Clamps & Clips Specialist En Route to Further Market Expansion- Arma Fixing Systems from Turkey

Arma Fixing System was founded in Bayrampasa, Istanbul in 1980 as a molding workshop by two brothers, Mustafa Adıgüzel and Hüseyin Adıgüzel. During its first year, the company only conducted mould production. Later, the company started to manufacture sheet metal parts with the technical knowledge it gained and became a subcontractor company for IVECO. Later on, the metal clips division was established and ARMA started to serve for home appliance sector. By continuous improvement studies and attending overseas fairs, other product groups like pipe clamps, hose clamps and special metal fasteners were included into the portfolio. ARMA’s product categories now are fixing clamps, metal clips, metal fasteners, stampings, brackets, and components. The product demand comes mostly from the automotive and home appliance market.

New Manufacturing Facility in Operation

ARMA started manufacturing in its new facility spanning 7,000 m² in Hadimkoy Istanbul in January 2016 to meet the growing potential, increase market share and employment, and invest in new projects. Plant manager Mr. Murat DİKEL said, “Two new automatic production lines for clamp manufacturing were put into use. Stamping manufacturing was supported by three eccentric presses of the latest technology. The tensile strength test machine and camera controlled dimension measuring machine were set up and the X-Ray coating thickness measuring machine will be invested soon for the quality control department.” Additionally, 2 new CNC EDM Machines and a CNC Milling machine were installed to the tooling shop to increase the flexibility of part and mold production. Employment has increased from 70 to 98 employees.

Eyeing the German & U.S. Markets

ARMA’s business philosophy is to manufacture innovative products and make innovative improvements on standard fasteners according to customer needs. It particularly focuses on being a solution partner on new clamps and clip projects which have special requirements for the automotive, home appliance and other industries. “We directly serve Daimler, Ford, MAN, Otokar, Karsan, Isuzu, Turk Traktor, Arcelik, Vestel, Candy Hoover and Simfer. We have also increased the number of Tier-1 customers for the past 2 years,” said Murat DİKEL.

Currently, ARMA’s main target markets are Russia, France and England, but ARMA is still expanding its market share outwards. Murat DİKEL added, “We also want to increase our market share in Germany. Furthermore, by 2017 we have completed our project studies on the clamping business and started to serve the U.S. market. We are manufacturing special fixing clamps for one of the leading distributors in the U.S.” On the other hand, as I ask about his prospects for Turkey and the emerging countries, he explained: “In Turkey, the manufacturing volumes are growing year by year and this will affect the manufacturing economy positively. Challenges are the rising raw material costs and exchange rates.”

ARMA Will Exhibit at Germany, Mexico and Italy Fairs

This year, ARMA has attended Fastener Fair Stuttgart and plans to exhibit its product range at Expo Nacional Ferretera in Mexico. Next year, it will attend Fastener Fair Turkey, IZB Fair Wolfsburg and Fastener Fair Italy. ARMA is the right partner in the field of fastening and fixing technology for integrated solutions from development to production.

Contact: Plant Manager  Mr. Murat DİKEL   E-mail: murat.dikel@armakalip.com.tr