Erdemir, a leading steel producer in Turkey, will produce around 40,000 tons of ship plates for the MUGEM Project, Turkey’s first domestic aircraft carrier. The company already delivered the first batch of steel to contractors at the end of January after signing supply deals with the Sedef and Sefine shipyards.

As the country’s sole domestic plate producer, Erdemir uses iron ore as the primary raw material to create high-strength steel at its plate rolling mill. These plates offer the superior weldability, toughness, and formability required for the Turkish Navy’s largest strategic vessel.

By controlling the entire process from chemical composition to mechanical performance, Erdemir provides the engineering capacity necessary for this major defense industry milestone.