Automechanika Frankfurt is just around the corner. Automechanika Dubai is counting down. Messe Frankfurt organized a press conference and furnished press members and sector professionals with important details about the fairs.
The Automechanika Frankfurt Fair, which has brought together the leading companies of the automotive industry since 1971, drives in on 13th September to bring supply and demand, trends and innovations together for 5 days.
Before the fair, important names of the automotive industry, members of the press and fair directors came together with the organization of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. The future of the automotive industry was discussed at the press conference held in cooperation with Automechanika Istanbul Fair Director Can Berki, Dubai Director Mahmut Gazi Bilikozen and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC).
Pointing out that they would organized the Turkish participation to the Automechanika fair, which will be held between 13-17 September, Israfil Kuralay, Vice Chairman of the Board of ICOC, underlined that with their 140 years of history, they take position with the buyers.
Continuing his evaluations, Kuralay stated that they have achieved national participation in Buenos Aires, and especially in the UAE, since 2016. Kuralay said, “We will take place in the Automechanika Dubai fair with 69 companies on an area of 1639 square meters. I think the biggest space after the Paris Chamber of Commerce belongs to ICOC. Since America has a different structure from ours, I can say that the closest building to us is in Paris. We support the manufacturers of our country in more than 40 fairs. Today, as a result of our work with the Automechanika team since 2016, we are taking part in the fairs with more and more exhibitors every year.”
Speaking on his part, Automechanika Istanbul Fair Director Can Berki stated that the fair organization system in Germany dates back to the 1240s and said that the Automechanika Fair, which has been going on since 1971, continues its activities dynamically at 13 different countries. Berki said, “It was said that the pandemic would end the fairs, even many fairs had turned to digital, but the world is not ready for the digital fair system in this process. There is a high participation in our fairs these days when pandemic restrictions are reduced. In this sense, we have been collaborating with
the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce in 15 events in 5 different countries since 2016. Our activities continue in different channels with the ICOC,” he said. Automechanika Dubai Director Mahmut Gazi Bilikozen, who stated that there was a serious movement in the sector after the production of electric cars and the legalization of women’s driving in Saudi Arabia, said, “The costs have increased in this process, but the increase in e-commerce makes our work easier. In the automotive sector, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, America and Germany are in serious competition. China has managed to rise from fourth place to second place with the work it has done in recent years. We are getting serious feedback from these countries in terms of participation in the fair. This year, we see that around 800 participants from more than 50 countries applied to us. In recent years, Turks have passed Germany and took the first place in participation in the fair. We are very pleased to see such a participation from our country with the contributions of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce.”