The Turkish company Şişecam is the largest producer of flat glass in Europe. In 2013 Şişecam acquired the Fritz Group in Besigheim, Germany. Şişecam CTO Prof. Sener Oktik explained in an Interview with OstContact magazine what the strategy behind this acquisition was and why it is different than it seems at first glance. Please find an English summary of the German interview...
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Despite the current political turmoil and manifold uncertainties, Turkey remains a significant market and economic partner for German companies. Unfortunately, substantial structural deficiencies counteract fundamentally high growth potential.   With around 79 million inhabitants and a young population with an average age of 31 years, Turkey remains an attractive market and...
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Dr.-Ing. Bayram Aslan (MBA), Managing Director at ITA Istanbul and the Head of Division Turkey at ITA of RWTH Aachen University, will be a featured speaker at our upcoming Turkish-German Innovation Summit . In a panel session at the summit, he will be one of our featured experts discussing how the textile industry is facing Industrie 4.0. The session will further discuss some of the...
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Since August 2016 the Turkish legislature has closed a regulation gap with the new Law No. 6735 on Foreign Workers. It is about the residence status of foreign workers in the area of ​​cross-border services. For these practically important cases, the now repealed Legislative Act No. 4817 concerning the employment permits for foreigners did not provide any rules. The latter only dealt with the...
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Check out an excerpt from from the interview we made with Canan Özsoy, President and CEO of General Electric Turkey about GE´s efforts to become the world's first Digital Industrial company. Ms. Özsoy will be sharing her expertise as a speaker at the II. Turkish-German Innovation Summit in Istanbul in March 2017, so be sure not to miss the event Please enjoy the...
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