21.01.2017 Ankara

TOBB has pioneered the foray of Turkish companies into working with European Nuclear Research Organization (CERN) Project; out of 4 Turkish firms, 3 have the won the public tenders they are participating in, the business volume of Turkish companies working with CERN reaching 400,000 EUR.

Three Turkish companies participating in the tenders have won four tenders working through the Industrial Liaison Office, established under TOBB in order to provide coordination for participating in tender processes of industrial and industrial firms of CERN member countries with the goal of increasing Turkish companies’ share of the market following Turkey’s membership to CERN in May 2015.

Dora Machinery, based in Ankara, having set foot in CERN with the first tender they’ve taken on, has become a recognized brand at CERN with 1 tender and 6 separate special orders fulfilled. Currently, two firms from Istanbul and Kayseri are producing prototypes for the tenders they’ve won. With these tenders, Turkish firms' business volume at CERN has reached 400.000 Euros.

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, stressed that Turkish companies were informed thoroughly in activities attended by CERN experts in a short period of one year and that they hoped more companies would take part in tenders.

Hisarcıklıoğlu stated CERN’s annual purchases of add up to approximately 600mn USD and that Turkey opened new opportunities for industrialists by becoming a CERN partner. “Turkey is putting money here. The money collected from 40 countries is channeled here. An opportunity has been opened up to us. I say to the industrialists, doing business with CERN brings great prestige. There is a great opportunity here.”

- 120 firms applied for the contracts 

With the 19 events organized in 12 cities in 2016, the TOBB CERN Industrial Liaison Office, which promoted Accelerating Technologies at CERN, job, internship and career opportunities, announced CERN tenders to more than 6,000 companies in its industry database network and followers.

With these announcements, CERN requested proposals from 27 of the 120 companies that applied for tenders. CERN awarded 4 of 16 tenders to 3 Turkish companies, worth between 50,000 and 200,000 Swiss Francs in terms of project size classification. In addition, the evaluation process for the 12 proposals submitted is still ongoing.