Sustainability and responsibility

Solar power on our roof, efficient elements in your appliance and documented compliance for your supply chain.

Sustainability · Kahramankazan

Our footprint is in the plant. Our biggest effect is in your appliance.

A heating element turns electricity into heat every day for ten or fifteen years. So we work on both: how we make it, and how well its heat reaches the load once installed.

This page sets out what we have done, what we measure and what we have committed to. Roadmap items are marked as such.

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Drone view of the BALÇIK TORMEC plant with the solar roof and the BALÇIK logo on the side wall 960 kWp solar roof

CBAM · EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Preparing for CBAM.

Since 1 January 2026 the CBAM definitive period applies: EU importers of in-scope iron and steel goods must account for their embedded emissions. Finished tubular heating elements are outside the current product scope – the welded tube of our Balçık Tube division is in scope. We are setting up the embedded-emission data for it – from our site energy data and our steel suppliers’ values – so that EU importers will receive it in the format they need. CBAM data is not yet available; the work is in progress.

Ask about our CBAM roadmap
  • Scope checkper HS / CN code of what you buy
  • Embedded emissionsdirect and indirect, per tonne of steel
  • Supplier datasteel mill values passed through to your declaration
  • One contactfor your customs and sustainability teams

Occupational health & safety first

Around 400 colleagues work with furnaces, presses and high-voltage test stations. Machine guarding, personal protective equipment, regular training, near-miss reporting from every employee and an on-site safety team keep the plant safe. ISO 45001 certification is in progress.

Environment & waste

Stainless and brass scrap are segregated by grade and recycled, packaging is reused where customers allow, and hazardous waste goes only to licensed disposal companies. Bright annealing works without pickling acids. ISO 14001 certification is in progress.

Solar energy

A 960 kWp rooftop plant produces about 1.2 GWh a year – used first in our own production lines.

Animal welfare

Our four-legged neighbours

The stray cats and dogs that live around our Kahramankazan plant are fed every day, vaccinated and checked regularly by a veterinarian. Our colleagues look after them – and they look after the yard.

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Renewable energy

About 1.2 GWh a year from our own roof.

Our rooftop solar plant has generated power since January 2025.

It produced 1,150,000 kWh between January and November 2025. The electricity is used first in our own production; surplus and shortfall are balanced with the grid.

The whole BALÇIK TORMEC plant in Kahramankazan from the air, with solar panels across the roofs In operation since 2025
960 kWpinstalled module capacity (DC)
750 kWeinverter capacity (AC)
1.2 GWhgenerated per year, used on site first
540 tCO₂ avoided per year (estimate)
Rooftop solar plant 960 kWp DC · 750 kWe AC Production Kahramankazan plant Public grid supplies the rest ≈ 1.2 GWh a year, used first rest of demand in · surplus out ≈ 540 t CO₂ avoided per year – estimate with a grid factor of ≈ 0.45 kg CO₂/kWh
Self-consumption first: solar power feeds production directly; the grid supplies the rest.

The CO₂ figure is an estimate based on the national grid emission factor (≈ 0.45 kg CO₂/kWh) and the plant’s measured generation. It is not an audited inventory figure – an audited corporate footprint is on the roadmap below.

Energy and material efficiency

The largest saving happens in the appliance – the rest in our process.

A well-designed element matches the watt density on the heated sheath to the medium, puts heat where it is needed, resists scale and lasts the life of the appliance instead of being replaced.

Efficient in use

We design every element for its medium and duty, and give thermal design input to OEMs working towards ecodesign and energy-label targets.

Energy efficiency in design

Recyclable materials

Stainless scrap from tube cutting, rolling and set-up is segregated by grade and recycled; brass turnings are collected for remelting.

Lower-impact processes

Bright annealing under protective atmosphere gives an oxide-free sheath without pickling acids. Nickel diffusion coating protects sheaths against corrosion and scale.

Bright annealing technology

Compliance and data

Documented today. Measured and verified next.

RoHS and REACH declarations are in place. A verified carbon footprint and CBAM data for our welded tube are in preparation.

ItemScope and intentStatus
Rooftop solar plant960 kWp DC / 750 kWe AC, about 1.2 GWh a year, self-consumption firstIn operation since 2025
RoHS and REACH declarationsBased on third-party laboratory reports; renewed as the SVHC candidate list evolves – see certificatesIn place
Corporate carbon footprint (ISO 14064-1)Scope 1 and 2 inventory of the Kahramankazan site, plus the Scope 3 categories for purchased steel, wire and transport. Target: a first inventory year, completed and verifiedPlanning
CBAM data supportEmbedded-emission data for the steel content of our products and for our welded tube, in the format EU importers needPreparing
CBAM – what we can provide: finished tubular heating elements are not within the current CBAM product scope, but the welded tube made by our Balçık Tube division is in scope (iron and steel). We are preparing embedded-emission data for it, built from our site energy data and our steel suppliers’ mill certificates and emission declarations. As our ISO 14064-1 inventory matures, these values will move from supplier-declared and default factors to verified site-specific data.

Figures as of 2025–2026, updated as inventories are completed and verified. Items marked “Planning” or “Preparing” are commitments, not current certifications.

People and supply chain

People and training.

Around 400 people work at BALÇIK TORMEC. Health and safety covers risk assessment per workstation, machine guarding on rolling mills, presses and bending cells, protective equipment, health surveillance and regular training.

  • Vocational training: cooperation with vocational schools in the Ankara region; trainees and apprentices on the shop floor and in the laboratory.
  • Operator training: internal courses for operators moving to new rolling, filling and testing equipment.
  • Short supply chain: stainless tube from our Balçık Tube division, brazing and nickel diffusion coating from Balçık Brazing – critical processes in our own hands, not at sub-suppliers.
  • Supplier code: no child or forced labour, no bribery, protection of confidential information – see our supplier requirements.
BALÇIK TORMEC team training session at the whiteboard Training on site

Filling in a sustainability questionnaire?

Send it to us. We return RoHS and REACH declarations and our site energy and CO₂ data.

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Engineered and made in Ankara · since 1959

Wire goes in. Certainty comes out.

Coiling, MgO filling, rolling, annealing, forming – and a 100 % electrical test before anything leaves the building. One roof, one signature, one accountable partner from the first sketch to the millionth piece.

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BALÇIK TORMEC · Rezistans üreticisi · Ankara

1959’dan beri rezistans imalatı: boru rezistans (borulu ısıtıcı rezistans), ısıtıcı rezistans ve çubuk termostat üretimi. Beyaz eşya, küçük ev aletleri, su ısıtıcıları, endüstriyel mutfak ve endüstriyel ekipman üreticileri (OEM) için çizime ve şartnameye göre seri ve özel üretim; VDE onaylı ürün aileleri, ISO 9001:2015, 60’tan fazla ülkeye ihracat. Kahramankazan fabrikası ve İstanbul şube ve bölge deposu.

Heating element manufacturer in Türkiye: tubular heating elements, tubular heaters, immersion and flange heaters, oven, washing-machine and water-heater elements, finned and defrost heaters for appliance and equipment OEMs.