Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has acknowledged ASAŞ Alüminyum San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. (ASAŞ Alüminyum) with the Performance Standard certification for the manufacture of alumuminium flat rolled products, aluminium profile, composite panels, PVC profiles, and shutter products at its Akyazı and Karapürçek production facilities in Türkiye, and headquarters located in Istanbul, Türkiye.
ASAŞ Alüminyum is in aluminium extrusion business since 1992. It produces finished and semi-finished rolled and extruded aluminium products destined for the building and construction, commercial vehicles, rail transport, aerospace, automotive, solar panel, electronics, machinery, consumer goods, lighting, and furniture.
On receiving the certification, Derya Hatiboğlu, General Manager at ASAŞ, said: “We believe sustainability is much more than simply reducing our carbon footprint. Therefore, we have a holistic approach towards the environmental, social, and economic challenges brought about by climate change. With our sustainable business perspective covering every stage of manufacturing, beginning with raw material supply, we aim to create value for our stakeholders and lead target markets, by developing creative solutions. We are confident that ASI Certification will contribute substantially to our efforts for a sustainable future as well as progress towards our goals.”
Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI, said: “We congratulate ASAŞ Alüminyum for achieving Performance Standard Certification at its headquarters, rolling facility and extrusion facility in Türkiye, the latter of which becomes the first certified extrusion operation in the country. ASAŞ rolled and extruded products serve an extremely broad range of downstream sectors, making it an important node in a number of global supply chains. ASI Performance Standard Certification gives the company’s customers independent assurance of its production practices against environmental, social and governance criteria.”
The independent, third-party audit of ASAŞ Alüminyum was carried out by LiberoAssurance.
Responses
