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Trakya Cam,   with its vision of   "To continue its leadership in Turkey  and to become the leader company in the region",  has made  its first investment  abroad  by setting up a flat glass plant at Targovishte, Bulgaria.  The float line that has started production on 18 March 2006 with a capacity of 225,000 ton/year, is the first float line in Balkans.  This  investment is also the  biggest  foreign direct greenfield investment in Bulgaria,  as well as in Balkans. In the same area,   processed glass and mirror  investments were completed at the end of 2006 and production was started.   Besides, in order to realize the export shipments of the jumbo-sized  flat glass  products from  the  Bulgarian plant,  an additional investment for a specialized   fleet  of 33  trucks  and  jumbo   trailers  has been  made. For  this  purpose,
Trakya Glass Logistics EAD was established in Bulgaria on 4 July 2006. All these operations has created employment for total of 600 people.  Furthermore tempered  and laminated auto glass plant investments which are planned  to be  activated  stage by stage  after  the end of 2008, have been initiated.  Beside  this auto glass plant, in accordance with the rapid developments in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans,  an investment decision has also  been taken for three more new plants:  coated glass plant,  laminated  glass  plant as well as a second flat glass plant.

 

In Turkey, to supply the flat glass demand that has been increasing in parallel with developments in automotive and construction sectors,  the  5th float line at  Bursa-Yenişehir  with a capacity  of 225,000 tons/year was completed at the end of April 2007.  Its furnace was fired on 30 April 2007 and the production started on 1 June 2007.

In addition to the 5th float line, the furnace of the 6th float line in the same region, with a capacity of 225,000 tons/year, was fired on 30 October 2007 and the production started on 29 November 2007.

Furthermore, with regards to energy savings and environmental protection, a technical agreement in the field of coated glass, that is one of the main solutions for heat insulation in buildings, has been signed with Interpane A.G.  In this regard, a coated glass plant next to the Yenişehir flat glass plant, having a capacity of 5 million m2 started production in the beginning of June 2007, in order to manufacture Low-E and Solar Low-E coated glasses for the new generetion high performance insulating glass units. The investments of two float lines and a coated glass line in Yenişehir region create employment for almost 320 people.

In addition to all of above,  Trakya Cam Automotive Glass Factory increased its capacity to 1.6 million vehicles/set with its expansion project which started in 2002 and was completed in 2005. Besides, the investment of  "Commercial Vehicle Glass
Line Project" was completed as of December 2005. In light of developments in automotive sector, Automotive Glass Group is continuing its investments in Turkey to develop new products and foster quality, and in addition pursues a "regional strategic development project".

Recently, the investment decision of a new flat glass plant (the 7th float line in Turkey), in the Ankara-Polatlı Industrial Zone is undertaken, under the incorporated body of "Trakya Polatlı Cam Sanayii A.Ş".

Another progress which was realized in 2007 was that Camiş Lojistik Hizmetleri ve Ticaret A.Ş. was merged under Trakya Cam in the form of a takeover so as to create an effective logistics organization and to achieve cost advantages and thus transportation operations have been included in the scope of activities.

On the other hand, steps have been taken to establish a flat glass plant in the Krasnodar Region of Russia targeting the Russian market.

 
 
 
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