Turkish manufacturer Parsan has now ramped up production on its recently installed forging line following the installation of a new 5,000-tonne press from Italy-based Farina, part of the Schuler Group, that was ordered almost two years ago. It features the KERS kinetic energy recovery system, which offers savings of up to 40% as well as low wear and less downtime due to maintenance work. The focus of the whole line is high speed, flexibility, efficiency, sustainability as well as forging operations with vertical and horizontal directions or hot and warm forging technologies.

Parsan was founded in 1968 as integrated steel forging processing and mechanical machining plant near Istanbul. Around 70% of the products, which weigh between one and 400kg, are supplied to the international automotive, agriculture, energy, mining, railways, aerospace, and machinery industries. These include rear axle shafts, front and rear axle suspensions and units, front axle beams, steering knuckles and arms, forged drive wheels, differential gears, internal combustion engine forgings and various e-mobility parts made of ferrous and non-ferrous metallic alloys such as aluminum and superalloys.