology and using fully automated systems. The company uses its own heat treatment plant and PVD coating process, which improves quality and cutting performance of HSS circular saw blades. It has made the necessary investment to carry out all the processes involved in producing the blades at its own facility. In addition, the plant has an advanced quality control laboratory to control all processes and tests of the blades scientifically. Azak Tool Technologies Inc is to reveal its first products to the market in 2019, offering HSS circular saw blades and also hardened discs, coated discs and uncoated discs. Azak attaches great importance to education of its staff and technological investments in order to provide higher production efficiency for its customers. This results in skilled technical staff with technological flair using the latest equipment.

Together with sales and marketing activities we are also trying to build our worldwide network with the right partners, who will promote the Azak brand to first place in the cutting tool market. Currently our talks and negotiations are going on with the major players in the market.

What are your short-, mid- and long-term targets?

We are aiming to produce a complete cutting tools portfolio within five years. In the mid-term we also plan to complete our worldwide presence and network by choosing the right and reliable partners. Within this period we also aim to further develop our product quality. Besides sales, we would also like to improve our technical support and quality in the after-sales side, via a certified sharpeners concept. To enable this we are aiming to establish and nominate Azak-certified sharpeners worldwide.

Azak Tool Technologies Inc – Turkey sales@azaktool.com www.azaktool.com

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