Insight

Thanks to the quality of its products, high engineering knowledge, strong raw material stocks, and first-class reputation, Berdan Cıvata has continued its positive growth – even when taking into consideration the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years.

Berdan Cıvata has a fully integrated fastener manufacturing factory with hot-cold forging facilities, machining and roll threading facilities, heat treatment facilities, surface coating facilities, an R&D centre, as well as an ISO EN 17025 accredited test laboratory. This means Berdan can manufacture a wide range of fasteners including bolts, nuts, studbolts, anchors, plates, anchor cages, washers, couplings, etc, according to international standards (DIN, ISO, EN, ASTM, DASt-021, BS, GOST, etc), as well as special fasteners according to customised technical drawings. The product range is available in diameters starting from M16 (⅝ inches) up to M155 (6 inches) with lengths from 30mm up to 3,000mm for bolts and 18,000mm for studbolts/anchors.

“We know the critical importance of fasteners in projects, and mega projects, which is why we have always kept quality as our priority. We have worked very hard to provide consistency and reliability when it comes to our product quality and have acquired certificates and many standards for our production and the sectors we work in,” states Berdan Cıvata. “For instance, we are the first Turkish company to have EN 14399-1 and EN 15048 ‘CE’ certificates and the first to have an ISO EN/IEC 17025 accreditation certificate for our laboratory.”

Other certificates Berdan Cıvata has achieved include AD 2000 Merkblatt W0 for fasteners of pressure vessels, as well as oil and gas pipelines; DASt-021 certificate for heavy steel construction fasteners for above M39 diameters; and a certification of conformity for fasteners for nuclear power plant projects. “All of these certificates mean we can supply a complete engineering service when it comes to the fastener sector and can work alongside our clients as a solution partner with a huge knowledge and high-quality.”

Thanks to its in-house heat treatment, surface coating facilities, R&D department, and ISO EN 17025 accredited laboratory, Berdan Cıvata can guarantee the quality of its products and has been able to achieve some very positive results, especially during Covid-19. “Like most companies we thought Covid-19 would affect our business negatively. However, we weren’t faced with anything as we expected. Due to the container issues and lockdowns in other manufacturer countries during the pandemic, it caused customers to turn to alternate sources, and we had an opportunity to able to take advantage of this,” explains Berdan Cıvata. “Thanks to our well-known brand name, association with high-quality, fully integrated factory, and more than half a century of experience in the market, we attracted a lot more business during this period – from both existing and new customers. So much so that by the end of 2021 we had successfully reached our financial target plans that we had set for 2025.”

Being able to supply quality products quickly and effectively, with very little lead time, saw Berdan Cıvata attract new business from Europe, North and South America, Africa, and the Middle East. “One of the key factors was the long lead times from Asia, as well as the increasing prices. Being situated with easy road links to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, put us in a very strong position. The long lead times from Asia meant customers were happy to pay the road transportation costs as they knew they would get the products quicker.”

Another area that has proven to be an opportunity for Berdan Cıvata has been the recent anti-dumping duties on certain iron/steel fasteners from China. “Some European fastener manufacturers and wholesalers had always used Chinese fasteners manufacturers due to their low prices – thanks to low labour and raw material costs in China. At Berdan Cıvata we could not compete with these extremely low prices, however, with the introduction of the anti-dumping duties, coupled with the issues above, China has lost its price advantage. This means more European and American companies are seeing us as an alternative source.”

To ensure that it can continue to meet the increased needs of its customers, Berdan Cıvata has been investing within its infrastructure and machining capabilities. “We added a further 12,000m2 to our factory area and also increased the number of employees by 10%,” mentions Berdan Cıvata. “We have also established two new cabin system heat treatment furnaces and increased our hot dipped galvanisation line capacity by 2.5 times.”

Further investments by Berdan Cıvata include hot forging presses for its bolt and nut manufacturing facilities – where it can now manufacture bolts and nuts up to M155 (6 inches) diameters. The company has also established a new facility to produce its own forge moulds and rolling dies for threading.

“With the addition of these facilities, we are aiming to extend our special manufacturing products range – so that we can appeal to all types of threading and more customised products,” concludes Berdan Cıvata. “As a business, we are already exporting our products to 72 different countries around the world, and we are proud of and happy to be a part of mega projects as a solution partner – presenting Turkish engineering, with the inscription ‘Made in Turkey’, to the whole world.”