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- Kaleseramik Canakkale Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi A.S. is a Turkey-based industrial manufacturing company specializing in the design, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of ceramic tiles, porcelain surfaces, sanitaryware, and bathroom and kitchen furnishings. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, the company operates as the flagship ceramics division of the Kale Group (Kale Grubu).
The company provides an extensive portfolio of building and interior surface solutions organized across dedicated brand divisions, offering ceramic wall and floor tiles for residential and commercial indoor and outdoor environments under the Canakkale Seramik and Kalebodur brands; ultra-thin, large-format porcelain stoneware slabs engineered for architectural facade claddings, structural flooring, and marine applications under the Kalesinterflex brand; high-durability porcelain countertops, table surfaces, and bespoke architectural tops under the T-ONE brand; ceramic sanitaryware products, including washbasins, water closets, bidets, urinals, and concealed cistern mechanisms under the Kale Banyo brand; coordinated bathroom furniture, vanities, storage cabinets, and mirrors; brassware and plumbing fixtures, including basin mixers, bath faucets, shower systems, and thermostatic taps; and premium Italian-designed porcelain tile collections under the Edilcuoghi, Edilgres, and Campani brands managed through its subsidiary Kale Italia.
Kaleseramik serves individual consumers, trade professionals, architects, real estate developers, and industrial clients across global markets. The company operates major manufacturing plants situated primarily in Canakkale, Turkey, maintaining an annual tile production capacity of over 50 million square meters, alongside international manufacturing assets and regional subsidiaries, including Kale Italia in Italy and Al-Sadaf Porcelain in Iraq. It sells its products through an extensive domestic network of more than 530 sales locations and export channels reaching over 80 countries across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia.
In recent corporate developments, Kaleseramik completed its initial public offering on Borsa Istanbul in July 2023, trading under the ticker symbol KLSER. Following its public listing, the company has executed major capital expenditure programs to expand high-value product lines, commissioning an additional Kalesinterflex slab production line and launching the Supera large-format line in strategic technology partnership with System Ceramics, thereby expanding its thin porcelain slab manufacturing capacity by 50 percent. Furthermore, the company established the Ceramic Technologies Pioneering R&D Laboratory to develop functional digital ceramic inks and advanced processing technologies, while carrying out strategic debt restructuring and operational streamlining across its sanitaryware manufacturing units to optimize operational margins and production efficiency.