sahin engine bearings

Şahin Motor Yatakları A.Ş (Şahin Engine Bearings Co.) was established in 1955 as a workshop that manufactured cast thick-wall bearings in Istanbul. The company changed its status to Şahin Motor Yatakları Anonim Şirketi (Şahin Engine Bearings Incorporated Company) in 1965. The new company started to manufacture steel coated thin-walled engine bearings in Turkey after entering into a license and trademark agreement with Glacier Metal Company (GMC). 1993, established a state of the art high-speed production line in order to meet the demands of OEMs, in the domestic market. 1996, a computer-controlled plating plant was implemented by our own engineers, to meet high-quality objectives and the increasing demand for plated bearing, and tests were initiated. 1999, granted QS-9000 certificate; within this scope, quality control laboratories were established and modernisation projects were initiated. 2003, high-speed thrustwasher line was implemented using new systems and also started manufacturing cam-shaft bearing and clinched bushes. 2004, received the ISO TS 16949:2002, the Quality Management System for the World Automotive Industry, together with the ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System certificate. We acquired OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Certificate.