YOUR PROPULSION EXPERTS
SCHOTTEL and elkon are set to operate as partners in the maritime market. Both enterprises now offer complementary and energy-efficient propulsion, hybridization and electrification concepts, with a large overlap in the field of propulsion hybridization for new builds and conversions. Kenan Elmas, Director of Automation, has been with elkon since 2007. He gives us his take on the new cooperation
“After being part of 42 years of history in the Turkish shipbuilding industry, elkon Elektrik experienced one of its biggest turning points in 2022. We have put a lot of hard work into just under 600 projects so far, following the global trends and proceeding on the path we knew was right, without compromising our sustainable growth policy.
elkon is an electric and R&D brand. It employs some of the most well-known names in the industry, international award-winning engineers and innovative minds in the field of marine electric and automation. We are proud to say we have added value to nearly every ship produced in Türkiye over the last years. In our efforts to stay on track with our goals, the international leader in propulsion expertise SCHOTTEL has acquired a majority share in elkon. With SCHOTTEL and its 100 years of experience behind us, we are now in a stronger position to make our dreams from 42 years ago a reality.
As a company that has been producing, using and exporting electrification technologies for years, the partnership with SCHOTTEL will enable elkon to play a bigger role in the world’s environmental transformation. We will be able to extend our radar and establish a presence in the countries that have a say in the maritime industry. elkon adopted the culture of globalization many years ago. And with SCHOTTEL’s experience and engineering capabilities, we will see different places on the world map, reaching further beyond the borders we once imagined.
Our joint mission is to promote decarbonization, to protect the future of the world and our seas and to make environments livable for our children and all creatures on Earth. As elkon, we will combine our electrical systems integration and R&D studies with SCHOTTEL’s propulsion experience in automation and transmission technologies. And SCHOTTEL can gain a new perspective from elkon when doing business in the Turkish shipbuilding market, a market in which the company has been active for many years under its own name. We are happy to add another link to the solid and inseparable chain of Turkish and German cultures from the past to the present.
On behalf of elkon, I warmly welcome all customers to take advantage of the usual agile, professional and independent services both companies offer. Your benefit lies in the expansion of both portfolios and the possibility to commission turnkey solutions for propulsion systems and system integration. The option to involve respective market partners remains available on both sides.”
