MMK-Coşkunöz Alabuga Steel Service Center (SSC) established as a joint project of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Plant and Coşkunöz Alabuga companies for operating in the Republic of Tatarstan was opened with a formal ceremony on 14 May 2018, Monday.
A great number of top government officials and guests from various countries attended the opening ceremony of the center, which will provide steel service for the first time in its region, at Alabuga facility, the biggest private economy region of Russia. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnihanov, Çelyabinsk Oblast Governor Boris Dubrovskiy, “Magnitogorsk Iron-Steel Factory” Board Viktor Rashnikov, Coşkunöz Holding Board Members and General Coordinator Ahmet Erdem Acay, Ford Sollers President and Acting General Manager Adil Şirinov, and Mr. Pavel Servatinskiy on behalf of the Russian Federation’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, as well as the other officials and potential customers of leading automotive companies attended the ceremony. In the opening speech, Erdem Acay, General Coordinator of Coskunöz Holding, who thanked Tatarstan government for its supports to the center whose construction was completed in less than 1 year by Alabuga Economy Region stated that MMK-Coşkunoz –Alabuga would make important contributions for increasing career opportunities and improving competences of local people. Mr.Acay continued in this way: “I am sure that this center will bring many benefits to the region by increasing quality and then reducing costs along with opportunities such as localization of production of pressed sheet metal parts, logistics optimization and export.” Viktor Rashnikov, Chairman of the Board of “Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Plant” Inc., stated his faith that this facility, which MMK and Coşkunoz-Alabuga established by combining their forces, would become a leader producer not only in Tatarstan but also throughout the country. MMK-Coşkunöz Alabuga will produce all types of blanking sheet metals required for the production of high-quality automobile body parts and it aims at providing service to Russian auto manufacturers in especially Volga and Ural Regions and to foreign auto manufacturers operating in Russia. Companies such as Ford, KAMAZ, Kamaz-Daimler, Renault, Nissan, AVTOVAZ, GM-Avtovaz, UAZ, GAZ are one of the potential customers of SSC which will make production with a capacity of 41,5 thousand ton per year. SSC which will make production in accordance with TS-16949-2002, ISO 9000, ISO 1400, OHSAS 18001 standards will provide quickly meeting of quality steel material need of automotive producers as the first and only establishment that makes blanking dies from steel roll operation using high technology.