today. Following the new managerial conceptions emerging in Turkey as well as in the World Karasu management tries to adopt the new trends to the management of the Company. The management also aims to play a contributive and innovative role in the sector by introducing new products. The dedication of the management to serve the sector also incorporates the concept of World’s citizenship. ISO 9001 Quality Assurance System has been integrated successfully in the company and we are developing ourselves steadily by virtue of continuous improvement efforts.

“ R e l i a b l e C h o i c e “

KARASU is a family-owned enterprise having a management team conscious about transparency, participation, commitment to law, social responsibility and accountability. With the help of the dedicated efforts of this team Karasu has realized the reorganization of the company, interioration of the international standards in order to acttain a well-esteemed place in the private sector. All of the employees have been already achieved the mentality of ACCOUNTABILITY. Furthermore they take active and transparent roles in all subject matters regarding PLANNING (contribution to strategy development for the company in all relevant fi elds) and CONTROLLING (auditing all outcomes emerging), enabling the company to continue its activities by regenerating and renewing itself every day.

KARASU aims to fulfi ll the growing market requirements of the private sector in ENVIRONMENT-CONSCIOUS working conditions. Our experienced technical staff is keeping themselves updated on the latest developments, as well as creating innovative technologies, thus they are continuing the NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT as well as quality enhancement activities with accelerating speed. Our company considers its customers as permanent business partners. For this reason, Karasu adopted CUSTOMER ORIENTED operation as one of the main principles, by spending the best effort to meet customers’ needs.

Quality Management

KARASU management has a transparent management mentality. In case of quality management the company primarily depends on the customers. Therefore it tries to understand the actual and potential needs of the customers and to get organized in a way to meet the requirements. Company management provides the unity of purpose and administration. The management also builds up the necessary premises for the participation of the employees by achieving the objectives of the company. Our staff, regardless of their level, is the essence of our organization using their abilities in behalf of the company by their contributions to the management. Improving the performances of our co-workers is the persistent objective of the company. We are always realistic in decision making processes. All our decisions depend on information and analyses of data. We have a win-win relation with our customers.

Our company is administered with ISO 9001:2008 management mentality. ISO is the abbreviation for International Organization for Standardization, as it may be understood from its name, it is quality management standard constituted by International Organization for Standardization. In a world of globalization the concept of trade in our organization has a connotation of improving the quality of products and services steadily.

The products and services of Karasu are brought out by using a management mentality in accordance with an internationally accepted management system. The final decisions about the quality of products and services are rendered by the customers. Thus, Karasu always generates solutions before problems emerge.

All our calculations for expansion joints are performed in accord with EJMA (Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association) standards. All welding workmanship, test procedures, assembling procedures and quality control are performed according to the directives in scope of ISO 9001:2000. Karasu also render a punctual, controlled and delivery service in compliance with its unlimited service mentality.