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Arçelik A.Ş. is a household appliances manufacturer in Turkey. The Company engages in the production and marketing of durable goods, components, consumer electronics and after-sale services. Its products include white goods, electronic products, small home appliances and kitchen accessories, such as refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers, aspirators, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers and blenders. Arçelik A.Ş. is active in more than 100 countries including China and the United States through its 13 international subsidiaries and over 4,500 branches in Turkey. The Company operates 10 production plants in Turkey, Romania and Russia, including refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, cooking appliances and components plants. It offers products under its own ten brand names, including Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Altus, Blomberg, Arctic, Defy, Leisure, Arstil, Elektra Bregenz and Flavel.〔(Arçelik A.Ş.: Brands )〕〔(Arçelik A.Ş.: Corporate Overview )〕 The company is controlled by Koç Holding, Turkey’s largest industrial and services group with USD43 billion in consolidated revenues in 2008,〔(''Main Page'', Koç Holding ) Accessed on April 9, 2009.〕〔Consolidated Financial Statements of Koç Holding as of December 31, 2008 on http://www.koc.com.tr/NR/rdonlyres/D97A843A-8088-4C2D-90DA-12A26E476507/13391/KocKonsFS1208EN.pdf Accessed on April 9, 2009.〕 and is the market leader in Turkey’s appliance sector with its Arçelik and Beko brands. It is also the fourth largest household appliances company in Europe〔Boneglia F., Goldstein A. (2007): Strengthening Productive Capacities in Emerging Economies through Internationalisation: Evidence from the Appliance Industry. In: OECD Development Centre Working Paper No 262, p.26 on http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/3/39147683.pdf Accessed on April 10, 2009.〕〔(''Media Relations'', Arçelik A.Ş. Corporate Website ). Accessed on April 10, 2009.〕 after Bosch & Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, Electrolux and Indesit. Its top executives are Aka Gündüz Özdemir, Durable Goods President of the Koç Group, and General Manager Levent Çakıroğlu. Arçelik has been ranked "Number One in the Private Sector" for the 14th time in 19 years in "Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Corporations" survey that was carried out by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry.〔Esen B. (2008): Household Appliances, Parts and Components. Export Promotion Center of the Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade, Turkey, p.3 on http://www.igeme.org.tr/Assets/sip/san/household.pdf Accessed on April 11, 2009.〕 ==History== Arçelik was founded in 1955 and entered the Turkish white goods sector by producing its first washing machine in 1959 and its first refrigerator in 1960. In 1968, Arçelik moved to its Çayırova facilities near Istanbul. In the 1970s and 1980s, the company expanded its product range and opened its Eskişehir refrigerator plant in 1975, İzmir vacuum cleaner plant in 1979 and Ankara dishwasher plant in 1993. 1999 was a year of growth and reorganization. Arçelik founded Ardem to manufacture cooking appliances and brought under its roof Türk Elektrik Endüstrisi A.Ş. and Atılım ve Gelişim Pazarlama A.Ş. as a single legal entity. In 2001, Arçelik took over the marketing and sales activities of Beko products that used to be marketed and sold by Beko Ticaret. The new organization model enabled the company to manage production and sales/marketing activities centrally and to increase productivity. Most recently, the merger plan between Arçelik A.Ş. and Grundig Elektronik A.Ş. was declared on February 27, 2009.〔(''Arcelik and Grundig to merge'', Reuters ). Accessed on April 9, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arçelik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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