Originally established as a tooling shop in 1980, ARMA is a manufacturer of metal stamping parts and brackets for automotive OEMs. Through continuous improvement it has developed its portfolio to include pipe clamps, hose clamps and special metal fasteners, which it promotes at international fairs.
To meet growing potential and to further increase its market share, ARMA Fixing Systems started manufacturing at a new facility in Hadimkoy, Istanbul at the beginning of 2016. This increased its enclosed production area from 1,500m2 to 7,000m2.
ARMA supports it customers with innovative design and manufacturing solutions through a flexible production line and responsive delivery. ARMA products include DIN standard fixing clamps, hose clamps, tube clamps, exhaust clamps and heavy-duty clamps, rubber lined clamps, special spring clips, screw clips and U clips, cage nuts, and U-type metric clips. These products are used in automotive, home appliance, agriculture, marine, construction, machinery, fluid systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, petrochemicals, air conditioning, generator and radiator industry applications.
In addition, the company can manufacture custom work products – supported by qualified staff, a well equipped tooling department, and bespoke automatic forming machines designed in-house. This all ensures a competitive service.
The main market for ARMA is Europe, with the company also starting to serve the United States market this year. Exports account for 40% of sales and the company is looking to develop in the UK, France, Russia, as well as North and South America.
“The main opportunities for us are to provide the designing and manufacturing of special metal fixing parts in a short period of time and to have a continuously improving quality system that automotive and home appliance OEMs require,” explains ARMA. “One of the main targets of our company is to produce innovative products and to find bespoke solutions for our customer needs. Our R&D and engineering departments always study with this aim and look to support our customer projects by creating productive developments.”
“The Turkish automotive and home appliance manufacturing volumes are growing year-by-year and this will impact the manufacturing economy positively. There are obviously challenges with fluctuations in raw material costs and exchange rates, but at ARMA we will continue to focus on having flexible production lines and giving great importance to quality systems. We will also look to prioritise the automation of our manufacturing sites and look to improve the quality of our products by adapting automation systems to our key processes.”
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