Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi was founded in 1965 in Trabzon by Mevlüt SAĞLAM as a private company and since its foundation, it engages in business activities in the field of automotive industry. Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi provided services for repair, maintenance and modification of motor vehicles in its early years and manufactured some small fittings.
Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi, having diversified its activities over time, has developed original differential, gearbox models and brake systems in order to increase the performance of motor vehicle serving in challenging road, land and operation conditions. Since 2010, Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi has been obtaining patents for its own original differential and brake systems and applying these systems to M and N category vehicles through modifications, with AİTM (Manufacturing, Modifying and Installing Vehicles) type approval certificate.
Our company, having changed its status from private company to joint stock company and receiving the title Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi A.Ş. in 2015, is registered in Trabzon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Our constantly-growing company has founded SAĞLAMLAR AĞIR SANAYİ GROUP HOLDING in the United Kingdom and started to export to this country.
Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi A.Ş., having moved to two new separate production facilities with a total area of 15000 m2 in 2019, has entered the shipping industry and has been supplying gearboxes (reducer) and turbines for marine vehicles ever since. Sağlamlar Ağır Sanayi A.Ş., is the first and only company in Turkey to modify drive wheels in commercial vehicles, with type approval certificate.
Our company, has had an R&D cooperation with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University and built its more than half a century-year-old experience in this topic on scientific and theoretical principles and started to design and develop ship gearbox (reducer) and ship turbines with this university.