Mustafa Tecdelioğlu is chairman of the second largest fastener production group in Turkey, as well as the Turkish fastener manufacturers’ association (BESIAD). Even without those credentials he would be an imposing personality – with them, he has played an influential role in the development of the Turkish fastener industry.
Çetin Civata is the second largest fastener manufacturer in Turkey and a key element of the Tecde Group of Companies. Mustafa Tecdelioğlu is the third generation of his family managing the business.
The surname Tecdelioğlu simply means from Tecde, a small village in the Malatya region, 1,000km east of Istanbul. On the wall of Mustafa Tecdelioğlu’s office is a photograph of his grandfather, Abdullah, in the hardware shop he opened after the First World War. His son, Nihat, established the Çetin Civata fastener manufacturing plant at Topçular, Istanbul, in 1976 – moving to the city because of the limited industrial facilities in Tecde at the time. Mustafa, his eldest son, began working in the business in 1985, and now manages it alongside his brothers, Çetin and Abdullah. The fourth generation of the family is involved in the business and Mustafa keenly awaits the arrival of the fifth generation.
Also involved in the IT sector Tecde Group has six businesses involved in the fastener industry. Çetin Civata relocated its main factory to Çatalca, about 55km west of Istanbul city in 1996. Today, this ISO/TS 16949 accredited facility concentrates on bolt manufacturing, with half of its output exported. Its main market sectors are automotive, the white goods sector and construction. A smaller plant continues to produce at Tepecik, closer to Istanbul.
In 2012 production began at a new site in Malatya, making screws, nuts and some special parts. This plant is the focus for Tecde’s future investments and development in fastener production. Tecde has a stake in Tekno Metal Kaplama San Ve Tic Ltd, which provides coatings services to the Group. The Group also has a long-standing joint venture with Joseph Dresselhaus GmbH servicing the Turkish fastener market. Its own distribution centre, Çetin Civata Pazarlama A.Ş, services the domestic market with a comprehensive range of fastener products, both domestically produced and imported.
Çetin’s plants produce around 3,000 tonnes a month but could expand this substantially depending on the mix between standard and special parts. The directors are actively discussing a €10 million investment strategy, targeted specifically at achieving greater efficiency and automation in the Group’s fastener operations. “We may purchase a few key machines,” explains Mustafa, “but the real emphasis will be on greater productivity to better use our capacity and to improve our competiveness.”
Establishing BESIAD
Mustafa Tecdelioğlu formed BESIAD fourteen years ago. The Turkish fastener manufacturers’ association now has more than eighty members, accounting for 70% of the Turkish fastener industry. Recently re-elected, Mustafa has served as chairman from the beginning. “BESIAD is my baby,” he acknowledges while protesting, with a smile, that no one else is keen to take over his chair. He is clear, though, that the organisation must regenerate so that it can go on playing a key role in representing the interests of the Turkish fastener industry. “We are now bringing some of the younger generation onto the management board so that there is a better balance between the experienced men and the new blood. Then we can progressively move forward and ensure the continued vitality of BESIAD.”
BESIAD has unquestionably been significant during the rapid growth of the Turkish fastener industry over the last decade and, play it down as he might, Mustafa Tecdelioğlu’s personal role has been pivotal. That included driving through duties on imported fasteners to protect the domestic industry during a critical phase in its development. BESIAD also successfully campaigned for improvements in the domestic supply of high-grade cold heading wire for the fastener industry. Mustafa is vice-president of MATIL A.Ş, a test laboratory at the Istanbul Technical University, which provides cost-effective services to BESIAD members.
Mustafa Tecdelioğlu, too, played a significant role in persuading Mack Brooks Exhibitions to bring the Fastener Fair to Turkey.
The fourth edition will open on 1st March 2018 – and no better opportunity to meet the Turkish fastener industry.
Will joined Fastener + Fixing Magazine in 2007 and over the last 15 years has experienced every facet of the fastener sector - interviewing key figures within the industry and visiting leading companies and exhibitions around the globe.
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