Türkiye has become one of the most important elevator manufacturing bases in Europe and the Middle East. Turkish producers supply complete elevator systems, cabins, automatic doors, control panels and traction machines to buyers across Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia — combining CE-marked, EN 81-20 compliant engineering with lead times and pricing that are difficult to match elsewhere.
For international buyers, distributors and contractors, the challenge is knowing where to start. This guide profiles five established Turkish elevator manufacturers — Has Asansör, Merih Asansör, Yükseliş Asansör, Ametal Asansör and Nazar Elevator — covering when they were founded, what they actually manufacture, their production capacity and their export reach.
A word on methodology before the profiles. This is not a revenue-ranked league table — Turkish elevator manufacturers are largely privately held and do not publish comparable financial data. Instead, these five were selected because each one:
Together they illustrate the breadth of the Turkish sector: door and cabin specialists, electronic component producers, and complete-system exporters. They are presented in order of founding date.
Founded: 1977 | Location: Ankara | Focus: Automatic doors, cabins, complete systems
Merih Asansör Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. is among the longest-established names in the Turkish elevator industry, founded in 1977 and based in Ankara. Nearly five decades on, it remains one of the country's highest-volume producers of elevator doors.
The company operates a 30,000 m² production facility with an annual capacity of 100,000 automatic doors and 5,000 cabins. That door figure is the number that matters: it places Merih among the largest dedicated door manufacturers in the region and explains why the company appears so frequently in the supply chains of other elevator assemblers.
Beyond doors and cabins, Merih manufactures shaft equipment, machine motors and control panels, and supplies complete elevator system solutions. The company employs around 280 people across executive, R&D, production and sales functions, and exports to 65 countries through an established distribution network.
Best suited for: Buyers sourcing automatic landing and car doors at volume, or contractors looking for a single supplier able to provide doors, cabins and shaft equipment together.
Founded: 1980 | Focus: Buffers, cabins, car frames | Notable: Founded Türkiye's first elevator technical high school
Has Asansör has one of the more unusual origin stories in the sector. The company was established in 1980 by Sebahattin Şekerci — not as an elevator manufacturer, but as a producer of rubber and plastic components.
The pivot came in 1987, when Has designed and introduced spring-rubber buffers for the elevator industry. Buffers are a safety-critical component governed by EN 81 requirements, and building genuine manufacturing competence in that category gave the company a technical foundation it later expanded on. Cabins and car frames followed, moving Has from component supplier to system manufacturer.
To support that growth, the company relocated to a facility with 5,200 m² of indoor space on a 7,200 m² site, adding elevator cabin production capacity.
Has Asansör's most distinctive contribution sits outside its factory walls. The company established Türkiye's first elevator technical high school, in Bursa, with capacity for 1,000 students. Vertical transportation is a sector with a persistent shortage of qualified technicians worldwide; a manufacturer investing directly in vocational training is genuinely rare, and it signals a long-term commitment to the industry rather than to a single product line.
Best suited for: Buyers sourcing buffers and safety components, or cabins and car frames from a manufacturer with deep materials expertise.
Founded: 1980 | Location: Ankara (Kahramankazan) | Focus: Cabins, automatic doors, operating panels
Few companies document their growth as clearly as Yükseliş Asansör, and the trajectory is worth setting out because it tells you a great deal about how Turkish manufacturers scale.
Yükseliş began production in 1980 in a 75 m² workshop in Ankara Demetevler. In 1990 it moved to a 320 m² factory in Ostim, Ankara's principal industrial zone. Rising demand pushed it to a 1,200 m² facility in 1999. In 2007 the company began building a dedicated manufacturing plant in Ankara Kahramankazan specifically to increase export volume. A second phase in 2015 took the site to 21,000 m², and a third phase completed in 2020 brought the total to 26,500 m².
That is a roughly 350-fold increase in production area across four decades — from a workshop to an industrial plant, funded by export growth rather than acquisition.
The product range covers elevator cabins, full automatic doors, chassis and frames, and glass touch cabin and landing operating panels. In 2017 the company presented an inclined elevator at the Elevator Istanbul International Fair — a technically demanding product category that few mid-sized manufacturers attempt.
Yükseliş exports to Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Georgia, Iraq, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, among other markets. The presence of Germany, the UK and Sweden on that list is meaningful: these are markets with strict conformity expectations and demanding commercial buyers.
Best suited for: European distributors requiring cabins and doors that will satisfy Western European inspection regimes, and buyers needing modern touch-panel fixtures.
Founded: 9 March 1988 | Location: Taşdelen, Ümraniye, Istanbul | Focus: Buttons, fixtures, electronics, complete packages
Ametal Asansör was founded on 9 March 1988 by İsmail Yıldırım, initially producing control panels, buttons and keypads for elevators. Nearly four decades later, the company remains a specialist in the electronic and interface side of vertical transportation — an area where many general elevator manufacturers depend on outside suppliers.
The company operates from a factory in Taşdelen with 7,000 m² of closed production area, with headquarters in Ümraniye, Istanbul. Its catalogue includes complete lift packages, car and landing fixtures, wiring and electronic controllers, load weighing devices and door detectors.
The most substantive credential is regulatory rather than commercial: on 15 May 2019, Ametal was formally registered as an R&D Centre. In Türkiye this designation is granted by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and requires a company to demonstrate dedicated research staff, physical R&D infrastructure and a documented innovation programme. It is not a certificate a company can simply apply for and receive — and among elevator component manufacturers it remains uncommon.
For buyers, that distinction matters in a specific way: control systems and load weighing devices are the components most affected by evolving safety standards such as EN 81-20 and UCM protection requirements. A supplier with formal R&D capacity is better positioned to keep pace with regulatory change.
Best suited for: Buyers sourcing COP/LOP fixtures, controllers, load weighing devices and door detectors, or assemblers wanting a complete lift package with the electronics already integrated.
Founded: 2002 | Location: Konya (HQ) and İzmir | Focus: Complete elevator systems for export
The youngest company on this list, Nazar Elevator was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Konya — the city widely regarded as Türkiye's elevator manufacturing capital, hosting the country's densest concentration of component producers.
Nazar operates a two-site structure that is unusual for a company of its size. The Konya main facility handles cabin manufacturing, door systems, final system integration, export packaging and international freight coordination. The İzmir unit is dedicated exclusively to elevator control panel manufacturing, producing over 1,000 units per month — making it one of Türkiye's larger control panel production centres.
Separating control panel production into a dedicated facility is a deliberate engineering decision. Panel assembly requires different quality controls, cleanliness standards and testing equipment than sheet metal and cabin work, and running it as a standalone operation typically produces more consistent output.
The company's products carry CE marking and comply with EN 81-20 and EN 81-50, with quality management certified to ISO 9001. Nazar exports to more than 70 countries, with installations in hotels, hospitals, residential towers, commercial centres and industrial facilities. The manufacturing range covers passenger elevators, freight and industrial elevators, hospital and healthcare elevators, home lifts, panoramic and glass elevators, plus cabins, doors, control panels and spare parts.
Production capability includes CNC machining, laser cutting, powder coating lines and precision assembly stations, with flat-pack export packaging and multilingual technical documentation prepared for international delivery.
Best suited for: Buyers and developers who need a complete, ready-to-install elevator system delivered and documented for a specific export market rather than individual components.
| Manufacturer | Founded | Base | Core Specialisation | Export Reach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merih Asansör | 1977 | Ankara | Automatic doors, cabins | 65 countries |
| Has Asansör | 1980 | Türkiye | Buffers, cabins, car frames | — |
| Yükseliş Asansör | 1980 | Ankara | Cabins, doors, operating panels | Europe, CIS, MENA |
| Ametal Asansör | 1988 | Istanbul | Fixtures, electronics, packages | — |
| Nazar Elevator | 2002 | Konya / İzmir | Complete elevator systems | 70+ countries |
Whichever supplier you approach, the same due diligence applies when sourcing elevator equipment from Türkiye:
Verify conformity documentation. Elevators and safety components placed on the EU market must carry CE marking under the Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU. Ask for the Declaration of Conformity and the notified body number, not just a logo on a brochure.
Confirm the applicable standard. EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 have replaced the older EN 81-1 and EN 81-2. If a quotation still references the withdrawn standards, ask why.
Distinguish manufacturers from traders. Türkiye has a large elevator trading sector alongside its manufacturing base. Ask for factory address, production area and whether the specific component is produced in-house or bought in.
Clarify what "complete system" includes. Packages vary considerably. Confirm whether the traction machine, controller, doors, cabin, guide rails and safety gear are all included, and which brand of each is supplied.
Agree documentation language early. Installation manuals, wiring diagrams and maintenance instructions in the destination market's language are frequently a legal requirement, not a convenience.
Turkish manufacturers combine EU-aligned conformity — CE marking, EN 81-20 and EN 81-50 compliance — with competitive pricing and shorter lead times than most Western European producers, supported by favourable logistics to Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the CIS.
Konya hosts the highest concentration of elevator component manufacturers in Türkiye and is commonly described as the country's elevator manufacturing capital. Ankara and Istanbul are the other two major centres, with Ankara particularly strong in doors and cabins.
Established exporters do. Elevators and safety components sold into the European Union must be CE marked under Lifts Directive 2014/33/EU. Always request the Declaration of Conformity and the notified body reference for the specific product you are buying.
A complete system is a full package — cabin, doors, traction machine, controller, guide rails and safety components — supplied ready for installation. Component suppliers produce individual parts such as doors, buffers, fixtures or control panels, typically sold to assemblers and other manufacturers.
The manufacturers profiled here were founded between 1977 and 2002, and several have been exporting for decades. Merih Asansör currently reaches 65 countries and Nazar Elevator more than 70.
What stands out across these five companies is specialisation. Merih dominates door volume. Has built its business outward from a single safety component. Yükseliş scaled steadily from a 75 m² workshop to a 26,500 m² plant. Ametal turned button and controller production into a formally recognised R&D operation. Nazar structured itself around export-ready complete systems from day one.
For international buyers this depth is the real advantage of sourcing from Türkiye. You are not choosing between near-identical assemblers, but between manufacturers with genuinely different competencies — and the right choice depends entirely on whether you need doors, safety components, fixtures, electronics or a complete installation.
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