Monthly Archive: June 2011

Jun
29

POMSAD: Turkish Pump and Valve Manufacturers’ Association

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Missions To look for solutions to the problems in every field of the sectors by bringing together the people and businessmen working in the construction or manufacturing of pumps and valves and serving to the pump and valve industry and to improve the collaboration in this direction,

Jun
29

Turkish pump & valve sector targets $6 bln of exports by 2023

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Former Chairman of Turkish Pump and Valve Manufacturers Association Kutlu Karavelioglu said that the biggest contribution to the machinery export target of Turkey as $100 bln will be most probably by the Turkish pump and valve industry, and announced the industry’s export target as $6 bln.

Jun
28

Turkey becomes world’s 15th biggest milk producing country

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Turkey has become the world’s 15th milk producing country. According to a report by the National Milk Council, Turkey’s milk production increased four-fold to 13 million tons in 2010 over the previous year while exports of dairy products reached $ 168.86 million. Cow milk accounts for 92.36 percent while sheep milk accounts for 5.85 percent …

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Jun
27

Success Stories of Foreign Companies in Turkey: Pfizer

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Pfizer started its operations in Turkey in 1957. Having served Turkish medicine and society for over half a century, Pfizer Turkey produces 77 percent of the products marketed to the Turkish medical sector

Jun
23

Turkish Stationeries Early in the EU

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Preferring boutique producers to big scale product supplies from the Far East especially after the financial crisis, European countries have become a hope for Turkish stationery sector, as well. Making good use of the recession of China, the biggest producer in stationery sector, in international markets due to its problems of taxation and quality, Turkish …

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Jun
22

Turkish cosmetics company exports apricot soaps, lotions and masks

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Turkish Dogaci Cosmetics, entering the cosmetics sector by producing apricot soaps, now produces and exports apricot seed lotions.

Jun
21

Kocaeli’s new plant benefits Turkish stainless steel sector

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Pohang Iron and Steel Company, or POSCO, will implement its $350 million stainless steel cold rolling mill project with the partnership of Kibar Holding and Daewoo.

Jun
21

KMK acquires German Hermes Paper and starts producing first Turkish newsprint paper

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Having acquired German Hermes Paper and started investment in Kutahya, KMK (Kahramanmaras Paper Industry) is to produce Turkey’s first newsprint paper. Siddik Ciger, Member of the Executive Board of KMK, said in a statement that they are to continue paper production at the factory in Kahramanmaras with an annual capacity of 150 thousand rolls and …

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Jun
20

TUSİAD delegation will hold talks with Dutch business representatives and politicians

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TUSİAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association) delegation will visit the Netherlands on June 21, 2011. The President of the Board of Directors, Umit Boyner, will meet Bernard Wientjes, the president of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) in Hague.

Jun
20

Building Materials in Turkey

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Construction sector is one of the leading sectors of Turkish economy, having links to approximately 150 sub-sectors. Relying on local industry; creating high added value and considerable employment potential; meeting the demand for building materials from both domestic and foreign suppliers, the construction sector is a driving force in Turkish economy.

Jun
17

Izmir Chamber of Commerce

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Izmir Chamber of Commerce was set up in 1885 and is still active as a Constitutional Professional Legal Entity to cater for the common needs of its members, to facilitate their professional activities, to maintain professional discipline, moral values and solidarity so as to establish honesty and reliability in the relations between the members and …

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Jun
16

Iron & Steel and Articles of Iron & Steel in Turkey

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As the iron and steel industry supplies input to almost all manufacturing sectors, it plays an important role in the industrialization and development of Turkey.  The foundations of the Turkish industrialization were laid in the 1930s.  

Jun
15

Textile Machinery in Turkey

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Textile is one of the key sectors in the Turkish economy in terms of GDP, employment and export. Textile accounts for 10 % of the Turkish GDP and 20% of employment in manufacturing sector. The value of textiles and clothing industry production is around US$ 30 billion. Turkey exported US$ 19,3 billion worth of textile …

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Jun
14

Success Stories of Foreign Companies in Turkey: Cargill

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Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 138,000 people in 67 countries. Cargill helps customers succeed through collaboration and innovation, and is committed to sharing global knowledge and experience to help meet economic, environmental and social challenges.

Jun
13

Yildiz says Major Projects like Nabucco can be both Advantageous and Risky

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The Turkish energy minister said on Wednesday that major projects like Nabucco offered both opportunities and risks as they could not be entirely isolated from international relations. Nabucco project support agreements were signed by Nabucco companies and representatives of relevant countries in central Anatolian province of Kayseri.

Jun
13

International Construction Services in Turkey

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Turkish international contracting started its rapid growth with the first contract which was signed in the 1970’s in Libya. North Africa and the Middle East remained major markets for many years. Apart from the Middle East and North African market in which Turkish contractors have enjoyed a great share of civil engineering and electromechanical erection …

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Jun
10

IGEME at JIMEX JORDAN 2011 on June 13-16, 2011

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IGEME is to participate with an info stand at JIMEX JORDAN 2011 fair to be organized in Amman, Jordan on June 13-16, 2011.

Jun
10

Franke shuts down factories in Spain and China, continuing production in Manisa, Turkey

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Ozgen Ozkan, Turkey Director General of the Swedish Franke, one of the biggest producers of kitchen and bathroom systems in the world, said that the factory in Manisa is one of the biggest five factories in the world manufacturing chimney hoods with a yearly production of 1.5 million hoods, adding that the group’s factories in …

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Jun
09

IGEME participated PROJECT LEBANON 2011

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IGEME participated at PROJECT LEBANON 2011, organized between May 31 and June 3 in Beirut, with an info-stand.

Jun
09

Turkey-Expo 2020 -Izmir getting ready to host Expo 2020

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The outdoor walls of Turkey’s Culture Office in Paris’s Champs Elysees center have been decorated with banners and posters promoting the candidacy of western province of Izmir for the Expo 2020. In a written statement released Tuesday, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism said that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had sent a letter …

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