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Isbank of Turkey was founded. |
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Laminated security glass was manufactured for the
automotive industry. |
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Glass fiber and glass bricks were manufactured. |
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The Yalıköy (Podima) Quartz Sand Company was granted an
operating license. |
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The responsibility for the establishment of the Turkish
Glass Industry was entrusted by the Great Leader Atatürk to İşbank of Turkey
through the relevant decision of the Council of Ministers. |
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The foundations of the country’s very first glass
production plant were laid in Beykoz, Paşabahçe. |
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The Paşabahçe Glass Plant yielded its first ever products
with a workforce of 400 people. |
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The
Paşabahçe Glass Plant, with a daily capacity of 25.000 bottles, was
officially registered as “Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları Anonim Sosyetesi”. |
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The Paşabahçe Glass Plant became capable of meeting the
country’s entire bottle and glassware demand by the end of the first year. |
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The
Paşabahçe Glass Plant acquired 6 single-handed bottle machines from Hanrez of
Belgium. |
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Two
Skoda brand bottle production machines were imported from Czechoslovakia for
use in the Paşabahçe Glass Plant. |
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4 IS automatic production machines were brought to the
Paşabahçe Glass Plant according to the Marshall Plan (5000 tons/year). |
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The
first ever mechanical production began in the Paşabahçe Glass Plant. |
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Two retails shops in Istanbul and one retail shop in
Ankara were opened with the aim of disseminating glassware culture and
stabilizing retail prices within the country; and Paşabahçe Ticaret Ltd. Şti.
was established. |
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Paşabahçe participated for the first time in the Izmir
International Fair. |
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The first H28 was operated in the Paşabahçe Glass Plant,
and the first bottle was exported to Cyprus. |
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The foundations of the Çayırova Glass Plant were laid. |
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Mining activities placed under the direction of the
Deputy Director for Mining within the Şişecam Group. |
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Marmara Limestone and Dolomite Enterprise was
established. |
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Paşabahçe realized its first export to the United States
of America (150.000 USD). |
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The Çayırova Glass Plant was commissioned and started to
manufacture window glass by using the “Fourcoult” system with an annual
production of 19,000 tons of flat glass. |
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The mechanical press was used for the first time in the
Paşabahçe Glass Plant. |
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The “TACAM” (Turkish-German Glass Industry) Plant was
founded with Turkish-German cooperation (Schott) with the purpose of
manufacturing neutral glass pipes and laboratory apparatus. |
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Paşabahçe participated for the first time in a national
fair (the Samsun Fair). |
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The flat glass furnace no. II (Fourcoult system) of the
Çayırova Glass Plant was commissioned. |
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“Duracam”
started to be manufactured in the Çayırova Glass Plant. |
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The foundations for the Topkapı Glass Plant were laid. |
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Teknik Cam Sanayii
started to manufacture heat-resistant glass for tableware and
laboratory apparatus. |
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Automobile
glass started to be manufactured in the Çayırova Glass Plant. |
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TACAM was acquired and renamed “TACAM – TEKNİK CAM”. |
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Anadolu Cam was established in Mersin. |
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Tacam-Teknik Cam started to manufacture “Neutral
borosilicate” glass pipes for use in medicine ampules. |
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Soda Sanayii was
established. |
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Topkapı Glass Plant started to manufacture bottles and
jars. |
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Bottle production activities in the Paşabahçe Glass Plant
were transferred to the Topkapı Plant. |
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Crystal production with 6 pots began in the Paşabahçe
Plant. |
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Camiş Makina ve Kalıp began manufacturing molds used in
the production of glass packaging and glassware as well as various machinery
and spare parts. |
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Cam Elyaf was
established with the purpose of manufacturing glass fiber and mat as well as
glass fiber reinforced materials. |
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Çayırova Glass Plant started to manufacture figured
glass. |
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Flat glass was manufactured in the Çayırova Glass Plant by
using the Pitsbourgh system. |
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Glass design activities started in Paşabahçe and selected
articles were sent to the Lisbon International Hand-Made Glass Exhibition. |
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Paşabahçe took a step forward on the issue of fairs which
were deemed to be the most effective means of publicity at the time and took
part in eight fairs by constructing special pavilions. |
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Cam Elyaf
acquired know-how from NGF of Japan, and the foundations of a
4,000-ton furnace were laid for the production of glass fibre reinforced
materials. |
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The first glass rods were manufactured by Teknik Cam. |
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Anadolu Cam
started to produce flat glass and bottles. |
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Efforts
commenced to turn Şişecam into a holding. Production operations were
separated from marketing and sales operations. Manufacturers became
incorporated companies. The marketing and wholesale activities conducted
within Şişecam were organized under the roof of Paşabahçe Ticaret Ltd. Şti. |
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Paşabahçe took part in the Frankfurt and Macef Fairs for
the first time ever. |
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Glass fiber manufactured by Cam Elyaf were used in the production of Anadol
brand cars. |
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Cam İşleme (glass processing plant) was founded to
manufacture tempered glass and mirrors. |
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The first tempered borosilicate glass was manufactured by
Teknik Cam. |
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The first tempered press products were manufactured by
Paşabahçe. |
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Anadolu Cam was incorporated into the Şişecam Group. |
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Soda Sanayii
began producing soda ash which is an essential ingredient in the
production of glass. |
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Rastaş
Reform Ambalaj San. Ve Tic. producing
all types of caps and closures for glass packaging was incorporated into the
Şişecam Group. |
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Furnace No. I of
Cam Elyaf was commisionned for the first time. |
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The first glass fibers were manufactured from E glass. |
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The Research Center was established to boost corporate
R&D efforts. |
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The first double gob press machine was commissioned in
Paşabahçe. |
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Cam Elyaf started
to manufacture glass roving. |
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Marketing and sales operations were divided functionally
on the basis of the market; Cam Pazarlama
was established as a separate sales company focusing on the
construction, food and automotive industries; Paşabahçe Ltd. became
specialized on the marketing and sales of glassware. |
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Ferro Döküm engaged in the production of iron castings
for the automobile and general machinery industry, was incorporated in the
Şişecam Group. |
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A Paşabahçe agency was opened in New York and the Company
participated for the first time ever in the Chicago Fair. |
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A license agreement for the production of float glass was
made with Pilkington. |
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A hand cutting atelier for crystal ware was established
by Paşabahçe Cam in the village of Öğümce. |
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Çayırova İnce Öğütme (fine grinding plant) was
established for the production of glass fiber raw materials. |
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The first technical know-how agreement was made by
Paşabahçe with Crown Corning / Australia. |
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Trakya Öğütme (grinding plant) was founded with the
purpose of fulfilling the dolomite and limestone demands of glass plants. |
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Trakya Glass Plant was established with the purpose of
producing uncolored float glass under the Pilkington license. |
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Bursa Otocam engaged in the production of automobile
glasses was incorporated in the Şişecam Group. |
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İstanbul
Porselen was incorporated in the
Group, Paşabahçe Tic. Ltd.. was entrusted with the marketing and sales of
porcelain householdware. |
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Kromsan (Chromium Chemicals Plant) was established. |
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Telecam (TV glass plant) was founded. |
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Cam Elyaf became engaged in its first ever exportation
efforts. |
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Safaalan
İşletmesi ve Nakliye Grubu (The establishment and transportation group) was
established for the production of sand for glass packagings and the transport
of raw materials. |
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The first “Glass Bead” was manufactured by Teknik Cam. |
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Sinop Cam was founded in Sinop with the purpose of
manufacturing hand made glass and crystal glass. |
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Sinop Cam was
commissioned. |
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Cam Elyaf started to produce polyester resin under the
SAVID SpA license. The bumpers were used in Tofaş brand cars. |
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Trakya
Cam , which is the joint stock company currently incorporating the Trakya
Plant, the Mersin Plant and the Trakya Automotive Glass Plant, was founded. |
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The Trakya Plant started to manufacture float glass. |
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Şişecam Research Center became a member of ICG
(International Glass Commission). |
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Paşabahçe
Tic. Ltd. which was accountable for the marketing of glass tableware by
wholesaling and retail assigned its responsibilities in the Paşabahçe Chain
to the newly founded Paşabahçe Perakende Satışlar Ltd. |
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The
flat glass division of Cam Pazarlama
took part in the Düsseldorf “Glasstec” fair for the first time. |
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Cam Elyaf concluded a sales agreement with Symalit AG of
Switzerland for the production of GMT. |
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400.000 liters of GRP wine tanks were produced for
“Doluca” winery. |
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The first headlamp glass was produced by Teknik Cam. |
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The first glass bead machine was commissioned in
Paşabahçe. |
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The first automatic silk screen printing machine became
operational in Paşabahçe. |
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The first footed ware production began in H28 in
Paşabahçe. |
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The first ever thick bottomed products were manufactured
in Paşabahçe. |
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Investments began to establish a second plant (Kırklareli
Cam) making use of soda glass in automatic machines. |
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Cam Elyaf started to focuson exports. |
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Production begun in Kırklareli Cam (Automatically
produced glassware). |
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Kromsan started to manufacture products used in the
leather, wood, paper and chemicals. |
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A new sand quarry at Yalıköy became operational to the
demand for “float” glass sand. |
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Natural
gas was used for the first time ever in the furnaces in plants in the
Thracian region. |
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Caminter Şişecam Internationale Handelsgesellschaft GmbH
acting as the center of Şişecam’s international relations was founded to
function as a bridge in international activities. |
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"Cam Pazarlama
was granted with the status of “Foreign Trade Capital Company”. |
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Telecam
(TV glass plant) ceased operations at
the end of the year. |
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A second furnace started to be built in Cam Elyaf with
know-how from NEG of Japan. |
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Cam Elyaf started to take part in international
specialist fairs (K85 Plastics Fair –
Düsseldorf). |
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The first “Symposium On Glass Problems” was organized. |
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Cullet Plant was founded for the purposes of cullet
collection and sorting and the voluntary recall of glass container materials. |
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Paşabahçe participated in the Izmir Fair with a pavilion
built by the Company for the first time ever. |
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Derya
Dış Ticaret was founded to
accommodate the transportation needs of the Group companies. |
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Camiş Menkul Değerler
was founded to be operational in the capital market. |
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Kromsan merged
with Soda Sanayii |
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The
first continual electric furnace for crystal production was commissioned in
Paşabahçe. |
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The “Borcam – heat resistant glassware” line became
operational in Teknik Cam with the cooperation of NEG of Japan. |
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Glass
recycling was systematized through the use of the bottle banks made of GRP. |
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The
geothermal pipes in GRP heat insulation started to use. |
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Cam
Elyaf started to manufacture trimmed glass fiber for thermoplastic resin. |
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The NNPB process was used for the first time ever in
Anadolu Cam . |
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The first “stationary glass blowing” technique was used
in Kırklareli Cam. |
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The second furnace of Cam Elyaf was commissioned. |
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SMC sheets started to be manufactured. |
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Sand
for glassware begun to be produced in the Fındıkdere quarry. |
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Camiş
Ambalaj started to manufacture high
quality offset and flexo printed paper-cardboard consumer packages,
exhibition stands and transport packaging. |
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Bottle
banks started to be used as a volunteer glass packaging waste collection
system within the framework of glass recycling activities. |
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Cam Elyaf introduced the “Mobo” modular system to the
market. |
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Cam
Elyaf manufactured direct type refuse bins from inflammable SMC for the
Istanbul Municipality. |
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The first ever “domestically-made H28 machine”
manufactured by Camiş Makina Kalıp
was commissioned in Paşabahçe. |
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Product packaging operations in Kırklareli Glass Plant
were automated for the first time ever (teacups packing by robots). |
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Mining
operations fulfilling the raw material requirements of Camiş Madencilik as well as all production companies of
Şişecam were instutitionalized. |
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The NNPB (light bottle) production technology
constituting an important milestone in the glass packaging production
technology started to be used in the Mersin Plant. |
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International Glass Ltd. was founded to deal with markets
in the Far East. |
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Kırklareli Glassware Sand Preparation Plant was
established. |
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Production
of anorganic based chrome sulphate started in the Kromsan . |
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The
industrial waste water refinery was established in the Kromsan. |
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Insulating glass, mirrors and tempered glass were
manufactured in Cam İşleme. |
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Camiş Sigorta Hizmetleri
was founded to render services in the insurance sector. |
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The second “technical know-how” agreement of the
Glassware Business was concluded with
Ishuzuka Glass of Japan. |
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The first glass robot by the Japanese firm İshuzuka was
used in the production of glassware. |
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Exportation by Cam Elyaf focused on European countries
and attained the 11.000 tons level. |
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160 kg of SMC were used in minibuses with wholly GRP
bodies. |
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In Cam Elyaf Selene – Stadio(Tables-chairs) products were
manufactured.And GRP production facilities was founded in . |
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Cam Pazarlama was
granted with a purchase-sale license for the Mersin Free Zone. |
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Öğümce Plant was closed. |
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GRP
products manufactured by Cam Elyaf started to be used by the Highways of the
Turkish Republic. |
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Kırklareli
Cam was engaged in the automatic production of stemmed glasses for the first
time. |
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The first forehearth was commissioned in Kırklareli Cam. |
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The first product barcodes were used by Kırklareli Cam. |
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Production ceased in Istanbul Porselen. |
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Camsar
Sanayi Ara Malları Pazarlama was
founded to domestically and internationally market and sell the soda ash
products and chromium chemicals manufactured by Şişecam companies. |
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Camtaş Düzcam ve Cam Ambalaj Pazarlama was founded
to domestically and internationally market and sell the flat glass and glass
packaging products manufactured by Şişecam companies. |
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The second float glass line of the Trakya Glass Plant was
installed. |
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Cam Pazarlama was
granted with an operation license for the Istanbul AHL Free Zone. |
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Cam Pazarlama was
granted with a Mersin Regional Warehouse Operating license. |
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Cam Pazarlama ’s Algerian agency was established. |
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Trakya Cam
manufactured tinted glass for the first time. |
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Trakya Otocam (Automotive Glass Plant) was founded. |
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The flat glass production activities of Anadolu Cam
ceased. |
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The second plant of Camiş Madencilik-Trakya Öğütme went
into operation. |
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Marmara
Limestone and Dolomite Enterprise started to be operated by an outside
contractor. |
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Camiş
Makina ve Kalıp received the AQAP-4 (NATO Control System Requirements for
Industry) Certificate. |
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Trakya Glass Plant was awarded with the TS-ISO 9002 KGS
Certificate. |
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Camiş Madencilik-Safaalan ve Nakliye Grubu ceased to be
operational. |
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Cullet Plant
was handed over to Topkapı Şişe Sanayii |
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Cam Elyaf took part in the K-92 Fair for the first time. |
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Production
in Sinop Cam stopped and the company was incorporated in Camtaş Düzcam ve Cam
Ambalaj Pazarlama. |
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The “Mirror and Space” competition was organized by the
Flat Glass Business. |
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The sheet glass furnace no. II was closed down in
Çayırova. |
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The first press-blowing machine was put into operation in
Paşabahçe. |
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Cam Pazarlama
obtained a Mersin Regional Workplace Renting license. |
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The first line comprising of the first H28 and BOM was
installed in Camiş Makina ve Kalıp
with the know-how of ICG, and was commissioned in PB Kırklareli Cam. |
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Camiş Ambalaj
received the TS-ISO 9001 KGS Certificate. |
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Teknik Cam obtained the TS-ISO 9002 KGS Certificate. |
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The Soda Plant received the TS-ISO 9002 KGS Certificate. |
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Production ceased at Paşabahçe’s hand made goods plant. |
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