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July 2017

Issue: 110

Machinery Exporters Union Monthly Magazine

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MAKFED MEYEM PROJECT IS ON PROCESS The final sitting of the 'Establishment of the Machinery Sector Vocational Qualification Center' project, which has been conducted with the support of the Ankara Development Agency, was held in Ankara on 27 July.

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he final sitting of 'Establishing Authorized Examination and Documentation Center in Ankara for National Qualifications Machine Installation Level 3 and Level 4 and Machine Maintenance Level 4' project of the Turkish Machinery Fed-eration (MAKFED), was carried out in Ankara. In the framework of the project initiated in July, 2016, while the necessary infrastructure for the three national qualifications was being established, an agreement was reached with the Erkunt Vocational Training Center equipped with necessary equipments as the theoreti-cal and practical examination area.

The MAKFED MEYEM project is also important for improving the

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employability and income levels of the unemployed and low-income workers for the machinery sector.

This is important not only in supporting the lifelong learning process of people, but also in developing a qualified, documented workforce percept. With the project, activities will be carried out in the field of documenting the individu-als in order to determine the qualifications of the employees and to make them compatible with the employment markets in this framework.

"WE ARE SHORT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP" MAKFED and its members' board chairmen, board of directors, and general sec-retaries attended the final sitting of the project, whi-

le representatives of Ankara Development Agency and related ministries and agencies have taken part. Ma-chinery Exporters Associaitions (MAİB) and MAKFED Chairman Adnan Dal-gakıran addressed the objectives of MAKFED while informing about the current status of the machinery sector at the opening speech of the meeting.

“In Turkey, industrial production is composed of medium and low technology products with 70 percent. We need to make a situational determination before setting targets and strategies. These lands have received the same share from the world economy for the past 300 years with a rate of 1 percent. China's share is also very low, but they have increased their share in the world economy with

the breakthrough they have made over the past 20 years. Well, how did they do that? Everyone can say "with entrepreneurship" but if you look at global statistics, Greece has the first place in the countries having the most entrepreneurs com-pared to the population, and Turkey is the second place. So, we do not have a quality quote about entrepreneurship, we have quality problems.

When we increase the number of qualified entrepreneurs in our country, we can raise qualified employees even though our education system struggles with problems.

We are putting up a fight for that.

We are working very hard together with the Ankara Development Agency to provide the human resources needed by the machinery sector. We invite everyone who has knowledge in this field to contribute to our project. Germany exports $ 30 billion, which is double the total exports of Turkey, with only 6.000 machinery manufacturers. Turkey exports 15 billion dollars of machinery with 12.000 machine producers. We are at the point of losing the existing entrepreneurial movements with inefficient jobs. We are entrepreneurs but we can not export. We do not have our firms on the world scale, we can not increase the quality, we are not the source for innovative tech-nologies, we can not afford money for business security. So we will continue to prepare complementary policies much more seriously under the MAKFED framework. As Turkish machinery manufacturing sector, we will not only design the future strategy on machine but also technology and software. We have not been able to exceed the value of machine exports which is $ 6 for 10 years. We know that the way to increase this value is through technology and software. On-ly in this way will the machine sector increase its added

value. We have to add technology to the machines we produce. We also have to do efficiency studies.

We want sectoral productivity measurements in Turkey and we will start with the machinery sector.

With our authorized testing and certification center, we will carry out studies from the beginning to provide qualified human resources that our industry needs.” told Adnan Dalgakıran.

"WE NEED EXPORT MORE" MAKFED Secretary General, Zühtü Bakır talked about the purpose and objectives of MAKFED by introducing the project in his speech.

"According to Turkish Sta-tistical Institute (TURKSTAT) in the machinery manufacturing sector in Turkey, there are 13.074 entrepreneurs. According to the records of 'Industrial Register', 6.500 places of business in the machinery manufacturing sector have been man-ufactured but mostly they are micro scale. MAKFED today represents 95 percent of the machinery sector. The sector employs 212.000 people. In the employment index, we have increased from 100 to 147 in the machinery sector. Turkey's gen-eral employment index remained stable at 120. The figure

shows that the fastest developing sector in Turkey is a machine. Yet the sector could not reach the level of sufficient development. The targets of Turkey will be attained by increasing the sectoral figures to at least twice or three times.

The machine is the sector that has the most current deficit after petroleum. Foreign trade is given in the range of 12-18 billion Turkish Lira, depending on the years. It is very important to re-verse this picture in terms of the Turkish economy. Importing machinery is a level of development, but exporting machinery is also an indication of the indus-trial country. We will import but we have to export more." said Zühtü Bakır.

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MAIB COMPLETED ERASMUS+ SUCCESSFULLY The final sitting of the EU project entitled 'Modern Approaches in Production Techniques in the Machinery Industry', which is conducted by Machinery Exporters' Association under ERASMUS + program, was held in Ankara on 7 July.

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t has been finalized by the Turkish National Agency for the 2015-2017 project, 'Modern Approaches in Production Techniques in the Machinery Industry', which is carried out in partnership with three countries. The Fraunhofer Institute of Machinery and Equipment for Shaping Technologies, which conducts R & D activities for the private and public sectors in the automotive and mechanical engineering field in Germany, and the Institute for Forming Technologies of the Lower Silesian Region in Innovation and Science Park in Poland, are together with 10 Turkish companies selected from Machinery Exporters' Association (MAİB) members, is on the project. Representatives of the Turkish companies in the framework of the project participated in short-term training programs in two titles, 'Industry 4.0 and, Design Techniques in Modern Production and Manufacture (2016)' and 'Optimization of Resource Efficiency in Production (2017)' Information exchange was also provided within the scope of company visits and workshops held in Poland and Turkey.

Speaking at the final sitting, Sevda Kayhan Yılmaz, Member of the Board of the MAIB, stated that the project contributed greatly to the transfer of knowledge and experience among different stakehol-

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ders in the sector. "In general, it is an important experience for companies in Turkey to participate in an international project. For the first time with the project, they experienced how to operate a R & D institute (Fraunhofer IWU) close to the industrial field abroad. Techniques shown within the scope of Fraunhofer IWU training exemplify the transfer of advanced knowledge to the industrialization of workshops in R & D institutions." said Sevda Kayhan Yilmaz When it comes to vocational education in Turkey, Ms. Yılmaz says that universities came first with vocational high schools and that the curriculum in this area is rather far from the current industrial realities, so she said that there are problems in adaptation and integration in business life. "One point should also be underlined about business education; Some busi-

nesses devote substantial resources to staff internal training. But it is observed that the staff then went to other businesses as 'trained personnel'. Intrabusiness trainings are transformed into copy vocational training in a way that conforms to the world of processes and machines, instead of being 'creativity' and / or acquiring new skills. The 'Dual Occupational Training' (a model applied in Germany), which is a two to three days a week vocational school and two or three days in operation, played an important role in Germany's industry success. Thus, while the vocational skills and knowledge main methods are transferred in a didactic and pedagogical way, seeing its implementation areas and integrating it into the business process creates significant preoccupational advantages." said Yılmaz.

NEW DATE AND LOCATION FOR ISK-SODEX FAIR ISK-SODEX Istanbul 2018, which will exhibit its new products in the fields of heating, cooling, ventilation, insulation, pumps, valves, installations, compressors and water treatment of the leading companies of the sector, will be held in 14 halls at TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center, İstanbul between 7-10 February 2018.

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he ISK-SODEX Istanbul Fair, which is held biennially, is getting ready tin new location for participants and visitors in the next year. The 'Energy Efficiency' and 'Building Automation' exclusive exhibition areas to be created for the first time in ISK-SODEX, which is prepared to experience a much more diverse and powerful experience than ever before with its enriched product range, will also include new product groups. Alexander Kühnel, General Manager of Hannover-Messe Sodeks Fair Organisation, stated that they are happy to host an important meeting as the leader of Eurasia in the sector and they are aiming to have a new experience with over 80.000 visitors and more than 1.000 participants at TÜYAP next year. "We hope to provide an ideal international business environment with convenient infrastructure and superstructure systems that we provide to our exhibitors and our employees. Our fairs will meet with new product groups in new location and new date this year. Two complementary elements of the climate system, building automation and energy efficiency, will be presented at two exclusive exhibitions. In addition, our conference which we organized for the first time in the past will come up again with enriched content." said Alexander Kühnel.

"THE 3. GREAT FAIR IN ITS FIELD" Kühnel reminded that the ISK-SODEX Fair has continuously improved its success chart and has become the third largest exhibition of its field all over the world. "But we know that to protect our position is much more difficult than reaching the position.

For this reason, as Hannover-Messe Sodeks Fair Organization, we make a lot of efforts to consolidate our achievements with the domestic and foreign works

that we have realized. In order to increase the international quality of our fairs both in terms of visitors and participants, we place great importance on international promotion activities in target countries. We are conducting specific visitor activities to bring our participants together with the right visitors. The satisfaction rate of our fairs and the volume of business realized in the fair indicate that we have taken the best of our efforts. despite we have 6 months to fair date, 60 percent of our sales are over. It is very gratifying for us that the sector embraces the fair. In view of the interest shown, we also aim to increase the quality of the service we offer every year." said Alexander Kühnel.

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COUNTDOWN FOR HPKON 2017 The 8th National Hydraulic Pneumatic Convention and Exhibition (HPKON 2017), supported by Association of Fluid Power (AKDER) and Association of Industrial Automation Manufacturers (ENOSAD), will be held in İzmir between November 22-25.

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he HPKON 2017 that will be organized in İzmir, Turkey, has won a name as the first and most comprehensive congress of the hydraulic pneumatic sector by the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB). Six courses and 15 workshop will be organized during the organization.

"HPKON IS COMPASS FOR INDUSTRY" Semih Kumbasar, Chairman of Executive Council of the Hydraulic Pneumatics Congress, said that since 1999, National Hydraulic Pneumatic Convention and Exhibition, which has been held as one of the important organizations of the industry, is the compass for industry. "In the complicated industry like fluid power sector, it is necessary to work in harmony with multiple engineering disciplines such as power and motion control of the industry. Creating common platforms in which experiences, knowledge and programs are shared and tested in the sectors is both laborious and demanding, but also a useful and necessary effort. As the phrase goes HPKON will carry this 'sacred' task with the peace and honor for the 8. times.

As a result of the studies that started in 1997 and end in 1999, the event, which was organized by the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, will be held in İzmir and at Tepekule Congress and Exhibition Center.

HPKON has reached the age of maturity and has become the industry's companion by fulfilling its expectations more than ever. HPKON also has been the leading organization to lay down the milestones of our industry with the help of competent and experienced staff." said Semih Kumbasar.

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"GET READY FOR INDUSTRY 4.0 Before Semih Kumbasar end his speech, he underlined the importance of industry 4.0. ”We should get ready considering that large and comprehensive tasks are expected in the industry during Industry 4.0, the development and transformation required by tomorrow's technology in automation technology and industrial control systems. Overseeing our sectoral investment and training plans according to your future needs should be among the essentials to upgrade the scientific and technical levels of our staff. For this purpose, we as machine manufacturers must cooperate closely with the universities in all fields that will affect the change of Industry 4.0.” he said.

ITU GET BEYOND THE LIMITS The ITUNOM Autonomous Aircraft Team was the fourth among the 54 teams that participated in the US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Competition.

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he 15th International Student Unmanned Air Vehicle Competition organized by AUVSI-SUAS Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International was held between June 14-17 in Patuxent River Military Air Base, the USA. A total of 54 teams from Turkey, USA, Canada, Israel, India, Poland, Germany and Romania participated in the organization, which is regarded as the world's most respected unmanned aerial vehicle competition on a university basis.

The ITUNOM Autonomous Air Vehicle Team, which consists of students from computer, aircraft, control and automation, electrical and electronic and communication engineering departments participating in the competition, won the 'Best Rotating

Wing Vehicle' category. ITUNOM, the second team to perform the desired tasks in the best way, and became the fourth in the overall ranking.

ITUNOM Autonomous Aircrafts Team, which was established in 2014 to develop autonomous flight technologies and represent Turkey in competitions related to these technologies, participates in many competitions on behalf of ITU as an active team. Students in the team perform works on autonomous flight technologies, image processing, long distance wireless networking technologies, embedded systems, power electronic systems design and testing.

VARIOUS AND FORCE TASKS US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Competition is considered the most

prestigious unmanned aerial vehicle competition in the world on the basis of universities. Teams have tried to complete difficult and comprehensive tasks such as unmanned (autonomous) departure, flight and landing; coordinates and elevations at specific point-to-point flights; escape from moving and stationary virtual obstacles; dropping objects from a certain height to a certain point and seeing, recognizing and locating the shapes / letters on the ground. Anadolu University and Y覺ld覺z Technical University teams also participated in the competition from Turkey this year . The Anadolu University team finished the competition in the 20th place while the Y覺ld覺z Technical University team was 29th.

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DON'T IDLE ABOUT WORK EFFICIENTLY The Turkish Machinery released to the public 'Productivity Based Public Support Model Design' performance after 'Machine Sector Inventory Survey' and 'Machine Sector Macro Market Analysis, Current Situation Assessment, and Strategic Recommendations Report' works.

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he Turkish Machinery have stayed focused with the report "Productivity Based Pub-lic Support Model Design" for efficiency, which has a driving force on economies. The Turkish Machinery paid attention to the fact that due to the increasing efficiency in parallel with the support policies of the machinery sector, the position of global competition will move to the top. Dr. BĂźlent GĂśkdemir's work concentrates on productivity in the machinery sector and focuses primarily on the current state of the world economy and the short and medium term view of the world economy in order to understand Turkey's economic position. Growth data showing the medium-term past performance of the Turkish economy is revealed, and Turkey's position is exam-ined from the perspective of the near future trends and expectations of the world economy. After the analysis and evaluations, the comparative efficiency performance of the Turkish economy, machinery industry and machine industry sub-sectors is ex-amined and the current picture is drawn.

The relationship between innovation support and the export performance of the firm, especially the export performance of the firm, is being explored, taking advanta-

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ge of the results of econometric analysis of 340 manufacturers-exporters' firms in 2007-2012 period, which are innovations in Turkey and funded under "public / semipublic innovation support programs". The report also evaluates the results of different coun-tries' practices separately. 'Productivity Based Public Support Model Design' is com-plemented by a 'policy proposal' for the Turkish machinery sector in the light of all these theoretical and empirical evaluations.

EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN THE MACHINERY SECTOR Despite the positive developments that Turkey's manufacturing industry has shown in recent years

in terms of productivity, especially in the machinery sector, developing countries still can not reach the same level as developed countries. In other saying, Turkey needs to upgrade to reach medium and long-term targets and increase its rela-tive position. When we look at the comparative situation of the Turkish manufactur-ing industry within the sector, it is calculated that the productivity in the machinery sector is well above the manufacturing industry average. It is seen that the increase in productivity in the sector has been accelerated especially after 2009 and it is one of the few sectors that have high productivity in the manufacturing industry. The assessments reveal that the machi-

nery sector has in a significant position for the coun-try's economy in terms of added value.

TECHNOLOGICAL STEPS IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY Although countries are expected to experience declines in productivity growth as they develop, we watch that productivity is lower in Turkey than in developed countries over the years, considering productivity in the whole economy. Turkey's relative effi-ciency with the United States differs more than any other country. This productivity gap, which peaked between 2000 and 2005, declined gradually between 2005 and 2015, but Turkey is the country with the highest productivity gap with the USA. In order to close the aforementioned productivity differences, the potential of production opportunities in Turkey needs to be reconsidered as a serious policy preference. First of all, it should be understood that the most obvious way to increase production po-tential is to make changes in terms of technological development, continuity and new production techniques in organizational structure.

to be lagging in the 1991-2000 period -the average growth rate was relatively low- when it was about 20 percent in 2000 and then dropped below 10 percent in 2010.

When Turkey's labor productivity changes are analyzed in years, It is seen that during the periods when the productivity of the world tends to decline (between 2007 and 2010), labor productivity in Turkey has shown a steeper decline than in developed and emerging economies. On the other hand, when the trend is on the rise, the productivity increases in Turkey are above the average. This explains that the ripple is quite high.

The efficiency aspect in the study is examined in the machine sector as well. Accord-ingly, the productivity of the machinery sector is well above the average of the manu-facturing industry. It is noteworthy that the increase in productivity in the sector has been accelerated especially after 2009,

and it is one of the sectors with the highest productivity within the manufacturing industry. When the sub-sectors are examined the low labor productivity in the six machine sub-sector also lowers the average productivity of the machine manufacturing industry. Turkey's machinery sector productivity has made a move in recent years. In this way, we see that the productivi-ty differentials between our countries and other countries are closing. However, the current pace of development seems not to be enough to ensure that Turkey is among the top 10 economies in the world. For this reason, specific public policies aimed at increasing the level of productivity and competitiveness must be designed and urgent-ly vitalized. If the inefficiency of resource allocation in the machinery sector is put away as a result of such policies, it is determined that the productivity of the sector will increase by 47 percent.

SUPPORT MODEL PROPOSAL The countries are expected to experience downfalls in productivity growth as they develop, we observe that productivity is lower in our country than in developed countries over the years, considering productivity in the whole economy.

Turkey's relative efficiency with the United States differs more than any other country. This productivity gap, which peaked between 2000 and 2005, decreased gradually between 2005 and 2015, but Turkey is the country with the highest productivity gap with the USA. When the productivity-growth relation is examined; the contribution of productivity to Turkey's growth seems

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in english EXPORT FIGURES IN RESPECT TO THE ACTIVITY FIELD OF THE MACHINERY AND ACCESSORIES

Source: All Exporter Unions Database JANUARY 1-JUNE 30, 2016

PRODUCT GROUP

ENGINES, ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS

VALUE (Mil $)

JANUARY 1-JUNE 30, 2017

$/kg

QUANTITY (1000 Tonnes)

VALUE (Mil $)

(%) CHANGE

$/kg

QUANTITY

VALUE

65

1.049

16,1

73

1.058

14,5

12,2

0,9

INDUSTRIAL AIR CONDITIONERS AND COOLING MACHINES

247,3

1.018

4,1

245,2

980,8

4

-0,9

-3,7

OTHER INDUSTRIAL WASHING AND DRYING MACHINES

226,4

637,9

2,8

230,9

625,1

2,7

2

-2

OTHER MACHINES

79,2

547,9

6,9

89,3

574,4

6,4

12,8

4,8

CONSTRUCTION AND MINING MACHINES

118,1

453,7

3,8

137,1

455,1

3,3

16,1

0,3

PUMPS AND COMPRESSORS

52,2

351,6

6,7

52,1

375,2

7,2

-0,2

6,7

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY MACHINES

68,4

329,3

4,8

74,5

331,7

4,5

8,9

0,7

MACHINE TOOLS

49,1

338,1

6,9

49,5

330,5

6,7

0,8

-2,2

7,3

177,6

24,3

8,4

284,9

33,8

15,4

60,4

TEXTILE AND CLOTHING MACHINES AND ACCESSORIES

39,2

217,2

5,5

41,9

238,3

5,7

7

9,7

VALVES

26,2

218,3

8,3

26,4

238

9

0,7

9

FOOD INDUSTRY MACHINES, ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS

36,2

204,1

5,6

44,9

225,9

5

24

10,7

REACTORS AND BOILERS

28,2

200,2

7,1

28,3

214,4

7,6

0,4

7,1

WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

23,2

334,2

14,4

12,6

199,9

15,8

-45,5

-40,2

ROLLER AND FOUNDRY MACHINES, MOULDS

20,4

143,5

7

20,4

158,3

7,7

0

10,3

INDUSTRIAL HEATERS AND COOKERS

18,5

133

7,2

21,6

152,8

7,1

16,8

14,8

LOAD LIFTING, CARRYING AND STOWING MACHINES

26,2

117,8

4,5

32,8

132,1

4

25

12,1

PACKAGING MACHINES, ACCESSORIES AND SPARE PARTS

3,7

72,7

19,2

4,2

79,5

18,9

11,2

9,3

7

75

10,7

7,3

77,9

10,6

4,9

3,9

OFFICE MACHINES

1,6

68,3

42,1

2

77,6

38,7

23,5

13,6

BEARINGS

6,1

66,4

10,8

5,8

63,2

10,8

-4,7

-4,8

PAPER MANUFACTURING AND TYPOGRAPHY MACHINES

4,4

32,9

7,3

6,7

41,9

6,2

50,8

27,3

LEATHER PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING MACHINES AND ACCESSORIES

0,9

5,6

6

1,5

7,6

5

65,1

36,1

1.155

6.793

5,9

1.217

6.924

5,7

5,3

1,9

TURBIN, TURBOJETS, TURBO PROPELLERS

GUM, PLASTIC, RUBBER PROCESSING MACHINES

TOTAL

128

QUANTITY (1000 Tonnes)