
EKU was established in 1962 by Mr. Rahmi KUCUK in Karabuk to manufacture brake drums for heavy commercial vehicles.

In 1967, EKU moved its manufacturing plant to Kartal, Istanbul.

First export to Europe in 1987.

In 2007, EKU moved to its new manufacturing facility in Kocaeli, with a 80,000 tonnes of melting capacity and 1,500,000 of machining capacity.

R&D department was established in 2013.

In 2014, sales of drum brake linings and disc brake pads for heavy commercial vehicles began under the “Force By EKU” brand.

EKU was included in Turquality Brand Program as of January 2016.

EKU got the distributorship of Duroline and ICER Brakes for Turkish markets.

In 2017, slack adjusters, brake chambers, wheel hubs and boogie bushings were added to the product range of "Force by EKU".