IDEF 2019 Fair (International Defence Industry Fair) will be held in Tüyap Istanbul between November 30th April and 32d May, 2019. This year our following members will participate in.

Our Association will be waiting for the visitors at the stand in Hall 14, 1450A.

Automechanika Istanbul 2019 Fair was held between 4 – 7 April 2019 in Istanbul Tuyap Fair, Convention and Exhibition Center. The Automechanika Istanbul 2019 Fair, where a total of 1397 participants met with 48,737 visitors from all over the world, resulted in record numbers. This exhibition brings together Turkish and European industry for the surrounding countries as well as for Turkey has become an important meeting platform. Our Association hosted its visitors at Hall 7, stand no. A149.

In the conference part of the event, our Secretary General İsmail Hakkı Hacıalioğlu made a presentation on “Automotive Sector and Composites: Present Situation and Expectations for the Future”.

The Association has once again organized participation in JEC WORLD 2019 Paris Fair –now an annual tradition–, of 32 names from Turkey, with 11 firms and 21 independent participants, within the framework of National Participation Arrangement with Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO).

Within the framework of National Participation Arrangement, Turkish firms had, once again the opportunity to entertain visitors and promote their products in a wider area, organized specifically for them. The participation of Turkish firms, through a splendid organization by İTO, is growing each year, and is now an important indicator of how Turkish composite industry and Turkish composite firms have strengthened their position on the global market.

Turkish Composite Industry had the opportunity to reflect its international position through extensive participation in the event. Yet another indicator of the industry’s strengths is the robust attention drawn by our promotional booklets and the “COMPOSITES TURKEY” magazine, the 21st issue of which was distributed at the event as the industry magazine of the whole Turkish Composites Industry.
Furthermore, on the last day of this year’s event, within the framework of the Country on Stage: Turkey program, we had the opportunity to share the strong, international and dynamic structure of the Turkish composites industry as well as the individual firms, with numerous guests attending the event. In this context, the opening address by Mr. Kerem Paksoy was followed by a presentation by Mr. Barış Pakiş talking about Turkish composites and their position in the wider world, culminating in a panel moderated by Mr. Nigel O’deo, and attended by Mr. Deniz Korkmaz, Mr. Uğur Üstünel, Mr. Berk Baltaoğlu, Mr. Ali Çamurdan, and Mr. İsmail Hakkı Hacıalioğlu, underlining the strengths of our industry in a Q&A session. The event attended by Mr. Görkem Barış Tantekin, Turkey’s Consul General in Paris, as well, was concluded with a closing address by Mr. Barış Pakiş.

We would like to voice our gratitude to Istanbul Chamber of Commerce for the chance to promote our industry on such an important platform, and note our determination to continue with our efforts to promote our industry ever more, based on our accumulating experience.

We wish the successful conclusion of JEC WORLD 2019 event will be fruitful for the wider Turkish composites industry.

Our Board of Directors have conducted the distribution of tasks amongst the Members of Board of Directors on January 21th, 2019, which is the 160th Ordinary Meeting of Board of Directors as of the establishment of our association.

The distribution of tasks of 2019 – 2020 Board of Directors of the Turkish Composites Manufacturers Associations is as follows:

CHAIRMAN – Barıs Pakiş – POLİN SU PARKLARI VE HAVUZ SİSTEMLERİ A.Ş.

VICE CHAIRMAN – Turgay Aytekin – SUPERLİT BORU SANAYİ A.Ş.

SECRETARY – Kerem Paksoy – DURATEK KORUYUCU MALZEMELER SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.

ACCOUNTANT – Burak Darcan – TİLA KOMPOZİT TEMSİLCİLİK İÇ VEDIŞ TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.

MEMBER – Deniz Korkmaz – KORDSA TEKNİK TEKSTİL A.Ş.

MEMBER – Çağla Pınar Turunçoğlu – CES İLERİ KOMPOZİT VE SAVUNMA TEKNOLOJİLERİ A.Ş.

MEMBER – Hüseyin Gül – MASKİM KOMPOZİT ÜRÜNLER SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.

MEMBER – Mustafa Koray Özatay – DOWAKSA İLERİ KOMPOZİT MALZEMELER SAN. LTD. ŞTİ.

MEMBER – İlker Sazcılar – SAZCILAR OTOMOTİV SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.

MEMBER – Ali Çamurdan – ŞİŞECAM ELYAF SANAYİİ A.Ş.

MEMBER – Musa Tamer Çobanoğlu – İLKALEM TİC. SAN. A.Ş. 

We wish it to servet to the best interest of our Association and Sector.

The 8th Ordinary General Assembly of the Composite Manufacturers Association took place at Teknopark Istanbul on 21 January, 2019. The General Assembly meeting began with a minute of silence and respect, and the national anthem, followed by the election of the Presidency Council. After the election of Prof. Ahmet Ünal as the President of the Council, Mr. Halid Avdagiç as the Vice President of the Council, and Mr. Bahattin Şendoğan as the Clerk, the General Secretary Mr. İsmail Hakkı Hacıalioğlu made the opening speech summarizing our activities for 2017-2018 period, prepared by the Chairman of the Board, Mr. Şekib Avdagiç.

After the unanimous approval of the Operations Report and the Report by the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee were released from their responsibilities in separate votes.

The elections led to the following composition of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee for the years 2019-2020 in unanimous agreement.

Board of Directors

1. Barış Pakiş – POLİN SU PARKLARI VE HAVUZ SİSTEMLERİ A.Ş.
2. Turgay Aytekin – SUPERLİT BORU SANAYİ A.Ş.
3. Kerem Paksoy – DURATEK KORUYUCU MALZEMELER SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.
4. Burak Darcan – TİLA KOMPOZİT TEMSİLCİLİK İÇ VEDIŞ TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
5. Ali Çamurdan – ŞİŞECAM ELYAF SANAYİİ A.Ş.
6. Tamer Çobanoğlu – İLKALEM TİC. SAN. A.Ş.
7. Koray Özatay – DOWAKSA İLERİ KOMPOZİT MALZEMELER SAN. LTD. ŞTİ.
8. Deniz Korkmaz – KORDSA TEKNİK TEKSTİL A.Ş.
9. Hüseyin Gül – MASKİM KOMPOZİT ÜRÜNLER SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
10. Çağla Pınar Turunçoğlu – CES İLERİ KOMPOZİT VE SAVUNMA TEKNOLOJİLERİ A.Ş.
11. İlker Sazcılar – SAZCILAR OTOMOTİV SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.

Substitute Members of the Board of Directors

1. Ali Birtan Erdoğan – ECE BOYA KİMYA SAN. TİC. A.Ş.
2. Özgür Sönmez – LİTERATÜR KİMYA ELEKT. İNŞ. TAAH. TURZ. OTO. SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
3. Dara Rizvani – BİRLİK TİCARET TÜRK A.Ş.
4. Hamdi Turan – PLASTO LTD. ŞTİ.
5. Efe Kuyumcu – DROMEAS YATÇILIK SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
6. Osman Sönmez – SÖNMEZ ASF İPLİK DOKUMA VE BOYA SAN. A.Ş.
7. Can Ergün – CSC MAKİNA ELEKTRONİK TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
8. Sadık Aslıtürk – POLKİMA POLYESTER KİMYA VE MAKİNA SAN. A.Ş.
9. Mehmet Barış Daryal – GAMA METALURJİ UYGULAMA MAKİNE KİMYA DAN. SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
10. Serkan Us – İNOVATİF TEKNOLOJİ MÜH. SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
11. Hakan İsmail Fidan – PALET KİMYA SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.

Audit Committee

1. Tolga Kutluğ – OMNİS KOMPOZİT LTD. ŞTİ.
2. Eralp Erdem – TURKUAZ POLYESTER REÇİNE KİMYA SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.
3. Kaan Kıraç – TEKNO ENDÜSTRİYEL KİMYASALLAR SAN. VE TİC. LTD. ŞTİ.

Substitute Members of the Audit Committee

1. Banu Cimşir – KOMPOZİT KİMYA ELEKTROMEKANİK MAL. SAN. VE TİC. A.Ş.
2. Ahmet Çınar – POLSER ŞEFFAF ÇATI ÖRTÜLERİ SAN. TİC. A.Ş.
3. Ekrem Metin Taştan – İZMİR EĞİTİM SAĞLIK SANAYİ YATIRIM A.Ş.

We hope that the results of our 8th Ordinary General Assembly will be beneficial to our country and our sector.

Plast Eurasia Istanbul 2018, 28th International Istanbul Plastics Industry Fair, organized by TUYAP in cooperation with PAGEV (Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation), brought together 1,094 companies and company representatives from 44 countries and 51,684 professional visitors from 103 countries on the 5th-8th of December in Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul.

Plastics machinery, chemicals & raw materials, machinery & auxiliary industry, heat & control equipment, mould, hyrdraulic & pneumatic, recycling, professional publications and other systems were exhibited in 10 halls where national pavilions took place from China, India, Iran and Taiwan.

Plast Eurasia İstanbul 2018 Fair hosted procurement committees from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Algeria, Morocco, Palestine, South Korea, Georgia, India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Italy, Canada, Qatar, Kosovo, Libya, Lebanon, Macedonia, Egypt, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Jordan and Greece in support of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade and Tuyap Overseas offices. Thanks to intensive marketing activities abroad, 7.974 international visitors visited the fair with a 17% increase compared to last year.

In coordination with Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade and with organization of IMMIB (Istanbul Minerals and Metals Exporters Association) the participating companies made B2B meetings with the representatives of the visiting companies from Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Tunisia and Jordan. Thanks to the MyTuyap Matchmaking System, visitors had the opportunity to have B2B meetings with the participants without wasting any time during the fair by sending meeting requests to the participating companies before the fair.

According to the results of the survey conducted during the fair, 90% of the participants stated that they were satisfied with the fair and 95% said they would participate in the fair next year. According to the online visitor surveys conducted after the fair, 91% of the visitors said they were satisfied with the fair and 93% said they would visit the fair again next year.

Plast Eurasia Istanbul 2019, 29th International Istanbul Plastics Industry Fair will be held by TUYAP in cooperation with PAGEV on December 4 – 7, 2019 in Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul.