The Republic of South Africa’s B&M Analysts company authorities who are led by Lillian Keetse and John White visited Kocaeli on February 19, 2018. The delegation who came to Turkey for observing the good practices made the first visit to the TOSB. An introduction was presented to the authorities at the TOSB as well as the premises was toured. The delegation made the second visit to the TUBITAK and the final visit to the KCI. The delegation were given a presentation about Kocaeli and the Kocaeli industry by The Secretary General Memet B. Turabi and The Deputy Secretary General M. Egemen Mert. Afterwards, the delegation departed for Istanbul for completing their study tour.

Consul General of Sweden in Istanbul; Therese Hydén visited the KCI on February 6, 2018. The Consulate General’s Commercial Officer Sevin Yalcin and Business Sweden’s Consultant Doruk Gunay accompanied to the Consul General. The delegation who were welcomed by the Chairman of The Board; Ayhan Zeytinoglu were given information about the industry of Kocaeli.  The Consul General also visited The Governor of Kocaeli; Huseyin Aksoy and The Mayor of The Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality; Ibrahim Karaosmanoglu within the context of her Kocaeli programme. During the visits, Therese Hydén was informed about Kocaeli and the projects as well as the potential cooperations were discussed between.