21.09.2022 Kocaeli
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, who attended the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry Council Meeting, said that Kocaeli is a trade, industry, agriculture and port city and that it is the pupil of Türkiye in OIZs, exports, R&D and high technology, tax paid, vocational training and employment.
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
speaking at the meeting held at Kocaeli Bizimköy Production Center for the
Handicapped, stated that Kocaeli is the leader in many industrial sectors,
especially in automotive, chemistry and metal, and said, “Among the 4,000 products
produced in Türkiye, 788 are in the top 3 in production among the provinces and
in the first place in 268 products. We are proud of all these achievements of
yours.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu, who
said that he was in Azerbaijan at the weekend, said that they organized a
Business Forum with 200 businessmen in the city of Shusha and then went to Baku
to receive the State Order awarded to him by President Aliyev. Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “We have returned to our country by receiving this valuable award on
behalf of our community and you. This pride belongs to all of us and therefore
I wanted to experience the happiness of this together here.”
Stating that the TOGG
factory will be opened on October 29, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “As of March 2023,
we will start to see our car on the roads of Kocaeli. To have succeeded in this
initiative, of which our Chamber and Commodity Exchange community is the
founding partner, is a source of pride for all of us. One of the most important
suppliers of TOGG is Kocaeli. We have 35 suppliers here.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that Kocaeli Chamber of Industry is an accredited, that is, 5-star chamber, and
that it has received full points with its service quality among 365 Chambers /
Commodity Exchanges.
TOBB President
Hisarcıklıoğlu, emphasizing that Kocaeli Chamber of Industry is always on the
side of industrialists with its quality service understanding, activities that
it constantly develops and increases, and its institutional capacity, said: “It
is not content with only identifying and voicing problems. It also proposes
solutions to these and makes them come to life. In the field of social
responsibility, our Chamber is very active. One of them is an exemplary project;
Bizimköy Production Center for the Handicapped. I am proud of our chamber.
Our President Ayhan is
an active and visionary person befitting the leading city of Türkiye's industry
and the chamber of industry of that city. I work with him on the TOBB Board of
Directors and IKV. We benefit from his knowledge and experience. I witnessed
that he represented you in the best way in Ankara. At the level that TOBB has
reached today, in its service capacity, he has expended great effort and
contributions. He is also the director of TEPAV, Türkiye's largest think tank.
Here, we are advising both the private and public sectors and drawing a road
map.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “As
you know, during the pandemic, we worked with my Presidents to provide a lot of
support for you. Of course, there is more work to be done, because the troubles
are not over just by listening to them. As TOBB, we are following and voicing
these as well.”