- CEO
- Levent Sipahi
- Full Time Employees
- 168
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Industrial machinery
- Address
- Gebze Turkey
- IPO Date
- Feb 3, 1986
- Business
- Makina Takim Endustrisi A.S. is a Turkey-based industrial manufacturing company specializing in the design, engineering, and production of precision cutting tools for the metalworking and machining industries. Established in 1957 as Turkey's first cutting tool manufacturer, the company operates under the brands MTE and Evar, serving diverse industrial sectors including automotive, defense and aerospace, machinery manufacturing, white goods, and general metal fabrication. Makina Takim Endustrisi A.S. manufactures and distributes a comprehensive portfolio of standard and custom-engineered tooling solutions, comprising drilling tools, such as high-speed steel (HSS) and solid carbide twist drills, deep-hole drills, and step drills; threading tools, including high-performance machine taps, hand taps, thread milling cutters, and circular threading dies; milling and cutting tools, including solid carbide end mills, indexable milling cutters, shell end mills, reamers, countersinks, and high-speed steel tool bits; sawing tools, encompassing circular saw blades, bi-metal band saw blades, and hacksaw blades; and custom-designed cutting tools, tool holding systems, and advanced physical vapor deposition (PVD) surface coatings tailored to client-specific machining applications. The company is headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, and operates an advanced manufacturing facility and dedicated research and development center in Gebze, Kocaeli, with distribution channels serving domestic clients as well as export markets across Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. Affiliated within the investment ecosystem of Gozde Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi A.S. and Yildiz Holding, alongside major equity holding by Istanbul Portfoy Yildiz Serbest Ozel Fon, Makina Takim Endustrisi A.S. has recently implemented significant strategic and operational enhancements, including the integration of Industry 4.0 automated machining and quality-control systems, the expansion of its solid carbide tooling capabilities for advanced defense manufacturing via the SAHA Istanbul defense and aerospace cluster, the acquisition of ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System certification, and the expansion of sustainability initiatives under its Zero Waste management framework.