Cemil YILDIZ (Chairman)
Date of Appointment: 29.08.2017
Duration of Duty: 3 Years
Ending Date of Duty: 29.08.2020
STARGRUP CHAIRMAN CEMİL YILDIZ TELLS ABOUT STAR CAM INC.
In the beginning of the 80’s we’ve entered the glass industry as a small glass workshop with 5 people including me and my brothers.
Times were though and competitive, but came the late 80’s, we had a team of 30 people to serve the domestic glass market in Istanbul.
In the next couple of years, we were experiencing growth and this has led us into channeling our efforts and investments into building new facilities with developped machinery and creating distribution networks within various parts of Istanbul.
During the 90’s, we gave in the hard work, trying to make every investment count. When we’ve entered the 2000’s, we were a major supplier of processed glass products to the Turkish construction market, with over 40.000m2’s of production area.
In 2005, we have decided to found a new company, with Mr. Ismail Yıldız to serve the global glass market.
We have incorparated StarGrup, to specialize in the field of architectural glass for high-rise residential and commercial buildings over Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Over the course of the years, my founding partner and I have succesfully carried out a series of important projects over these locations and we’ve made a good name for ourselves with our technical experience, the quality of our products and our on-time deliveries.
I think that the first project we did that caught the markets attention was NATO’s headquarters in Brussels.
This was our most prestigious project to date. We have manufactured and supplied 36,000 m² double glazing units.
Even though we’ve produced similar amounts for other projects, this one was different. We’ve come a long way from being a small workshop with 5 people to supplying one of worlds most recognized buildings that hosted world leaders…It was a proud day for all of us.
I think what we did differently was to invest in information technologies while the competition solely focused on having bigger and better machinery. We have invested in a custom made enterprise resource planning system to have total traceability in our production, to manage our supply chain, planning, deliveries, reclamations, quality control and inventory.
I believe that being able to track every single development in our production in real-time regarding their projects gives great comfort to our customers.
In addition to machinery and IT investments, we have established sister companies in the United Kingdom, France and the USA with warehouses and commercial offices to serve our global partners locally.
We have created a business environment that promotes common interests instead of competition.
We have always shared success and failure over the course of 30 years.
Today, we have many employees working with us for more than 10 years.
Our priority is to maintain mutual trust with every single of our 361 employees and our business partners.
We’re on a very exciting journey and experiencing growth rates now better than ever, StarGrup have surpassed the milestone of 70% on export sales, with several organizations established worldwide.
This comes from loving and respecting what we do and staying honest to our core values that motivated us from day one.
İsmail YILDIZ (Vice Chairman)
Date of Appointment: 29.08.2017
Duration of Duty: 3 Years
Ending Date of Duty: 29.08.2020