Existing by Working, Producing
- 22.05.2018
- Archive
The countries which have improved their economy and increased their wealth are the countries attaching importance to existing by working and producing. And the route to this passes through a powerful industry supported by production economy. We, as Istanbul Chamber of Industry, will continue to be supporter of this understanding always. So starting with this approach, we prepared our Work Programme 2018-2020.
New generation industry understanding of the world is based on a production structure which is much more competitive, much more intense in terms of information, and with much higher added-value. Especially the developed countries which want to turn their technological knowledge into an advantage in economic competition are getting into the new industrialization era with new technologies, new products and new production models. Cheap raw material and ow value-added production understanding from the past is giving its place to innovative production understanding in all over the world. Because innovations which have destroying feature time to time affect economies, social life and production models deeply, transforming our industry into advanced technological and high value-added structure is an inevitable must for us. Work Programme for which we separate large space on this issue of our magazine is putting the route map of this transformation.
We are trying to provide solutions and attaching great importance to cooperations which are effective and have result potential within TOBB which is the umbrella organization for our production life and industry. We showed broad participated in 74th General Assembly of TOBB in May with our TOBB delegates. I find my re-election as TOBB Chamber of Industry Council President in this general assembly proud for our industry. With my Council Member friends, we sincerely believe that we will carry out productive works under the roof of TOBB with an understanding which attaches importance to production and industry.
On this issue, we included the file of technocities which accelerate the economical growth and increase the international competitive capacity. Technocities for which the works started for the first time 60 years ago are providing employment for 47 thousands people today. Technocities which have been drawing attention with the services they have been providing for Turkish industry and industrialists are maintaining their improvement with university, industry and government cooperation. I hope you enjoy reading our issue for which Faruk Özlü, the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology made contributions with his opinions through the interviews carried with him.
We have been living Ramadan which carries blessing and for which we wait for 11 months longingly. I hope Ramadan in which we experience solidarity and sharing brings peace and tranquility for whole humanity.
Erdal Bahçıvan
Istanbul Chamber of Industry
Chairman