Alacakaya, as one of the strongest brands in the natural stone sector of Anatolia, that is considered the cradle of civilization, expands its product range.
Alacakaya Marble, which was established by Kemal Arslan and Cemil Yaşlı in 1984 following the exploration of Rosso Levanto in 1967, today serving to the sector with 8 active quarries. Alacakaya Marble, that has been continuously making investments with an entrepreneur and innovative spirit, introduced their new selections of ‘Premium Gray’ and ‘Love Gray’ to the market from their quarry in Karaman in 2019. Company partner İlhan Yaşlı, stating that Alacakaya aims to produce 30,000 tons of Premium Gray and 4,000 / 5,000 tons of Love Gray in 2019 said: “We are planning to give these products to our current markets. We will have a new quarry investment recently. We will add a very nice product to our product range.”
Quarries of the Company
Rosso Levanto (Elazığ) : 4 million 800 cubic meters
Verde Antico (Elazığ) : 16 million 800 cubic meters
Botticino Royal (Diyarbakır) : 15 million cubic meters
Black Pearl (Diyarbakır) : 38 million cubic meters
Cream Karaman (Karaman) : 25 million cubic meters
Premium Gray (Karaman) : 25 million cubic meters
Milan Gray (Karaman) : 15 million cubic meters
Crystal Emperador (Adıyaman) : 9 million cubic meters
Economic Hardships have Affected Production
İlhan Yaşlı, explaining that the companies have been affected by the economic hardships around the world said: “As a company, we have 480,000 square meters of production capacity including 120.000 tons of block capacity. However, due to the economic situation in the world, our current production is as low as 300.000 square meters of plate and cut to size material.”
“We are in the most prestigious projects“
Exporting to many countries of the world such as China, India, Taiwan, Italy, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, USA, Russia, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the products of Alacakaya Marble continue to decorate the most prestigious structures of the world. İlhan Yaşlı said: “We have always took part in the most prestigious projects in the world. We cooperated with very big brands. Victoria Secret, Dolce Gabbana, Star Bucks etc. . The White House in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia Galeria Hotel, Kuwait National Bank, Crystal Tower Abu Dhabi, Waldorf Astoria Dubai, Grand Tarabya Istanbul, Shangri La Hotel Istanbul, Kaaba Saudi Arabia are some of the projects that our stones were used in Amerika.”
The Key to Success: “Innovation, entrepreneurship and strong strategy”
Yaşlı said: “When we consider the conditions of competition in global business life, we see that the businesses cannot remain the same in time. We develop ourselves more and more every day. Because we know that sustaining success is more difficult than achieving success. Crises and globalization storms can shake even the largest companies. For this, we have to pay attention to innovation. We are a company that is very open to innovation. We attach great importance to R & D activities in order to improve production quality and to produce new products and services. We employ 700 people in the season and 400 people out of the season. We are working at full speed with our employees in order to contribute to our country’s economy. Since the day we stepped into the sector, we always act with the effort to produce better quality goods. We always stand behind our products. ”
Fairs Have Lost Appeal
Yaşlı stated that Alacakaya will be participating to Italy and Verona Fairs in 2019 and Izmir Marble and Xiamen (China) Fairs in 2020. He also added that the sectoral fairs have lost their appeal against face to face meetings and visits.”
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