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Özen İş Makina Eyeing the International Defence Market

Türkiye’s Özen İş Makina products are a vital
cog in the wheel for many of the country’s
defence products. The company, which
was set up in 1980, is the first Turkish firm
to receive the AS 9100 certificate in the
defence and aviation sector.

The firm, which designs and manufactures
moulds, machines and mechanical parts for
sectors such as glass, automotive, energy
and machinery, has had defence and avia-
tion as one of its main focus areas over the
last decade. Mechanical parts and mecha-
nisms produced by the company are used
by a number of big names in the Turkish de-
fence industry, including Roketsan, Aselsan,
BMC, MKE, TUSAŞ, and TEI.
The company supplies mechanical parts over 1,200 member companies from 45
to a number of major Turkish defence plat- cities, including Aselsan, Turkish Aerospace,
The company which designs and manufac- forms. They include Makina Kimya’s 120-81
tures packaging, sorting, ranking, mechan- mortars, the weapon systems of the Altay Roketsan, STM, ASFAT, Military Shipyards,
ical, robotic machines and systems within and Fırtına tanks, Boran, the weapon system and Baykar. The cluster’s activities are sup-
the scope of Industry 4.0, exports about of Roketsan’s Atmaca system, Cirit and ported by 29 universities within it, includ-
40 percent of its production to countries Hisar projects, BMC’s Tank Carrier project, ing ITU, YTU, Sabancı University, and all
such as the United States, UAE, France, Kirpi and Howitzer projects, TUSAŞ ’s Kaan institutes of TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and
Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, and project, and TEI’s national engine project. Technologies Research Council of Türkiye).
Italy. According to Pınar Özozan Okyay, Özen The cluster aims to enhance university-in-
İş Makina General Manager, the company is Okyay is the only woman on the board of dustry collaboration and ensure a steady
now focused on exporting parts it produces SAHA Istanbul, which is the largest clus- stream of qualified personnel for the do-
to international defence companies. ter in Türkiye and Europe. The cluster has mestic aerospace and defence industry.

A Libyan delegation headed by Interior Minister Emad Trabelsi and Deputy Chief of Staff Lieutenant General
Salah Al-Namroush visited SAHA Expo and held talks with Türkiye’s Defense Minister Yaşar Güler on military
cooperation and ways to enhance partnerships in defense industries and technology.

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