Milestones of Sentes-BIR

  • 1982

    Found as an engineering company for special machine construction and factory installation.

  • 1985-1989

    • Air atomized Alumium powder production for exothermic feeders, used in casting industry.

    • AlSi12 brazing powder production for stainless steel pan alumium disc brazing.

    • Development of non-corrosive aluminium brazing flux.

  • 1990-1996

    • Development of Silver brazing fluxes, Silver brazing alloys

    • Installation of extrusion press and production of Copper-Phosphorus brazing alloys.

    • Moving to Kemalpaşa Plant.

    • Installation equipment for Trimethylborate-Methanol azeotrope production, used as liquid flux (gasflux) in brazing process.

  • 2000-2005

    • Production of gas atomized Copper-Phosphorus powders and development of brazing pastes.

    • Certification for ISO 9001 standard.

  • 2006-2010

    • TUBİTAK - The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey grant for developing gas atomization of Nickel brazing powders.

    • Development of Nickel brazing pastes for high temperature furnace brazing applications.

    • Building water atomization unit for Copper and Copper-alloys powder production.

    • Patent application for Cesium flux for Aluminium brazing.

    • Developing of Copper brazing pastes for continuous furnace brazing applications.

  • 2011-2015

    • Establishing sales office in Poland

    • Developing self-fluxing Nickel Thermal Spray powders with gas atomization process.

    • ITAF 16949 certification for brazing pastes and thermal spray powders used in automotive parts production.

    • Developing Cobalt based powders for PTA and Laser Cladding applications.

  • 2016-2020

    • Installing rapid solidification equipment and developing production of amorphous nickel brazing foils.

    • Opening of government recognized R& Center.

    • Won "Most Innovative SME of the Year" prize organized by KOSGEB (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization).

    • Opening of Torbalı plant.

  • 2021

    • Investment in metal additive manufacturing machine and astablished Sentes ADDITIVE brand as service provider for metal additive manufacturing.

    • Metal powder production process is certified according to ISO 13485 for medical powders production.

    • CE certification for additive manufacturing dental powders production.

  • 2021

    • AS9100 certification for powder production and for the services of SentesAdditive business unit.