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As a subsidiary of the Turkish company Eren Holding since 2015, Medcem Cement Group( Medcem) includes several divisions: Medcem Mining, Medcemport, Medcem Concrete, Medcem Cement, and Medcem Global. The Medcem Cement factory stands as one of the world’ s largest cement plants, boasting an annual production capacity of 6.6 million tons of clinker. Approximately 85 percent of the facility’ s output is exported to numerous countries through Medcemport. The export of Medcem’ s products, such as cement, clinker, fly ash, synthetic gypsum, sub-base ash, bauxite, and iron slag, is managed by Medcem Global. Meanwhile, local sales of cement and concrete are handled by Medcem Concrete and Medcem Cement Sales and Marketing, thus closing the loop. Mehmet Ali Ceylan, the
Chief Executive Officer of Medcem, provides insight into the operations and overall structure of its parent company, Eren Holding.
“ Established in 1997, Eren Holding operates four main subsidiaries, with its energy business being the largest, accounting for eight per cent of Turkey’ s electricity needs. Additionally, its paper and packaging divisions supply 40 per cent of the country’ s requirements. As such, Eren Holding is by far Turkey’ s largest player in these two industries. Furthermore, its textile and retailing company partners with Devanlay group that owns the Lacoste brand, producing 50 per cent of Lacoste branded items all over the world. These products are then distributed through a joint venture in over 20 countries. Eren Holding also manages several other brands, including Nautica, Gant, Burberry, and Superstep, among others. Notably, it
▶ Mehmet Ali Ceylan Chief Executive Officer
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