Automotive August 2021

How about other benefits your system
offers to manufacturers
First things first, we eliminate questions
like ‘where is my product?’ or ‘if it is lost
or not?’ in the minds of manufacturers.
Additionally, manufacturers get rid of
high costs of the procedures. More
importantly, there’s the ‘standards issue’
in the production line. Apart from the
supply of materials to transport the
product, there is a ‘customs dimension’ of
the overall delivery in export. Our clients
do not have to go through all that hassle
while dealing with customs while sending
or supplying products. I strongly advise
whoever concerned about not dealing
with customs or regulations or not harm
the environment by using cardboard boxes
to switch to our share and reuse model
to deliver their products to Europe at
reasonable costs.
What do you think Turkey’s role is for the
automotive industry?
The picture of a global automotive industry
is not complete without Turkey. Our
country is an export country serving the
sector. Therefore, we must have very good
relations, especially with Europe. There are
plenty of successful companies in Turkey.
How would you comment on global lack
of containers recently faced?
As has been mentioned, we are a very
strong player in the sector. Manufacturers
stopped their contactor orders from China
during the pandemic. A huge demand
arose for those products to be used in
vehicle manufacturing, which should come
from China, and the demand remained
unsolved. This eventually led to container
crisis. Because the containers of the
production lines remained in Europe,
companies had to face a serious container
problem.
How did you manage to sort it out?
Firstly, your storage area needs to have
been built with smart systems. It was not
possible to respond to those problems
solely with containers. Our global pooling
is solid enough to respond to fluctuations
as such. Of course, there may be minor
problems that might arise with us, too,
such as delays. Being a company that
operates globally in terms of competition
gives us advantage since we are able to
meet all sorts of needs in 60 countries.
As you know, the manufacturing of the
domestic automobile, TOGG is expected to
start in 2023. Have you considered taking
part in it?
TOGG is a project that excites us like
everyone involved. Of course, we’d love to
be a part of it. For that to happen, TOGG’s
suppliers need to be identified. As we are
experienced through our similar dealings,
we would love to provide support after
details are clarified.
17 August 2021