Latest Interviews
"The localisation policy has helped us obtain more contracts with customers because small or mid-sized companies who relied only on imports are now required to produce in Turkey. Without the technical production and R&D facilities, it is very difficult for such companies to transfer the product to Turkey, and thus they reach not only CMOs, but also CROs who can execute the dossier transfer for them."
57404
"There is a misconception that nothing innovative can come out of an industrial country like Turkey, that the research and ideas here are not developed enough to bring original research products. This is not true. We have very educated young talent and we need to organise these assets and bring together the universities and the industrial players, not only from Turkey, but at an international level too."
57402
“The market is very competitive, and we need to offer good rates; however, in the medium and long term, those that prevail will be the ones that provide value-added propositions and technology to its customers, rather than those who offer the lowest prices.”
57400
“The Chinese go into countries long term and help communities by providing infrastructure and other services. At Cobalt 27 we found that the investment horizon was very short for many of our investors, and this trend can be seen more and more in the mining sector today.”
57398
"Currently we have a production plant where we manufacture initiation systems, and we are planning to add bulk explosives. We also manufacture emulsion to implement new technologies such as differential energy, a new product we created and refer to as Delta E. We are currently finishing construction of a new explosives manufacturing plant and plan to open it in 2020."
57394
"With the emergence of the electric vehicle market, changes are happening quite rapidly. The challenge is that there is not enough qualified people in the industry to be prepared for this rapid change, so we are developing the most automated AC unit that will require minimum work on installation and maintenance."