The UK Prime Minister Theresa May and the Turkish Prime Minister BenaliYildirim recently announced a landmark defence industry collaboration between the two countries. BAE Systems and TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) signed a ‘Heads of Agreement’ that will establish a partnership for the continued development of the Turkish Fighter Programme (TF-X). Worth more than £100m, this first contract has the potential to facilitate multi-billion pound contracts between Team UK and Turkish firms over the life-time of the project, strengthening the links between both nations.
For further information
www.tai.com.tr

The Turkish Machinery Group organised a successful buyer mission programme at the WIN Automation fair which was held last month in Istanbul. The WIN EURASIA Automation fair hosted Electrotech EURASIA, Hydraulic & Pneumatic EURASIA and the CeMAT EURASIA fairs at the same time. Some 60 company representatives
from Bulgaria, Russia, Czech Republic, Bosnia Herzegovina, Morocco, Tunisia, Nigeria, Jordan, Algeria and France attended the buyer mission programme.
Established in 2007, the Turkish Machinery Group strives to improve the sales of Turkish machinery and accessories all over the world. It carries out activities to increase export sales in target countries by either improving the image of Turkish machinery in international markets or conducting promotion
and R&D initiatives. In addition, the group has a
goal to implement domestic marketing policies
aimed at strengthening the product image of
Turkish machinery at a national level.
For further information www.makinetanitimgrubu.com.tr