Otokar, o companie din Turcia, membră a Grupului Koç și producătoare la nivel mondial de platforme terestre de apărare, participă între 22 și 24 mai la Expoziția Internațională Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA), desfășurată la București. Pe durata expoziției, Otokar prezintă renumitul blindat tactic COBRA II 4x4 împreună cu transportorul blindat ARMA 8x8, ambele parte din gama largă de platforme blindate a companiei.
Otokar, A Koç Group company and the global land systems manufacturer of Türkiye, participated in the Black Sea Defense, Aerospace and Security International Exhibition (BSDA), between May 22-24, in Bucharest, Romania. During the exhibition, Otokar displayed its worldwide known COBRA II 4x4 tactical wheeled armored vehicle and ARMA 8x8 wheeled armored vehicle from its broad range of armored platforms.
THE GLOBAL LAND SYSTEM MANUFACTURER
Stating that Otokar is among of the world’s top land systems manufacturers, Aykut Özüner, General Manager said; “We are very proud that, as a NATO and UN supplier in military vehicles, Otokar has been serving in many different climatic and terrain conditions on various missions around the world. Being appreciated in global markets with its wide product range and comprehensive integrated logistics services for long years, Otokar has been undersigning the world's important land platform projects.”
“Today our military vehicles serve in more than 40 countries in almost every corner of the world, from Europe to South America, from Southeast Asia to Americas, from Central Asia to Africa as well as Eastern Europe” said Sedef Vehbi, Otokar Military Cluster Head and pointed out its capability of global transfer of know-how and technology in addition to its existing exports.
“WE AIM ROMANIA TO BE A STRATEGIC HUB FOR OTOKAR”
“BSDA is important for Otokar in order to meet our current and potential customers in the region, and develop further relationships. Specifically, Romania with its opportunities of investment, strategic location, and well-educated workforce is a strategic country for companies like Otokar seeking to access European markets” said Aykut Özüner highlighting that Koç Holding, Otokar’s main shareholder, has also been operating in Romania for more over 30 years.
Reminding Otokar had submitted its bid for the tender which C.N. Romtehnica S.A., Romanian Ministry of National Defence’s Company, opened for the purchase of 4x4 Tactical Wheeled Armoured Vehicles, Aykut Özüner said “We are eager to serve Romanian Armed Forces.”
“Since long, we have been focusing in Romania and closely following up the defence acquisition projects” said Sedef Vehbi. “In due course, together with our local partner, Automecanica, we have been concentrating on a compressive potential business plan in order to meet the challenging requirements of Romanian MoD in this 4x4 program. This includes technical, commercial, and financial aspects of the project, as well as the added value and capability development issues in the country. In case of an award, we are planning to use our facility in Romania as a strategic hub for our business in Europe. Apart from the local production activities, the facility is planned to conduct research and development (R&D) activities. On the other side, we are also determined to work with local Romanian suppliers and sub-system manufacturers to increase the local added value in the country and contribute the Romanian defence capability development in defence.”
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