BEBKA News Issue 35

Bursa Eskiþehir Bilecik Development Agency Published Quarterly Year 9 Issue 35 July-August-September 2020 PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT BASES OF THE REGION

HISTORICAL DAY FOR THE TOGG ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Turkey's President Recep went on to say that he was proud of TOGG will produce five different Tayyip Erdogan laid the cornerstone realizing a huge project despite the models -- SUV, sedan, c-hatchback, b- for the Turkey's first indigenous car novel coronavirus pandemic, which SUV, and b-MPV -- until 2030 and plant in Gemlik, Bursa. has claimed thousands of lives own their intellectual and industrial around the world.Erdogan said that property rights.The factory will “We plan to complete the it was a \"historic step\" to realize a 60- employ 4,323 staff, including 300 [construction of the] factory in 18 year-old dream to produce the qualified personnel. TOGG's electric months and take our [first] vehicle country's indigenous car. vehicle platform, designed by TOGG from the production line in the last engineers completely for all five quarter of 2022,” said Erdogan at the The plant will host Turkey's models, will be original and groundbreaking ceremony in the first indigenous car engineering, patented. northwestern Bursa province. He design, and production center. BEBKANews 2020 2

President of BTSO Ýbrahim BURKAY: “INDIGENOUS CAR WILL ACCELERATE THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION OF OUR COUNTRY” ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ?Ýbrahim Burkay,President of of BTSO President Burkay, “In 21st INDIGENOUS CAR WILL TAKE Bursa Chamber of Commerce and century, the world's high-competitive BURSA TO AN UPPER LEVEL Industry (BTSO),said the cities directing the world indigenous car production will economies.The economies of the Burkay emphasized that accelerate Turkey's medium-high and cities are now competing in the automotive technologies also lead the the conversion of high-tech world, not the economies of the world economy such as space, defence, manufacturing, \"This move will carry countries.Bursa is one of the most aviation and rail systems industry on a both our country and Bursa to the next important production centres of global scale.Burkay said “We will level in every field. ” Marmara Region” he said. continue to be the biggest supporter of the work done to make indigenous car to be an international brand.” TOBB Executive Board Member Özer MATLI: “BURSA WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AUTOMOTIVE BASES IN THE WORLD” ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ?The Union of Chambers and TOBB, will be produced in Bursa. He stated that the completion of the Commodity Exchanges of TOGG, which will be 51 percent production of the first car in 2022 is Turkey (TOBB) Board Member domestic production and 175 important for reducing the current Ozer Matlý said , “It makes us proud thousand units will be produced account deficit.With the car that will that the indigenous car to be annually,will make a significant be produced as 100% electric, produced by TOGG, established by 5 contribution to the economy” he dependence on foreign oil will companies brought together by said. decrease. BEBKANews 2020 3

PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT BASES OF THE REGION The global economy that has gaineda new format with Industry 4.0 and the investments made in the field ofknowledge-based technology in the rapidly developing technology environment are the main engines of economicgrowth. R&D and innovation investments are the way to have a strong placeat the international competition.TR41 Region where Bursa, Eskiþehir and Bilecik cities are located, is among the top 5 regions that produce the most value-added products in Turkey. BEBKA, in cooperation with Technology Transfer Offices, conducts accelerator programs that aim to support entrepreneurs under the supervision of mentors and to make them investment-ready. Bursa Uludag Technology Transfer Office students in order to transform take place in the zone, as well as University TTO (ETTOM).ETTOM provides information into technology, to R&D and software companies. support to entrepreneurs in commercialize technology and In addition, with the Idea to product, consultancy, technical and to contribute to the economy of amendment made in the law, a product to investment innovation issues. commercialized technologies. \"R&D Centre\" and a <The pre-incubation program Web: ettom.ogu.edu.tr Web: w3.bilecik.edu.tr/tto \"DesignCentre\" can also be prepared by Bursa Uludað established in the zone. University Technology Transfer Bursa TTO ATAP Web: www.ulutek.com.tr Office and Ulukoza supports young entrepreneurs in Innovation, professionalism, Creating successful examples ANAÇ transforming their business sustainability <Anadolu Technology ideas into innovative <Bursa Technical University Research Park (ATAP), A reliable mentor products.TTO supports Technology Transfer Office continues its activities as the <ANAÇ Techno- entrepreneurs in project (Bursa TTO) contributes to the first science parkestablished Entrepreneurship Program, development management, production of the information within the Organized Industrial which is an important part of intellectual property and and technology needed by the Zone. E ntrepreneurs; can the entrepreneurship and commercialization, sector at the university. As a benefit from consultancy innovation ecosystem of entrepreneurship and result of these collaborations, it services for company Anadolu University, provides incorporation, corporate contributes to the transfer of establishment, accounting and training services to communication. information and technology financial affairs, marketing and entrepreneur candidates that Web: www.uludagtto.com between universities and international funds. enable them to mature their industry. Additionally, they can benefit business ideas, consultancy and ARINKOM TTO from technical support in mentoring. It provides promotion, incubation, testing, Web: bigganac.anadolu.edu.tr Transferring knowledge to the information and training measurement and quality industry services with its expert staff. assurance services. TÜBÝTAK BUTAL <Anadolu University R&D Entrepreneurship and Web:www.atap.com.tr and Innovation Coordination marketing consultancy, Accurate, fast, reliable Centre (ARINKOM) is working facilitating the entrepreneur's ULUTEK <TÜBÝTAK-BUTAL provides as an interface that analyses the access to capital, providing TECHNOPARK testing and analysis, inspection, needs of the private sector and incubation and pre-incubation international supervising and gives this information to the services, providing business Effective in university-industry training activities besides R&D university and enables the guidance development and cooperation support services for the public information produced in the acceleration support are some <The ULUTEK Technology and private sector, scientists university to be transferred to of the main activities of Bursa Development Zone ensures that and others mainly in the fields the sector. TTO. the advanced manpower and of automotive and textile Web: arinkom.anadolu.edu.tr Web: www.bursatto.com infrastructure facilities of industries, chemical, universities are used in creating environmental, food and ETTOM Bilecik TTO economic value. agricultural chemistry areas. Companies wishing to take part The institution utilizes high- Academia to Economy Looking to the future with in Ulutek must have at least one tech devices, accredited <Academicians, students and strong ties of the past project in accordance with the standards and in-house entrepreneur candidates, who <Bilecik Þeyh Edebali Technology Development methods with the aim of have business ideas and want to University Technology Transfer Zones Law. With the R&D strengthening the sustainable establish a company, Office, which rises in the lands reform package released this competitiveness. benefit from the incorporation where the Ottoman Empire was year, design companies can also Web: butal.tubitak.gov.tr and entrepreneurship unit of established, provides services to Eskiþehir Osmangazi University academicians, industrialists and BEBKANews 2020 4

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The entrepreneurs of the SeedUP fromeSneterdeUprPeneurs Innovative Entrepreneurship Original Programachieve new success every day. business ideas SeedUp entrepreneur Zeynep ZÜMBÜL: Health AI Founded by SeedUP entrepreneurs and students of BTU “BEBKA and SEEDUP INNOVATIVE Electrical-Electronics Engineering Ýzzet ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM Baþlý, Osman Kürþat Alpaydýn and a student of Uludað University Faculty of Medicine Abdülhamit Tatlý has achieved success with original business ideas. HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ME” Recycling of waste rubbers SeedUP entrepreneur Zeynep collaboration and creative community. She ZÜMBÜL said SeedUP Innovative said that NEXLAB, which is a new BTU Chemistry Department student generation production centre and Erdem Mutlu and BTU academician Halit ?Entrepreneurship Program has been collective work area, has developed wide- L. Hosgun's project on \"recycling ranging project partnerships with wastecaoutchouc (natural rubber)into high very beneficial for me. Providing different institutions and organizations. value-added raw materials\" will be information about her initiative, Zümbül Zümbül gave the message to new supported by The Scientific and explained NEXLAB, an innovation Technological Research Council of Turkey platform focused on interdisciplinary (TÜBÝTAK). ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// AN EXEMPLARY ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECT FROM BEBKA Export consultancy SEEDUP Innovative Entrepreneurship Program Troia Yapý, of which the entrepreneur ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Yusuf Taþ is the founding partner, enabled a company that he consults to export ?Entrepreneurs met with investors at Karademir said, “Our biggest capital is 150,000 $ in 3 months. Entrepreneurs who the demoday ofthe Innovative our students as the guarantee of our establish their companies through Seed Up, Entrepreneurship Program(SeedUp), future” and he said that they participated provides export consultancy services to which started out with the motto\"idea to in TEKNOFEST races with 52 teams. companies and corporate consultancy product, product to investment\". services to expand into global markets. BEBKA Secretary General Ýsmail The entrepreneurs who successfully Gerim gave information about the SeedUp Test device that completed the SeedUP which is carried Program and shared his views on achieved to out in collaboration with BEBKA and entrepreneurship. He said that after the enter NATO Bursa Technology inventory Transfer Office Demoday activity, (BursaTTO) explained mentoring support for The test device produced by Haþimoðlu their projects to entrepreneurs will Mamatlar Company, founded by investors. continue. Stating that entrepreneurs Enes Yýldýrým and Muhittin \"Entrepreneurship entrepreneurship is a Yýldýrým, entered the NATO inventory in a Ecosystem and Angel national issue, Mehmet short time. Investor Networks Buldurgan, Head of Panel\" was also Þirket Ortaðým Melek organized prior to the Yatýrýmcý Aðý, said that SeedUP Demo Day. supporting “STUDENTS, OUR entrepreneurship is not a MOST IMPORTANT charity but a VALUE!” development move. 10 entrepreneurs who successfully Program director and BursaTTO completed the SeedUP shared their Manager Assoc. Nadir Yýldýrým gave initiatives tomembers of Albaraka Garaj, information about the program and TRANGELS and Þirket Ortaðým Melek wished success to the participants and Yatýrýmcý Aðý. entrepreneurs.BTU Rector Prof. Dr. Arif BEBKANews 2020 5

News from ·<Bursa Necatibey Vocational and projects supported Technical High School (VTHS) has started to implement the by BEBKA Digitalization in Fashion Project. The project cost is 447 000 TL.90% ·<Electric Hybrid Vehicles and Fashion Design of this project cost was Laboratories will be established at the Vocational funded by BEBKA School of Technical Sciences of Uludag University and 10% by the with the support of BEBKA. Ministry of Education. Created with this budget, the workshop was equipped with computer-aided sewing machines, drawing tablets and computers. Fashion design will be taught by technological means. · <The living conditions of seasonal agricultural workers in Bilecik, which have deteriorated due to the Covid-19 out break, will be improved with the project supported by BEBKA. <In Ýnegöl Hacý Sevim Yýldýz VTHS, where student enrolments have increased by 20%, Motor Vehicles Technology Workshop will be renewed and renewable energy lesson will turn into hands-on training. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// wBEBKA's support for the entrepreneurial ecosystem continues. After the entrepreneurship training given by the BTU Technology Transfer Office, 21 trainers and mentors received their certificates. BEBKANews 2020 6

News from projects supported w·Metal and CNC by BEBKA workshops will be renewed with the project carried out by Çifteler Þehit Osman Genç VTHS. Thanks to the project, a welding simulator waspurchased. Next CNC nE-export professional simulator, the CNC turning expert portal will be machine and their software will be purchased. created after the training of Uludað University /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////p////e//r//s///o///n///n///e///l///i/n/////t//h///e////p///r//o///j//e//c///t///o///f/////////////////////////////// BEBKA and BOSÝAD managers “Developing E-Export visited the Industry 4.0 Specialization”. Laboratory in Bursa Atatürk MTAL, which was established with the support of the BEBKA. nCentral Research institute of Food Training of trainers has been and Feed Control personnel received completed in the project. Soon, training on \"Planning and Statistics digital transformation seminars Training in Scientific Research\" with will be organized for companies the support of BEBKA. The training, in cooperation with Bursa Model in which 15 researcher technical Factory and BUTGEM. personnel participated, last 18 days (54 hours).////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Renovatingits atelier with /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// the support of BEBKA, uBEBKA General Secretary Ýsmail Gerim visited the culture wÝlksem Engineering house established in Sivrihisar with the support of BEBKA to produces 3-D modular keep rug weaving alive and Mayor Hamid Yüzügüllü for ceramics and facing bricks cooperation opportunities. using 60 tons of waste per year. Thanks to the project, 5 new BEBKANews 2020 7 jobs and a 10-fold increase in production capacity were achieved. The products produced in the project supported within the scope of the Industrial Symbiosis Financial Support Program were used in the restoration of tiles and brick mosaics of historical buildings.