Logan locks bring 10m euros to AKA Automotiv

Turkish automotive component producer AKA Automotiv Calinesti in Arges county, producer of car locks for Dacia, estimates an approximately 45% increase in turnover, to 9.5 million euros, from the 6.5 million euros registered in the preceding financial year. Turkish group Nursanlar, which produces steel components, in particular for the automotive industry, holds AKA Automotiv. The company’s product portfolio includes mechanical components such as handles for car windows, hand brakes, car door locks, dashboard and engine assembling parts, as well as fuel tanks. “The Nurslar group produces car locks for Dacia cars in the Calinesti-based AKA Automotiv plant, we supply assembly elements for the dashboard of the Logan model from the production facility of AKA Otomotiv in Bursa, Turkey. We estimate AKA Automotiv’s operations will bring us revenues worth 9.5 million euros in 2007,” said Cagri Inal, general manager of AKA Automotiv. The collaboration of the Turkish company with the Mioveni-based producer Dacia, started in 2004, the year when the plant in Calinesti was completed, with a partnership involving the Solenza model.