More German companies are flocking to Turkey to take advantage of the country’s fast-growing market, German executives say. Out of around 30,000 foreign companies in Turkey, nearly 5,000 are German RWE executives and Energy Minister Taner Yıldız (C) are seen at the inauguration ceremony of the company’s power plant investment in the southwestern province of Denizli. German companies have accelerated their i ...

Anatolian (Minor Asia) soil has a rich blend of natural stones such as marble, travertine, limestone, onyx and basalt due to its geological structure. Based on a study Turkey offers a wide variety of over 250 types of marble, travertine and onyx which are processed in about 1500 small, medium and large size factories and 7500 workshops. Turkish natural stone products which were produced in 2-3 cm sizes at t ...

Saudi and Chinese investors in line for Turkey’s gas distribution sale The privatization of  Turkey’s second largest gas distribution network draws investors from China and Saudi Arabia as the bidding period nears its end on April 16. The tender process for the 80 percent shares of Baskent Dogalgaz A.S., the company that supplies natural gas to the Turkish capital Ankara, will be over by the end of next mon ...

MARBLE 2012, 18th International Natural Stone and Technology is going to be held in Izmir, on 21-24 March 2012. MARBLE was held in 1995 for the first time as the unique International Stone Exhibition of Turkey on which occasion 47 participants exhibited on an area of 2.600 sqm. Above figures have increased to1.160 exhibitors and 55.445 participants which is a good indication for the success of the event con ...

Turkey's Steel Exporters' Union (CIB) will visit Pakistan and Bangladesh as target market between March 6 and 12. CIB executive board chairman Namik Ekinci said that a trade delegation from CIB would visit Pakistan and Bangladesh to open new markets for Turkish steel industry. The delegation had visited Chile, Peru and Colombia in October 2011, said Ekinci, adding that the visit increased Turkey's steel exp ...

Turkish stones were not in demand in 1990s In 1990s Turkish Stones were not well known in the World.. We were having difficulty trying to sell our stones for even low prices. To be even worse we were not educated about more technical issues such as marketing and exportation. We did not have standards either.Business people involved in this sector did not have good education at the time. The global increase ...

Tosyalı Holding, a domestic flat steel and steel pipe manufacturer, and Japan’s Toyo Kohan have signed a cooperation agreement regarding steel production in Turkey, according to a statement by the holding. The steel production will be for the European, Transcaucasian, Middle Eastern and North African markets, as well as the Turkish market, the statement said. Tosyalı Holding will have a 51 percent stake in ...

Furniture  production  in  Turkey  dates  back  to  the  19th  century  and  was  done  in  small workshops  as  artisan  production. However,  by  the  rapid  globalization  and  all  other aspects,  present  furniture  industry  is becoming  a fashion  sector. In Turkey, furniture is produced both in workshops and industrial¬scale manufacturing units. Furniture production is highly fragmented among a larg ...

The Turkish aluminium industry has been booming since 2002. Production levels, domestic sales and imports and exports have been continuously rising. The expansion of important consuming industries such as the automobile industry and housing construction, and the demand for semi-finished and finished aluminium products for the packaging industry as well as electric household devices have been influential fac ...

Turkey is Europe's second and the world's 10th largest country in iron and steel production. In 2009, Turkey became the third country showing the best performance following China and India. Production that started in 15,000 ton capacity plants 80 years ago, exceeded 6 million tons in 1980s and 15 million tons in 1990s. Between 2002 and 2008 , Turkey's crude steel production rose from 14,3 million tons to 26 ...

Turkey is the 5th biggest natural stone producer in the world. It is the 3rd biggest exporter after China as well. Turkey is the champions in raw marble exports. MAINLAND OF MARBLE & TRAVERTINE : TURKEY International stone production continues to progress rapidly and has exceed one hundred million tons.  This volume is equal to 1.200.000 square meters ( 2 cm. in thickness) .  These figures are twice tim ...

Turkish steel company has gotten an invitation from the Nabucco International Company (NIC) to attend a status report meeting in Vienna for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, the steelmaker said Tuesday. NIC invited steel pipe producer Ozbal Celik Boru to attend an Aug. 22 meeting at its Vienna headquarters, Ozbal announced on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) website. Of six companies deemed to meet Nabucco ...

Turkish glass industry is among the top 5 in the world in production and exports glassware and glass containers. Labor-intensive production in warehouses which has its roots in 18th and 19th centuries has been maintained until 1930s in Turkey. Turkey switched to modern industrial production in 1935. The capacity of Turkish Glass Industry could only meet the domestic demand for glass containers and house war ...

Turkish cement indmeets 11 percent of the world's total exports after growing 2 percent despite the crisis. It is the fifth largest producer in the world with its production of 57 million tones and exports of 21 million tones. The first production in the Turkish cement sector began 100 years ago with a capacity of 20 tones. The sector was exporting in 1990s after doubling its production capacity in 1970s. I ...