Operating in the automotive supplier sector within the structure of Küçükoğlu Holding, Ak Automotive started its operations in 2018 by purchasing Cimos d.o.o operating under Palladio Holding.
Ak Automotive manufactures safety mechanism products that are pedal boxes, hinge groups, hand brakes and also body in white parts in Koper – Slovenia with 17.000-meter square covered premises for the worldwide automobile manufacturers.
With its exemplary test laboratory, Ak Automotive gives services such as product development, simulation methods, prototype manufacturing, design, and process verification in order to fulfill its customers' expectation.
Ak Automotive continues it’s sustainable growth to contribute Turkish & Slovenian economy with its staff that is experts in their fields. Ak Automotive’s management approach is being respectful to human rights and continuous development and occupational health and safety are its priority.
MISSION
Producing qualified products and service in the automotive industry by efficient resources usage and know-how and expertise.;
- Unconditioned customer satisfaction,
- Realizing the society, environment and stakeholder expectations.
- Serving our all stakeholders with respect,
VISION
We aim be one of top 3 company in Europe supplying hinge and mechanism units by designing and producing these system parts with latest technology for automotive business.
OUR VALUES
Honesty
Not to be misleading, trusting in our relations with all our stakeholders. To show sincere and consistent behaviors in relationships.
Equality
To establish equal distance relations with all our stakeholders, regardless of language, religion, race and gender.
Transparency
To share all kinds of understandable, relevant, reliable and qualified information in a timely manner to all stakeholders of our company within the framework of confidentiality principles.
Reliability
To strive to fulfill our duties in the best way possible, on time and in a way that is appropriate to our stakeholders in all our relationships and activities.
Respect for Human
To fulfill our responsibilities to stakeholders, Employees (company-forwarding factors) and the environment. In order to create teamwork, to teach people how to act together and to think and feel in a common goal within the company culture.
Safety
To make occupational safety and health a top priority, to create a safe and healthy working environment in line with the principle of respect for people, and to make it the joint responsibility of all Kucukoglu employees starting from the top manager.
Respect for environment
Based on economic development and progress on an ecologically acceptable basis and fulfilling as a requirement of responsibility towards future generations.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY:
With our Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policy, we undertake the following issues in order to ensure that our employees work in an environment appropriate to health and safety conditions and to reach an accident-free workplace with the “Safety First” principle;
- To raise and develop the awareness that a healthy and safe working environment is an indispensable part of life,
- To prevent injuries and health deterioration,
- We will ensure that all of our managers implement, monitor and continuously improve occupational health and safety requirements,
- To fully comply with the safety rules in all our activities,
- Solving risks at source with the thought of ensuring the safety of all our employees including our guests and subcontractors,
- To comply with all legal requirements within the scope of worker health and safety,
- Carrying out all our work in the scope of worker health and safety by taking into consideration the opinions of our employees and employees' representatives and ensuring their participation,
- To announce our OHS policy to all persons working on behalf of Küçükoğlu Holding and Küçükoğlu Holding and to keep it open to the society and all related organizations at all times,
In the context of transformation, we have launched, we have gathered our activities in the areas of environmental, social and corporate governance under the slogan of "Sustainability". In pursuing our performance in all areas under sustainability, we have identified stakeholder analysis issues that need to be addressed primarily.
When determining our issues, we mainly referenced customer feedback and sectoral sustainability trends. We see our employees as our social priority to increase their satisfaction by providing a healthy, safe and happy business environment.
Moving in an innovative framework with research and innovation is the building block of all our processes. A production environment that respects human rights is among the indispensable ones, and it is at the top of our targets to spread to the precious supply chain that we have.
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
To establish and maintain a relationship of trust and respect between employees and management based on the principle of human dignity for the existence, integrity and the future of our group of companies, to provide the environment in which all employees are responsible and constantly improve themselves and contribute to their personal development.
With the DATATECH Academy, all the employees in the organizations are defined the DATATECH standards, on equal terms, the professional, personal development, managerial training needs and the training programs that will meet these needs are being created. All employees of the DATATECH family can participate in these programs.
Every employee in the organization is considered to be a specialist of the job they are doing, and the training needs are correctly determined and put into practice. Our leadership programs aim to train leaders with strategy-oriented, awareness in their business processes, high quality work, tomorrow's added value.
Ak Automotive is committed to the principles given below in order to ensure a sustainable future by correctly understanding expectations of customers, employees and society;
- We comply with all applicable local and national laws, act fairly and transparently in all legal relationships, and comply with ethic values;
- We are meticulous to protect the confidentiality of our company, our customers, employees and other related persons and organizations.
- We provide individual development opportunities by allowing our employees to participate activities consciously, knowing that human resource is the most valuable element;
- We implement the Quality Management System with strategic management model in accordance with national and international standards in continuous improvement basis;
- We meet our customers expectations with zero defect policy, at the right time and by producing appropriate solutions;
- We design and produce system parts with latest technology strictly following the needs of our social stakeholders, aiming to be one of the best company in Europe.
We as AK AUTOMOTIVE, will take the necessary precautions to reduce our negative impact on the environment during our activities for an open and sustainable future is an indispensable part of our work. In addition, it is our general principle to try to keep the sensitivity to the environment alive in the name of social responsibility by fulfilling the requirements of the legal legislation related to environmental management.
All our employees and all ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standards in our areas of activity;
• Taking account of our customers' environmental requirements, complying with all national and local legal requirements linked to our environmental dimensions,
• Do not prevent the pollution of the environment by increasing the amount of recycling and recycling,
• To continuously improve our environmental performance in line with economic and technological opportunities,
• Ensuring optimum use of our natural resources,
• Consciousness and encouragement of our employees, suppliers and customers in cooperation with the environment,
• We undertake to establish an economic and ecological balance in our current and planned production activities, considering the environmental impact.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:
As KÜÇÜKOĞLU HOLDİNG, it is an inseparable part of our business to take the necessary measures in order to minimize our negative impacts on the environment during all kinds of activities for a sustainable and open future.
In addition, it is our general principle to fulfill the requirements of the legal regulations on environmental management in full and to keep the environmental sensitivity alive in the name of social responsibility.
KÜÇÜKOĞLU HOLDİNG and all its employees undertake the following issues within the scope of ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard:
- To take into consideration the environmental demands of our customers and to comply with all national and local legal requirements related to our environmental dimensions,
- To prevent environmental pollution by increasing the amount of recovery and recycling,
- To continuously improve our environmental performance in line with economic and technological opportunities,
- To ensure optimum use of our natural resources,
- To raise awareness and encourage all our employees, suppliers and customers about the environment in cooperation,
- To establish the economic and ecological balance by considering the environmental impact in our existing and planned production activities
IN 2019 there was no visit by the Environmental Inspector.
In 2019, there was no complaint from outside interested parties.
We have not recorded any environmental incident in 2019.
Energy use:
Various measures aim to reduce energy consumption and consequently reduce costs and environmental impacts.
| Energy | Consumption 2019 |
| Fuel oil (l) | 40.022 |
| e.energy (kWh) | 974.975 |
| Municipal water (m3) | 1.172 |
| Waste packaging quantity table | 2019 |
| PAPER, PAPERBOX 15 01 01 | 6,002 |
| PLASTIKS, PLASTIKFOIL 15 01 02 | 0,030 |
| WOODEN PALLETS 15 01 03 | 1,480 |
Air emissions
There are 5 air emission sources in the organization.
measurements were 10.1.2020 carried out according to the Rules on the first measurements and operational monitoring of the emission of substances into the air from stationary sources of pollution (UL RS, No.105/08). The report will be prepare expected by the end of March 2020.
| emission source | date of measurements |
| welding, welding robots (3) | 10.1.2020 |
| industrial washing machine (2) | 10.1.2020 |
AK AUTOMOTIVE R & D Center provides design services as hood and door hinges, body parts, passive security systems, pedal groups, handbrake, door latches and strickers to its customers with its experienced and competent design team as Co-designer. In addition to customer projects, design-oriented projects are carried out to develop original and innovative products.
Within the R&D activites;
• Catia (3 station)
• Siemens NX (1 station) is used.
AK AUTOMOTIVE conducts the following duties in R&D activities with its experienced and expertized employees;
Product and mechanism development
Weight Lightening
Alternative materials
Passenger & pedestrian safety
AK AUTOMOTIVE R & D center supports its competence and experience in product design with analysis and simulation studies and strives to provide quality and trouble-free service to its customers in product development.
Virtual verification activities carried out within the R & D center;
- Static, dynamic, frequency and fatigue analysis (Optistruct, Radioss, Hypercrash)
- Kinematic analysis (Motionview)
- Structural and Kinematic Optimization (Optistruct, Hyperstudy)
- Forming Analysis (Hyperform)
Material Testing
*Microstructure analysis
• Weld analysis
• Tensile tests
• Hardness evaluation
• Penetrant analysis
- Stiffness - break load test
• Single axis load and displacement measurements
• Load range up to 100kN
• Displacement ±800mm
• Controlled speed 0-60mm/s
- Fatigue Test
*Product specific performance test equipment are available
- 3D Measurement
*1000x850x850 mm capacity
*1500x1200x850 mm capacity
*1000x850x850 mm capacity
- Visio projection measurement
- Climatic chamber
*Temperature from -40 to 170°C / Humidity range 5-95% / Efficient volume 1m3 (1x1x1)
*Temperature from -40 to 100°C / Humidity range 5-95% / Efficient volume 8m3 (2x2x2)
- Crash simulation of car components
• Pressure 200bar
• Maximal stroke 1000 mm
• Maximal acceleration force 130kN
• Maximal brake force 200kN
• Maximum energy 85000 J
• Maximum specimen mass 300kg
Cesta Marezganskega upora 2 6000 – Koper / Slovenia
+386 566 586 51
