Kale Group
organization in Turkey
Kale Group (Turkish: Kale Grubu) is a Turkish industrial conglomerate with headquarters in Istanbul. Established in 1956, the company's primary activities are in the ceramics, building chemicals, logistics, defense and aviation industries as of 2015.
History
The company was founded by İbrahim Bodur (1928–2016) in 1956 to produce ceramics. In later years, the company entered in metal tools industry in 1969, chemical products industry in 1975, equipment trading in 1978, hardware, machinery and power tools trading, and defense industry. It has many more smaller companies, especially in service sector.
The holding company's headquarters is located in a building located on the Büyükdere Avenue in Levent neighborhood of Beşiktaş district at Istanbul. The company has been chaired by CEO is Zeynep Bodur Okyay (born 1964) since 2007, the daughter of the founder İbrahim Bodur.
Sub-companies
Ceramics Industry
The first company of the Group was established as "Çanakkale Seramik Fabrikaları A.Ş." ("Çanakkale Ceramic Factories Inc.", in 1956. The plant to produce ceramic floor tiles was built in Çanakkale in 1957. The company united in 2000 with "Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi A.Ş." under the roof "Kaleseramik Çanakkale Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi A.Ş".
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