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‘Twin Transformation and Green Deal’ discussed at KCI

A panel on “Twin Transformation and Green Deal” was organized by Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) and in cooperation with Dünya Newspaper. Expert speakers joined to the panel. Speakers and moderator of the panel were: Moderated by Hakan Güldağ; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dünya Newspaper (Nasıl Bir Ekonomi Newspaper). Bülent Özcan; General Manager of Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Presidency of European Union.  Dr. Mehmet Yurdal Şahin; Ministry of Industry and Technology, General Manager of Incentive Implementation and Foreign Capital. Demet Işıl Karakurt; Ministry of Commerce International Agreements and EU General Directorate Trade Expert. And Assoc. Dr. Cigdem Nas; Economic Development Foundation Secretary General.

Turkish-German Investment and Cooperation Days Kocaeli program took place

The “Turkish-German Investment and Cooperation Day” program was held in cooperation with the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce, hosted by Kocaeli Chamber of Industry. The program started with keynote speeches, followed by presentations on business potentials and bilateral business meetings.

Hosted by Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) and in cooperation with the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the “Turkish-German Investment and Cooperation Day-Kocaeli Program” was held at the Kocaeli Congress Center. At the opening of the program organized to increase and develop the commercial cooperation between the two countries; Kocaeli Governor Seddar Yavuz, KCI President Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Metropolitan Mayor Tahir Büyükakın, European Parliament Deputy Engin Eroğlu, Federal Republic of Germany Consul General in Istanbul Johannes Regenbrecht, Federal Republic of Germany Ambassador Jürgen Schulz, German and Turkish business people attended.

KCI Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Farewell to Summer Concert’ took place

Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI), which pioneered the establishment of the first classical music orchestra in Kocaeli within the scope of its social responsibility goals, has achieved a new concert to its annual concerts since 2007. Contributing to the cultural and artistic life of our city, KCI Chamber Orchestra, by Conductor Assoc. Dr. Revnak Yengi The “Farewell to Summer Concert”, gave Kocaeli residents a unique night of music. Hundreds of music lovers came together at the concert held in Kocaeli Congress Center hosted by KCI Chairman of the Board Ayhan Zeytinoğlu and KCI Assembly President Hasan Tahsin Tuğrul.

Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI), which maintains its ‘’A Class Excellent Chamber’’ status, received a ‘first place’ certificate

Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) successfully completed its audit within the extent of TOBB (The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye) Accreditation System and retained its ‘’A Class Excellent Chamber’’ status. Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI), which achieved full point with its service quality among 365 Chamber/Exchanges, was awarded the first place certificate.

Contributing to the development of industrialists; Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI), which creates value for its employees, stakeholders and society, continues to affirm its understanding of quality service. Leading the transformation in the industry with the mission of being a pioneering institution, Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) has been successfully completing the audits it has passed within the scope of the TOBB (The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye) Accreditation System for 20 years. Maintaining its ‘A Class Perfect Chamber’ status since 2002, Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) completed the last audit with great success and ranked first among 365 Chamber/Exchanges.

Match4Industry Business Matchmaking Event

We take pleasure in informing you about the 11th edition of the Match4Industry Business Matching Event will be organised on 29th – 30th November 2022

The Match4Industry Business Matching Event will be organised by ABİGEM East Marmara and the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry in close collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network partners and many other professional business support organisations from Europe, Turkey and beyond.

Match4Industry is a part of “Doing Business Onsite”, a unique concept in matchmaking events that offer meetings held in company premises as well as the main event site. Visits to leading automotive companies will be available as optional programmes, offering the participants a chance to observe Kocaeli’s business environment at first hand. As usual there will be a dedicated area to accommodate face to face meetings between prospective partners.

Sectors of Interest:

  • Automotive Supply
  • Metal and Machinery
  • Plastics and Rubber
  • Tyre
  • Chemical (Automotive Paints, Coatings and Care Products)
  • Construction and Construction Materials
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Electrics-Electronics
  • Information and Communication Technologies

Participation is free of charge and open to all interested parties.
Services included:

  • Local transfers to meeting points.
  • English to Turkish and Turkish to English translation.
  • Lunches, refreshments and a ‘welcome’ dinner.
  • Accommodation costs for one representative from each participating company. This cost will be borne by the Turkish Ministry of the Trade on the basis that companies submit their applications via the Turkish Commercial Attaché in their home countries. The deadline for free of charge accomodation will be announced through the event and partner organisations when the Turkish Ministry of Trade approves the event.

You can register for Match4Industry Business Matchmaking Event free of charge via: https://match4industry-2022.b2match.io/

For more information and your questions please do not hesitate to contact with Yelda KANPARA, ykanpara@abigemdm.com.tr, Burak ÇAKIR, bcakir@abigemdm.com.tr,
Tel: + 90 262 323 08 56

EU Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut came together with the business world in KCI

Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, met with representatives of business world and spoke about EU-Turkey relations at the meeting hosted by KCI

Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, members of the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) Executive Board, members of the council, chairmans of organized industry zones and representatives of business world came together at the meeting hosted by KCI. Opening speech of the meeting was made by the KCI Chairman of the Executive Board Ayhan Zeytinoğlu. Chairman Zeytinoğlu started his speech by describing the geographic and economic properties of Kocaeli and continued with mentioning the trade relations with EU.

After Zeytinoğlu’s speech Ambassador Landrut took the stand and said that it is pleasing to see the EU Information Center operating actively. Landrut said “Turkey is a very important import market for EU and a significant part of the European chain of values. We care about the economic relations with Turkey. The Covid-19 pandemic and the unjust attack of Russia to Ukraine also showed us how important the circular economy and the efficient use of resources are. In this sense the Green Deal will be the lead of the economic-social change and effect everyone.”.

A FINANCIAL AID FOR TURKEY

Ambassador Landrut said “On the matter of change public and private sectors will need co cooperate, No matter how distant 2050 looks it can still be considered ‘tomorrow’. We should cooperate now and actualize the measures in 2-3 years. If Turkey develops its own Emission Trade System (ETS) during this process Turkey will face less problems with the customs union. No matter how difficult the change processes look we shouldn’t forget that they also contain oppurtunities. You have an oppurtunity to generate a market with green investments. Also we know that your companies need financial resources. On this point EU allocated 700 million Euros to support Turkey in the process of change. You can benefit from these resources by developing projects.”.

EU Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut visited Our Village (Bizimköy)

Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut visited Our Village Production Center For Disabled, made observations and received information about the production in the center

Our Village Production Center for Disabled, a social responsibility project of Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI), hosted an important guest. KCI Chairman of the Executive Board Ayhan Zeytinoğlu together with Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut who came to our province to make several contacts and their retinue visited Our Village. Chairman Zeytinoğlu showed the guests around the production units and informed them about the production process of the center. General Manager of Our Village Hüsnü Bayraktar, Begüm Okçu, who is an official of the Metraco company which produces textile for brands renowned worldwide from the center and KCI Deputy Secretary General Egemen Mert accompanied Chairman Zeytinoğlu and Ambassador Landrut on their visit.

REMARKED AS IMPRESSIVE

Impressed by the size and the working areas of the Our Village Production Center of Disabled, which is comprised of 136 disabled and 370 non-disabled a total of over 500 employees, Ambassador Landrut commented “Transformation of an activity which started as a small EU Project to an operation this size is very impressive”. Ambassador Landrut also added that it’s pleasing to see employment of both disabled and non-disabled people together and 60% of workforce being comprised of women. After closely examining the textile products manufactured at Our Village and touring the mushroom production unit Ambassador Landrut expressed his pleasure and congratulated all partners notably KCI for developing this Project.

 

SANTEK DIGITAL-Industry and Technology Virtual Fair Begins

The Kocaeli Chamber of Industry is organizing the 7th Industry and Technology (SANTEK) Fair, the first of which was organized in 2013, this time virtually.

 

SANTEK DIGITAL brings your companies together with the world on 8-9-10 December 2021 with stronger access and interaction opportunities.
This year we have harnessed the technical infrastructure of the Ministry of Commerce approved ‘globalpiyasa.com’ e-export platform to support our SANTEK Digital Fair. This platform where all the innovations in industry and technology will be on display also caters for communication, product filtering, order management and automatic translation to seven different languages.

Take your place at SANTEK DIGITAL, where you can find many sectors together, develop your business partnerships and move forward to new business areas.

For participation in the fair and detailed information;

http://santekfuari.com/

‘Land of Opportunities Hungary’ introduced to KCI members

A webinar on ‘Hungary, the Land of Opportunities’ was held in cooperation with KCI and HEPA Turkey

 

 

The seminar was organized for Chamber members who want to do business with Hungary. In addition to general information about the economy and its sectors, information was given on investment opportunities in Hungary and the financial support provided by Hungary Eximbank. At the meeting; HEPA Turkey General Manager Burak Aktaş, Hungarian Commercial Attaché Áron Sipos and Hungarian Eximbank Turkey Representative Arda Tugay shared information.

‘Bike Crossing the Bay’ event was held as part of the EU Climate Diplomacy Week

The Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) EU Information Center organized the ‘Bike Crossing the Bay’ event as part of the EU Climate Diplomacy Week

 

 

 

This significant event was organized for the 5th time this year. ‘Crossing the Bay by Bicycle’, in spite of the rain, attracted nearly 300 cyclists to pedal their way to draw attention against climate change. In the event, where all the necessary safety measures were taken, the participants were directed to the Osmangazi Bridge via the D-100 and the Anatolian Highways. Participants pedalled for about 1 hour.

PARTICIPATION WAS INTENSE

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Director for EU Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı participated in the event; Kocaeli Deputy Governors Ali Ada, Abdul Rauf Ulusoy and İsmail Gültekin, KCI Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, KSO Board Members, KSO Secretary General Memet Barış Turabi, Deputy Secretary General Egemen Mert, Youth and Sports Provincial Deputy Director Ziyaülhak Sarıgül, district managers, branch managers, KSO employees and many bicycle enthusiasts attended.