KARDEMİR Has Been Awarded 'R&D Center Certificate'

Karabük Iron and Steel Industry and Trade Inc. (KARDEMİR), R & D Center Certificate received by the Ministry of Industry and Technology R & D Centers Award Ceremony

The Ministry of Industry and Technology R&D Incentives General Directorate accepted the registration application made within the framework of the Law on Supporting Research and Development Activities for the KARDEMİR R&D Center unanimously after the two-stage evaluation and audit process. Investments and Technical Services Deputy General Manager Mansur Yeke, who attended the ceremony on behalf of the company by the Minister of Industry and Technology at the 7th Technology Development Zones and R&D Centers Award Ceremony held at Ankara Chamber of Commerce Congress Center for KARDEMİR and R&D Manager was presented to Mücahit Sevim. KARDEMİR R&D Center became the 28th in the Turkish Non-Ferrous Metal Sector and Karabük's first R&D Center.

The 7th Technology Development Zones and R&D Centers Award Ceremony, which was held at the end of the projects carried out in the technology development zones and R&D and design centers, was held at the Ankara Chamber of Commerce Congress Center yesterday. .

Besides the Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, Deputy Ministers Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Çetin Ali Dönmez, Hasan Büyükdede, Deputy Minister of National Defense Muhsin Dere, President of TÜBİTAK Hasan Mandal, President of the Turkish Standards Institute Adem Şahin, President of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Agency Habip Asan , Turkey Serdar Space Agency Chairman Huseyin Yildirim with R & D and innovation ecosystem in a ceremony attended by the key actors, the company's facilities, including 735 R & D firms were given center certificate.

General Manager of KARDEMİR's R&D Center, expressing his satisfaction with the approval of the Ministry and the receipt of the certificate. Hüseyin Soykan said, “While this center increases its production capacities with the investments it has made, it will be the most important driving force for our company, which diversifies its product range with high value added products with high added value and focuses on being a sustainable supplier for sectors where our country is ambitious, such as the defense industry and the automotive industry.” .

Our company's General Manager Dr. Özkan pointed out that the survival of the companies in the fast technological development and intense competition environment in the world is possible only with the development of new products and technologies and R & D studies. Hussein SOYKAN, also of Kardemir R & D Center's main purpose, by our President 'producing more value than just sharing, more powerful and prosperous Turkey' approved by the vision and takes place in the competitive production and productivity in the main axis of the 2019-2023 On covering the period of the First Development In line with the plan, in line with the strategic objectives of Kardemir, especially in the automotive, defense and rail systems sector to produce national products and serve to increase the use of these products, he said. Soykan said that the innovation culture to be developed here will contribute to both Kardemir and the development of the Turkish Iron and Steel Sector. Merkez This center, together with its competent human resources, follows the world and produces more rational and innovative solutions for national and international It will be a center that focuses on higher and more advanced products, transfers the information to be obtained in the works to the corporate memory, develops new collaborations, opens the doors of investment in the technologies of the future, and develops projects that will decrease the input costs and increase the productivity. Our main goal is to move to a more innovative, advanced technology and high value-added production structure and to ensure the development and strengthening of the science, innovation and technology ecosystem in every aspect of our company. ”

The KARDEMİR R & D Center, Karabük University, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ostim Technical University, with universities such as University of Newcastle, the Defense Industry Department, Automotive and Industry Organizations, Turkey Steel Producers Association, ARUS Turkey Consortium, TOBB, sectoral organizations such as the Association of Exporters and and R & D centers, national and international.