 On March 15, 2008, the plant's foundation was laid in Dörtyol, Hatay.Already with the beginning of 2009, plant's service center consists of a hot shear line and a combined cold shear and slitting line went in operation.The plant, which has a capacity of 2.5 million tons of steel products a year, was officially opened by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on March 9, 2011.