TURKISH LIGHT TRAVERTINE

INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH LIGHT TRAVERTINE

Light traverten is among the most demanded types of Turkish traverten in the world. Turkey, which has the richest travertine quarries of the world, processes thousands of cubic meters of Light Travertine products in her factories and exports them to the world every year. According to other competitors, the Turkish Light Travertine, which has a clearer waterveins, can be easily applied in large space projects due to its homogenous structure. Turkish Light Travertine is produced in many different sizes and it is cut parallel to the waterveins which are generally called Turkish type cuts and is being sought and demanded as vein cutted Turkish Light Travertine all over the world. The American style cut is the vertical cutting of light travertine blocks according to waterveins and it is named as cross-cut cutting is generally preferred for light travertines that tumbling is applied, also referred to as pattern sets. Turkish Light Travertine is also highly demanded and produced for decorative purposes and Turkey is the country with the largest travertine split face industry in the world.

Thanks to its high technology investments made in recent years, Turkey has the capacity to produce Light Travertine in every size and surface processing requested and her aim to become producer and exporter leader of the world. The structure of Turkish Light Travertine does not require much filling due to its low porous structure and this advantage is attributed to the cheaper prices compared to other competitors in the world and placing to the market. Turkish Light Travertine products are sold at much cheaper prices than their competitors in the world; and its price / quality ratio is the highest in the world. Turkish Light Travertine is produced with very different surface treatments is like raw, polished, honed, aged, sandblasted, hammered surface treatments. While the United States generally prefers Turkish Light Travertine as aged surface with French Pattern Sets; whereas the other regions of the world prefers Turkish Light Travertine as cut-to-size with different surface treatments.

The Turkish Light Traverten quarries are mainly operating in Denizli, Afyon and Karaman regions. In addition to the existing quarries, new quarries are opened in line with the increasing demand for Turkish Light Travertine products and it becomes among the major export items of Turkey. The Turkish Light Travertine, which is one of the well-known travertine varieties of the world, is also named by different names as such as Turkish Light Cream Travertine, Turkish Ivory Travertine, Denizli Light Travertine, Classic Light Travertine and Karaman Travertine.

TURKISH LIGHT TRAVERTINE PRODUCTION INFORMATION

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