Arçelik founded in
1955 as a subsidiary of Koç Holding, Turkey's largest industrial conglomerate
and a member of Fortune 500. Today Arçelik is a worldwide producer and marketer
of consumer durables and consumer electronics with more than 19 manufacturing
facilities in 8 countries; Turkey, Romania, Russia, China, South Africa,
Thailand and Pakistan.
It is the third largest home appliances company of EMEA region. With marketing
& sales organizations in 35 countries and more than 30.000 employees, Arçelik
provides goods and services in 146 countries.
Arçelik rigorously invests in its 17 R&D centers in Turkey as well as 4
R&D Centers in Taiwan, the UK, Portugal and the US with a dedicated
workforce of over 1000 researchers.
Arçelik's corporate vision is “Respects the Globe, Respected Globally” as it
passionately nurtures its global growth story with greener production, better
utilization of natural resources and more sustainable business processes.
WAT Motor Company: In 1965, GE and Koç Group
established the Turkish General Electric Industry. In 1979, Koç Group took all
control and changed its name to Turkish Industry Company (TEE). In 1999, the
company became the second largest white goods manufacturer in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa region, and entered under the roof of Arçelik, which
operates in 145 countries with 11 global brands such as Arçelik, Beko and
Grundig. Our engines, which are manufactured by Arçelik with the brands TEE and
WAT are the first choice of leading OEMs with superior technology and
durability.
