Production at World Quality Standards with SARCAM

"SARCAM continues to work with an understanding that constantly renews and develops itself for the future of the sector. We produce copper and aluminum busbars. We attach great importance to R&D studies related to production. We have provided the infrastructure to provide this in our structure. We have integrated our factory in accordance with all kinds of technological developments." In our interview with Yusuf CANPOLAT, we gave his opinions about the company and its products.

Can you give brief information about SARCAM?

SARCAM company, which has been serving the Insulated Conductive Wire sector in Turkey since 1977, serves in a total closed area of 17.000 m² in Dilovası-Kocaeli with our group of companies operating in production, assembly and marketing. 

SARCAM, which has been the address of trust in the sector for 46 years, is advancing confidently towards its leadership goal by developing itself and its activities in many areas, especially in management, production and marketing, in our rapidly advancing and changing world as well as its deep-rooted history.SARCAM, which applies world quality standards in production, has ISO 9001: 2008, ROHS and ELV certificates and uses a system in which the quality control unit is activated for all kinds of materials used in the production phase.

SARCAM, with the production line it has created with the latest technology, is able to offer solutions in line with the needs and expectations of its customers. In SARCAM, where there is a modern storage system established separately and regularly for raw materials, parts and products, products undergo periodic controls and in the final stage, 100% full control method is applied to all goods. With the move to our new factory, we have made many innovations.We established a smelting plant in our new factory. We melt copper from the cathode. We carry out project-based studies according to customer requests. We do not have a stocked production approach.

What are your product groups?

For the first time in Turkey; PAPER INSULATED, TWIN, TRIPLET, FOUR STRAIGHT WIRE PRODUCTION STARTED WITH WINDSHIELD. We have 2 main product groups as Aluminum and Copper wires.

SARCAM, in its Aluminium product group; Mica coated wire, Paper insulated wire, Glass fiber coated wire, Kapton coated wire, Cotton coated wire, Polyester coated wire, Nomex® coated wire, Flat wire while producing Mica coated wire, Paper insulated wire, Glass fiber coated wire, Kapton®® coated wire, Cotton coated wire, Daglas, Enamel and glass fiber coated wire, Flattened, Polyester coated wire, Nomex® manufactures coated wires, wires.Apart from that, we will start Lama production towards the end of the year.

What are the products you mainly sell?

I can mainly list Copper and Aluminum Busbars, Paper Insulated Wires, Glass Fiber and Mica Coated Wires.

How Do You Think a Product Should Be?

Since the work that comes to us depends on a project, the company that will do the work gives us its electrical values, the puncture voltage and the material that needs to be used and its qualities. According to these features of the business, we take it into production in the enterprise to be delivered in the highest quality way and by making tests. In our company, we test our products ourselves. In our company, we do not deliver any product without testing all products.

Do you have R&D work?

At SARCAM, which prepares the infrastructure of all the innovation activities required by our age and where expert personnel are employed, we continue our work with an understanding that constantly renews and develops itself for the future of the sector. We started to produce copper and aluminum busbars. At this stage, we attached great importance to R&D studies. We have provided the infrastructure to provide this in our structure. We have integrated our factory in accordance with all kinds of technological developments.

What is the most challenging thing for your company as a competition?

The common problem of the companies is only the environments where the price is discussed. We work with a monthly capacity of 300 -400 tons. Companies that do business under the stairs affect us. Since our raw material is copper, the average prices are certain. Labor is a direct factor in our business and the price range arises. You can't give goods to every requester. The risk posed by copper leads us to choose customers. Recycling is the most difficult situation for us and a cost for us. There is a cost even for the empty reel.

Which country do you send products to as a target market?

We export our products to European Countries at most. I can say that countries such as Germany - France - Belgium - Czech Republic - Romania - Bulgaria - Greece and Hungary come to my mind first. In addition, we export to Middle Eastern countries and neighboring countries. There are also 3-4 companies in our country from the machines we currently use. Many of the companies that demand products in our country are project companies that sell products to Europe. It is not possible to reach everywhere. In this you need to make extra investments. We can sell products abroad individually and as a project. At the moment, I can say that our exports have exceeded 15 countries. SARCAM, which carries its success and vision in the domestic market to exports with its quality product and reasonable price policy, also uses its products in European countries.

We work with 8-10 very large companies outside of Turkey. We don't see figures like 5 – 10 tons too much. We are not saying that we have exported these rates. When you look at these figures as if we have exports in this market, you will see that there is no profit margin at all. When you catch at least 50 tons and 60 tons in a market, this is your market. This is also related to your capacity. A company makes 10-20 tons and it has employees accordingly. As SARCAM, our monthly capacity is 400-450 tons copper processing and 150 tons aluminum capacity. When you put these two on top of each other, we have a processing capacity of 500-600 tons. When you look at this ratio, you can say that the biggest company of the market is SARCAM.

What are your next goals?

Our next goal is to continue more technological investments. To complete institutionalization and bring it to a more effective management form. As SARCAM, we have made a quality product that makes us who we are, an approach that stands by its word and acts honestly into a company understanding. Today, you say that I can process 1 million tons, but you cannot reach the above. We have come to these days with this understanding. We will continue on our way without compromising this...

As SARCAM, we would like to thank you on behalf of our readers for providing us with this beautiful interview.