Erkul Cosmetics

Cosmetics Manufacturer Sees the Beauty of FANUC Automation

Erkul Cosmetics in Turkey benefits from a myriad of quality and efficiency benefits provided by various high-performance FANUC automation products. This fast-growing cosmetics enterprise is looking to set a benchmark for manufacturing in its sector, supported by the competitive gains that FANUC solutions provide.
Success story video of FANUC Turkey with customer Erkul cosmetics. The company has production lines with ROBOSHOT and robot integration. Duration 02:26. Turkish with English subtitles.

Key Insights from Task to Result

Task

As one of the world’s fastest-growing cosmetics manufacturers, Erkul Cosmetics wanted to source an automation technology partner that would take its production operations to the forefront of industry excellence.

Solution

Erkul Cosmetics today has a broad spread of FANUC products on site at its Turkey headquarters, including ROBOSHOT full-electric injection moulding machines and LR Mate 200𝑖D/7L industrial robots. These solutions are central to an ethos of continuous improvement as the company looks to capture even more market share.

Result

FANUC automation products are today enhancing quality and efficiency at this progressive manufacturing business. Furthermore, FANUC Industry 4.0 technologies offer remote access capabilities and considerable flexibility, while the products also contribute to savings in energy consumption of up to 70%.

Erkul Cosmetics

FANUC Success with Robots, ROBOSHOT and ROBODRILL - Erkul Cosmetics in Turkey benefits from FANUC's variety of products in order to improve quality and efficiency.

Turkey-based Erkul Cosmetics is a leading manufacturer of foundation cream, compact powder blush, eye shadow, mascara, lipstick, lip gloss and nail lacquer. Established in 1983, the company today exports to more than 90 countries on five continents and is one of the world’s top five manufacturers of nail lacquer. Erkul Cosmetics produces its cosmetics, along with plastic packaging, at the company’s integrated 70,000 m2 manufacturing facilities in Istanbul. Advanced technologies and modern processes are a central premise of the company’s success in accordance with internationally recognised quality accreditations.

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Enhancing the Make-up of Cosmetics Manufacturing

Erkul Cosmetics has a clear vision to become even better at manufacturing while meeting the needs of an infinite variety of products in different markets.

Mesut Erkul, Board Member at Erkul Cosmetics, says: “Every single day since the beginning of our journey we have asked ourselves the question: how can we improve quality and efficiency?”

To help the company deliver continuous improvement, Erkul Cosmetics relies on FANUC machine tool and robot solutions, including all-electric ROBOSHOT injection moulding machines and LR Mate 200𝑖D/7L industrial robots. So, why FANUC? 

“The main reason is FANUC’s ability to provide various products that can communicate with each other without additional equipment. It’s all about ONE FANUC: a single solution partner.” says Erkul. 

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Yavuz Zorlular

Technical Manager at Erkul Cosmetics

The technical manager, Yavuz Zorlular, continues: "In addition, the support that FANUC provides represents the concept of serving as a true partner in automation for manufacturing plants. We also take advantage of FANUC’s lifetime warranty for spare-part support.”

Erkul Cosmetics applies simple and fast operations throughout its manufacturing process, thanks largely to easy-to-program FANUC robots and various software solutions that deliver considerable adaptability across the factory’s operations. In a very short time, the company is able to assign FANUC robots to different tasks and make them work smoothly for uninterrupted production.

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“FANUC’s 99.9% product reliability rate results in maximum efficiency, with uninterrupted manufacturing and low maintenance costs providing an unrivalled return on investment [ROI],” explains Zorlular. “With the integration of FANUC’s 360° technological solutions we can focus on designing more sophisticated products and provide ‘better’ to our customers.”

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Mesut Erkul

Board Member at Erkul Cosmetics

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