Turkish energy to technology company Koç Holding's home appliance maker Arçelik has launched a new smart television (TV) factory in Çerkezköy with an investment of 500 million lira ($87 million).
At the Arçelik Çerkezköy Electronic Factory, which was established on an area of 182,000 square meters, future TVs will be produced with digital and robotic technologies. Around 1,600 people are employed in the new factory, whose whole automation and robot software were made by the Turkish engineers.
In the new facility, where the production speed will be doubled, video wall and cash register production will be realized. The daily TV production capacity of the plant is 12,000 with an annual production capacity set to reach 3.2 million units.
Arçelik said that it will export 65 percent of the products it develops at the factory to 48 different countries. The annual production capacity of the cash register segment will be 650,000 units.