![1966 - Establishment](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/1-founder.jpg)
Company foundations were laid in 1966 by our founder İsmet Şen.
The first production started in a 30m² workshop in Tahtakale under the brand "Şenel".
![1969 - First productions](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/2-ilk-uretimler.jpg)
With the increase in customer demands, a new 70m² production workshop was started.
![1972 - Brass Plating](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/3-pirinc_kaplama.jpg)
In order to increase the production capacity, a new 130m² workshop was started and the first brass plating facility was established and the piano hinge production was diversified.
![1974 - Production Diversity](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/4-uretim_cesit.jpg)
Increasing the product range, furniture fittings were added to our production list.
![1984 - ŞENSAC Steel Service Center](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/5-senel_sensac_csm.jpg)
The foundations of the group company ŞENSAC were laid to provide steel service to our customers.
Slitting cold rolled coils and length cutting service started.
Our company was moved to its first modern facility, 5000m² in Ümraniye.
Cup Hinge production was also added to our production range.
![1988 - First Export](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/7-ilk_ihracat.jpg)
Our first export was made.
A better facility in Gebze of 16,500m², which we still serve today, has been started.
In our new production plant in Gebze, we produced our first cold rolled flat from wire rod.
![2009 - Mass Production: Cold Rolled Flat from wire](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/10-seri_uretim.png)
After 2 years of R&D and new machinery investments, mass production cold rolling flat started.
![2011 - Merger](https://www.sensac.com/en/yuklemeler/madde-gorselleri/logo-sensac.png)
Until year 2011, both companies were in production of their own as SENEL and SENSAC.
Same year, productions merged under name of SENSAC and SENEL become only importer and exporter company.
In cold rolled flat wire sector, we are proud of being main suppliers of the biggest European producers and %70 of our products exported in this market.
In piano hinge sector, "ŞENEL" brand are still in production and exported 90% around the world - shipped to 25 different countries.