Kurtz & Korkmaz: Joint trade fair presentation in Istanbul
ANKIROS 2022 finally back in Istanbul
ANKIROS offers the gateway to the foundry world in Eurasia. Together with its partner Korkmaz Celik, Kurtz Casting Solutions traveled to Turkey. A journey that was worthwhile: The Kurtz low pressure technology wowed the trade fair audience.
At the beginning of October, the time had finally come again: ANKIROS, one of the world´s most important events for the foundry industry, could take place after a forced break of four years. Kurtz Casting Solutions also took the opportunity to meet long-time business partners after a long absence and to establish new contacts in Istanbul. Especially in challenging times with economically and politically volatile framework conditions, proven partnerships and reliability pay off particularly well, which must be maintained and further expanded.
Kurtz Casting Solutions and its representative Korkmaz Celik have been successfully serving the Turkish market for five years. Over the three days of the fair, the joint booth was consistently well attended, and many interesting discussions were held. Kurtz noted particularly great interest in the area of wheel production in low pressure casting. Due to the well-known reference projects already realized by Kurtz Casting Solutions in Turkey, many interested parties also came from the automotive sector – as well as some customer foundries with special requirements for Kurtz machines for a flexible production of smaller castings such as door handles.
Largest casting metallurgy event in Eurasia
In total, the ANKIROS/TURKCAST combined trade fair was able to count almost 19,00 visitors and over 1,000 exhibitors this time, making it the largest casting metallurgy event in Eurasia. The concrete projects discussed at the ANKIROS booth certainly give hope that some will also become concrete orders. “There is currently a lot happening in the Turkish market and we are convinced that we can get a piece of the pie,” said Lothar Hartmann, General Manager Casting Solutions, at the end of the three days at the fair. He traveled to Turkey again directly two weeks after the trade show to intensify project discussions with customers on site.