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THE GHANA AMBASSADOR IN ANKARA VISITED THE KCI

Salma Frances Mancell-Egala; The Ghana Ambassador in Ankara and John Hawkins Asiedu; The Minister Counselor visited The Kocaeli Chamber of Industry on October 4, 2018. The delegation were welcomed by The KCI Executive Board Member Atalay Kaya and they were given a presentation about the Kocaeli industry.

A Slovakian Delegation Visited The KCI

A Slovakian businessmen delegation who are led by Slovakia’s Commercial Attache in Istanbul; Mr. Marian Veres visited The Kocaeli Chamber Of Industry on March 14, 2018. The delegation were given a presentation about the Kocaeli industry by The Deputy Secretary General M. Egemen Mert. The delegation also visited The KOSBAS (Kocaeli Free Trade Zone) within the context of their programme.

A South African Research Delegation Visited The KCI

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.

SWEDEN’S CONSUL GENERAL VISITED THE KCI

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.

MATCH4INDUSTRY 2 – 3 November 2017

MATCH4INDUSTRY 2 – 3 November 2017

We take pleasure in informing you about the sixth edition of the Match4Industry Business Matching Event will be organised on 2nd & 3rd November 2017 and be held at the SANTEK Industry and Technology Fair in Kocaeli, Turkey.

The Match4Industry Business Matching Event will be organised by ABİGEM East Marmara and the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry in close collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 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.

At this year’s event we expect in excess of 350 exhibitors and some 40,000 visitors.

Sectors of Interest:
  • Automotive Supply
  • Metal and Machinery
  • Plastics and Rubber
  • Tyre
  • Chemical (Automotive Paints and Coatings, Automotive Care Products)
  • Construction and Construction Materials
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Electric-Electronics
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Woman Entrepreneurship

Participation fee: 80 EUR per participant.

Participation fee includes below services:

  • Business Meetings
  • Assistance before, during and after the event
  • Local transfers to meeting points
  • English to Turkish, Turkish to English translation
  • Lunches, refreshments and gala dinner

* Accommodation costs of the participants’ (2 nights stay at 5 stars hotel) will be financed by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Economy under the condition of being a buyer. Participant’s requests for free of charge accommodation will be accepted until October 20th, 2017.

Deadline for registration: 25th October, 2017

Website of the Event: www.match4industry.com , http://www.b2fair.com/m4i2017

*  Please find the brochure of the event here

“Bangladesh’s Commercial and Investment Potential: Closer Relations With Turkey” Seminar At The KCI

“Bangladesh’s Commercial and Investment Potential: Closer Relations With Turkey” Seminars’ Kocaeli programme was actualized at the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry on May 3, 2017 in cooperation with The Bangladesh’s Ankara Embassy and The Bangladesh’s Istanbul Consulate General.
Besides Bangladesh’s Istanbul Consul General Mohammad Monirul Islam, Bangladesh’s Ankara Embassy’s Commercial Coordinator Kemal Dogan, The Bangladesh Metropoliten Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Board Member, Bangladesh Export Development Association representative, Bangladesh Investment Development Association representatives also attended the programme that was made as a seminar.
The Kocaeli Chamber of Industry’s Vice Chairman Cinar Ulusoy and Bangladesh’s İstanbul Consul General made the opening speeches of the seminar. The speakers; The Metropoliten Chamber of Commerce Executive Board Member, Bangladesh Investment Development Association representative gave information about Bangladesh’s potential and opportunities and they invited the participants to invest in Bangladesh.

A Presentation At The KCI About “The Investment Opportunities in Kazakhstan”

Consul General of Kazakhstan in Istanbul Yelkebulan Sapiyev and his delegation visited the KCI’s Executive Board on April 4, 2017. The delegation who were welcomed by the Chairman of The Board Ayhan Zeytinoglu gave information to the Executive Board about the investment opportunities in Kazakhstan.

The delegation including Consul General of Kazakhstan in Istanbul Yelkebulan Sapiyev, Kazakhstan Republic’s Minister of Investment and Development Nuriddin Amankul and Kazakhstan Investment Agency Kaznex Invest’s Turkey Advisor Giray Gayretli made a presentation to the members of the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry.

In the presentation; Kazakhstan’s high level of safe business environment, fast growing economy and qualified human resources, large market and logistic facilitation, government incentives, financial support and bureaucratic convenience, raw material cost and low production cost advantages were emphasized by the Consul General Yelkebulan Sapiyev and Minister Nuriddin Amankul.

US Consumer Electronics Show Introduced at the KSO

On the 2nd of November at the KSO Izmit headquarters the US Istanbul Consulate General in cooperation with the KSO presented the Investment in USA program (Select USA) and the Consumer Electronics Show. From the USA Istanbul Consulate, General Trade Attaché Neil Pickett along with Trade Expert Gokce Tuncer and Public Relations Department Coordinator Selda Serifsoy participated in the program; Mr Neil Pickett and Ms Gokce Tuncer will be organizing Select USA as part of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada on 05-08 January 2017 and they passed this information on to a delegation of Turkish businessmen.

Select USA Program; It provides free consulting services to foreign companies while demonstrating the advantages of investing in the US. It aims to help business owners who want to invest in the US or grow their business there, to help them understand the logistics process of opening and expanding businesses, bring investors up to speed with local or federal resources on investment opportunities and incentives for business development. It provides information and potential business partners by linking with organizations in the sector, enabling them to identify barriers to successful collaboration with federal agencies. Furthermore it provides information on the US regulatory framework which must be observed when setting up a business and employing workers. During the presentation, as a parallel subject information was given on the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s largest electronics fair. It was stated that participation in this event gave the opportunity to meet with thousands of electronics and technology companies. A total of 3,600 exhibitors from around the world have presented 20,000 new products to 170,000 exhibitors at this exhibition, bringing together consumers with technology products manufacturers, distributors, researchers, content developers, cost and industry analysts, retailers and buyers and decision makers in the retail distribution channel.

At the end of the presentation, KSO Deputy Secretary General Egemen Mert presented a crystal model of the KSO Chamber to the US Consulate General of Istanbul, Neil Pickett.

For the presentation of Mr. Neil Pickett, please click.

KCI Investment Opportunities In Catalonia

The ACCIO Catalonia Trade and Investment Office in collaboration with the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry (KCI) held an event entitled “Investment opportunities in Catalonia”. It took place on Tuesday 22 March 2016 at the KSO Head Office in Izmit Kocaeli.
At the event, various presentations were made. The Director of ACCIO, Mr Ali Kahvecioğlu, presented “Investment opportunities in Catalonia”. The Director of Banco Sabadell’s representative Office in Istanbul, Mr Vicente Balbin, gave a presentation entitled “Financial issues encountered while doing business in Spain and Catalonia” and lawyer Mr Axel Yıldız presented “How to start a business in Catalonia”
Investment opportunities in Catalonia, and financial topics related to establishing and doing business in Catalonia were explained.