Europe procures its subcontracting and solution partnership needs from Turkey

SOYHAN ALPASLAN / ISTANBUL COMMERCE

The world’s major national and international leading industrialists have been collaborating with the members of İstanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC) for 27 years. Hundreds of global brands operating in a variety of industries such as Mercedes, Bosch, John Deer, Toyota, Schineder Electric, Aselsan, Havelsan, Roketsan, Turkish Airlines, Continental, Siemens and Hitachi continue procuring goods from the members of Turkish Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (TSPX), on a subcontract basis for specialized manufacturing purposes and producing for third markets through partnerships.

COOPERATION WITH THE UN

Founded within the organization of İstanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC) in 1990, in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); TSPX has been matching its members with the world’s largest international and Turkish industrialists for procurement and cooperation purposes since 2003.

BRINGING 30 LEADING INDUSTRIALISTS EACH YEAR

The exchange on average brings 30 global industrialists to İstanbul, Turkey each year, which enables local subcontractors to introduce themselves and establish cooperation for production and solution partnership purposes. Corporations such as Türk Traktör, Anadolu Isuzu, Arçelik, Bosch, TAI, Siemens, Hitachi and Emerson have been and remain to be the regulars of the Supplier Days events organized by TSPX.

3,500 SUBCTONTRACTOR MEMBERS

TSPX, which also fulfills requests of national and international industrialists for bilateral meetings, organizes Supplier Days, where businesses are offered the opportunity to have one-on-one contacts with subcontractors and solution partners. The exchange, which operates to enable its members to gain access to overseas markets and grow their export volumes, offers these services on a free of charge basis. TSPX’s database has 3 thousand 500 subcontractors and solution partners nationwide.

EXCHANGE’S DATABASE

TSPX’s database, which has been created as a result of extensive surveys and studies regarding subcontractors, is a comprehensive database, in which the respective industries, scopes of operations, product ranges and production processes of the members are classified, using the internationally recognized codes (NACE, ECC-A and EEC-B).

EXPORTERS ACCOUNT FOR 91 PERCENT

Some 91 percent of TSPX’s members are exporters, which sell 40 percent of their production to European countries. The members’ second most frequent export destination is Asia, which is followed by Africa, North America, South America and Australia, respectively.

75 PERCENT OF DEMAND IS FROM ABROAD

TSPX continues matching the demands from national and international global industrialists with the supplies of its respective members. Some 75 percent of the demands filed with TSPX, which matches nearly 3 thousand 500 demands, originate from overseas.

HELPING OTHER EXCHANGES

TSPX provides technical support and consultancy to exchanges in China, Ghana, Qatar, Iran, Iraq and Cameroon as part of the cooperation agreement signed with UNIDO. TSPX also has ongoing cooperation engagements and arrangements with consulates, offices of commercial counselors, international chambers of commerce, foreign trade development offices, Turkish diplomatic missions, associations founded abroad by the members of Turkish business society, ASCAME and Eurochambres.

COOPERATION WITH 35 FOREIGN EXCHANGES

TSPX operates in cooperation with 35 foreign subcontracting and partnership exchanges worldwide, including those in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Algeria, Czech Republic, China, Ecuador, Morocco, France, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iraq, Iran, Cameroon, Qatar, Kenya, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Madagaskar, Mauritius, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Tunisia, Uruguay, Jordan, Venezuela and Vienna.

ICOC MEMBER IS AWARDED CERN CONTRACT

Albaksan Alaşımlı Bakır A.Ş., a member of Turkish Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (TSPX) of İstanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC), has become the second Turkish company to be awarded a contract of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). ICOC’s CERN Liaison Office has been relaying information to companies in TSPX’s database about the procurement contract tenders of CERN, worth around CHR200 thousand.

TSPX’S MEMBER PORTFOLIO

The member portfolio of TSPX is comprised of enterprises operating in metal, plastics, electricity, electronics, casting, forging, machining, pressing and forming, construction, welding, powder metallurgy, mold manufacturing, automotive and white goods side-industries.

ICOC SUPPLY OFFICE

ICOC set up ICOC Supply Office in 2017 in order to further expand TSPX’s success to wider range of industries. The office has organized industry-specific supplier days in Turkey’s stronghold industries such as cosmetics, furniture, lighting, home textile, decoration and carpet. This meant new business connections for the likes of Migros, Watsons, Gratis, Tekin Acar, Rossman, Migros, Ikea, Koçtaş, Mudo, Tekzen, Siemens and Kingfisher and successfully concluded deals with international businesses.

POTENTIAL PURCHASERS

Peugeot (France), Lear (Germany), Magna (Austria), Bosch (Germany), Hitachi (Japan), Bomag (Germany), Hydac (Germany), Mtu (Germany), Legrand (France), Miele (Germany), Schott (Germany), Schneider Electric (France), Hitachi Europe (Japan), Continental (Germany), Schaeffler (Germany), Autoliv (Sweden), Canon (Japan), Munters (Sweden), Toyota (Japan), Türk Traktör (Turkey), Gates Powertrain (Canada), Bosch Rexroth (Germany), Alarko Carrier (Turkey), BSH (Turkey), Anadolu Isuzu (Turkey), Hyundai Mobis (South Korea), Festo (Germany), Emerson (USA), Havelsan (Turkey), Aselsan (Turkey), THY Tehnic (Turkey), Roketsan (Turkey), TAI-Tusaş (Turkey), İSKİ (Turkey), Metro İstanbul (Turkey), TCDD (Turkey), Alstom (France), İDO (Turkey), Otokar (Turkey), Siemens (Germany), Anadolu Isuzu (Japan-Turkey), Anadolu Motor (Turkey), Vgv Srl (Italy), Ford Otosan (Turkey) , Hitachi Zosen Inova (Japan-Switzerland), Linde Opsan (Germany)

02 Şubat 2018 Cuma

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