ANNUAL

Çimtaş Steel and Çimtaş Module
and Shipyard successfully achieved
on time completion of the
Project where in total Çimtaş has
performed:
• Fabrication of 52,000 tons
welded steel as panels.
• Formation and trial assembly of
108 tower and 113 girder blocks.
• Combination of the girder
blocks on the ground in pairs,
to form so called “Mega Blocks”
each with a size of 35 m x 50 m
x 5 m.
• Delivery of blocks to erection
site by “GMK-1”, a 4,400 DWT
dynamic positioning vessel
built by Çimtaş Module and
Shipyard.
• Execution of girder block site
welding works.
Çimtaş Steel being the leading steel
wind tower manufacturer in Turkey
set a new record in 2016 with a
fabrication of 22,000 tons of wind
towers for Nordex (Germany) and
Enercon (Germany).
Other fabrication projects of
Çimtaş Steel in year 2016:
12,000 tons of structural steel for:
• Besmaya CCPP Project / Iraq for
ENKA
• SCPX Project / Georgia for
Bechtel – ENKA JV
• Kashirskaya Multifunctional
Shopping Centre Project /
Russia for ENKA
• New York Wheel Project / USA
for Mammoet-Starneth LLC
1,500 tons of pressure vessels for:
• Saudi Aramco’s Jazan Refinery /
K.S.A. for Saipem
• Tengiz Oilfield / Kazakhstan for
TCO LLP
• West Nile Delta Project / Egypt
for Bechtel
Fabrication of the New York Wheel Project’s RIM Sections
has been started by the 2nd quarter of 2016 and
scheduled to be completed by the 3rd quarter of 2017.
In addition to RIM Sections, Çimtaş Steel has also been
awarded additional scopes of the project which are RIM
Reinforcements (temporary supports for erection) and
Transport Frames.
Çimtaş Steel has included large scale machined fabrication
into its business lines with the new milling and
machining investments in 2016.
As a result of these investments, Çimtaş Steel made an
agreement with Enercon to manufacture the first 25
sets of wind turbine rotor & stator rings which are large
welded and machined units. Following the first order
of 25 sets, the parties have been working on a plan for
manufacturing 200 sets annually in the coming years.
Çimtaş Steel has also reached an agreement with GE
for supply of exhaust frames of their heavy duty gas
turbine systems with an initial order of 5 sets including
precision welded steel fabrications with oversize
machining processes. In line with its aim to provide
integrated solutions to the customers, Çimtaş Steel will
also undertake the supply and installation of insulation
and stainless steel casing works in 2017.
Çimtaş Steel received two consecutive “Best Partner”
awards by Nordex; “Special Recognition” Award from
Tekla for the İzmit Bay Crossing Suspension Bridge and
two “Export Championship” awards by İstanbul Mineral
& Metals Exporters’ Association in 2016.
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