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Automotive industry goes green A supplier to many automobile brands, Coşkunöz Metal Form will be a role model for the entire automotive industry with its zero waste operations through generating its own energy. Manufacturing dozens of components such as doors, hood covers and chassis that form the body of an automobile, Coşkunöz Metal Form is the supplier to many renowned automobile brands. The brand, which gives importance to issues such as going green and zero waste through production, is committed to becoming a role model for the entire industry. Informing us of many details on export and R&D studies, Barış Murat Karaadak, the GM at Coşkunöz Metal Form, underlines that Turkey is the country that the global automotive industry is in need of. Would you talk a bit about the foundation of Coşkunöz Metal Form? The foundation of Coşkunöz Holding dates back to 1950 by M. Kemal Coşkunöz, (aka, Kemal, the teacher). Today, Coşkunöz Holding’s main field of activity, the automotive supply industry, took place in the early 60s with the start of manufacturing steel profiles from sheet metal. In 1966, Coşkunöz Metal Form’s factory in Bursa was founded. Coşkunöz Metal Form, which started operations in 1968, is obviously the flagship of Coşkunöz Holding. Coşkunöz Metal Form is the supplier to many automobile brands such as Ford, Renault, Nissan, Dacia, Hyundai, Honda, Volkswagen, Mercedes Benz, Türk Traktör and Stellantis (Fiat, Peugeot and GM). On the other hand, we strive hard to becoming a reliable and strategic solution partner in the global arena. General Manager of Coşkunöz Metal Form How about your manufacturing capacity and the technology benefited? We manufacture dozens of components that make up the body of a car, like doors, hood covers, chassis, exterior and body sheet metal parts, fuel tanks, glove box cross members, rear axles, engine cradles, swinging arms, simply all parts related to chassis. Over 1,200 people are employed in our company, which has a closed area of 60000 sqm. We process 120 thousand tons of steel per year as raw material. This amount marks quite something in our sector. Coşkunöz Metal Form is one of the market leaders, manufacturing pressed sheet metal parts for the automotive industry. In the meantime, we work either directly or indirectly with almost August 2021 32
all the original automotive equipment manufacturers (OEMs), both internationally and locally. Are you planning on new investments? We have a factory construction that is solar-powered. We believe the factory will be a role model, because we want it to fully operate on solar energy, which will serve our aim to go fully green. What does it take for a factory to be categorized as ‘green’? First off, we plan to use solar energy. I’m talking about a factory that is solar-walled, with the roof covered with solar panels to generate the energy needed. We already use some technical features such as heat pump on the ground. We are determined to build a green factory by increasing the capacity of those technologies and integrating potential others that we do not have in the factory. The goal is to recycle as much energy and heat you have emitted as possible. To be able to do that, you need a design that is precisely made. If one designs products using excessive and unnecessary raw material, it not only harms the nature but also leads to the depletion of world resources. Whatever we need in nature is in abundance. We just need to do our full share of work and ask of nature for only what we need for production. There is a fast-paced change in the sector, in favor of electric vehicles. How do you think you will be keeping up? To be honest, the automotive industry undergoes a major transition in terms of production. Of course, change is inevitable, but no matter what, cars must have a body, a skeleton, and that’s what we do… We manufacture what is needed. In the meantime, different products are on our agenda, like aluminum high-strength steels, battery carriers for new-generation cars. As the use of electric vehicles is increasing, we are considering AL Battery Carrier, which will surely make a difference in our product portfolio in line with our strategies and developmental goals. We will deal more with value-added products such as chassis parts that require more assembly and labor. In that regard, we carry out our R&D studies with a team of 80 people, with a budget of approximately 4 million Euros per year. Where do you think Turkey is in terms of this very industry? Our sub-industry is really strong. We also have no issues in terms of about our all personnel. As a country, we have everything to prepare the meal, so to speak. I think we should focus more on software, because in the future, the software, which is 40% on vehicles now, seems to increase and vehicles will turn into robots. We should not miss the train. To conclude, there is a great need to our country for this sector in terms of suppliers, infrastructure, quality and workforce. Europe needs our resources. We should take advantage of the situation. You have been honored with several awards from MESS (Turkish Metal Industrialists’ Union). Can you tell us about what they were for and their R&D processes? We have been granted with 3 awards in return for our 3 R&D projects, which are ‘Human Detection Using Artificial Intelligence in Press Lines’, ‘Ceiling Crane Centering Laser Sensor’ and ‘Automatic Labelling’. Thanks to our R&D studies, we have developed a system to identify human and human limbs by using cameras supported by artificial intelligence. That’s how we ensured that the press would stop automatically for all the potential risky combinations. The other one is that we developed an automatic device, suggested by our operators, to reduce the physical load the operators had to undergo. That’s how we have managed to minimize the load for the staff doing sheet marking process. We prioritize the goal of zero error by constantly handling all the production processes in terms of occupational health and safety. 33 August 2021
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