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By Sara Rajabova

WIN Metal Working Fair, celebrating its 20th anniversary, will welcome the visitors on February 12-15.

The event is being staged by Hannover Messe Bileşim Fuarcılık at the TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center in Istanbul.

The fair will open its doors for professional visitors for the 20th time and bring together three different trade fairs, namely Metal Working, Surface Treatment and Welding, under a single roof. Moreover, it will focus on occupational health and safety through its special section called Safe@Work, which will be organized as part of the fair.

Organized for the first time this year as a result of cooperation between Hannover Fairs International GmbH and Hinte GmbH, the special section "Safe@Work" will be supported with speaker sessions as well. It is aimed that this special fair and session will serve as a key instrument to offer comprehensive technical occupational safety information in contact with industrial sectors.

Leading companies from 13 countries

Leading companies from Austria, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Germany, South Korea, The Netherlands, UK, U.A.E and Turkey will exhibit their innovations at WIN Metal Working. Germany, Italy and South Korea will be presented as a group of pavilion with their governments support.

The fair hosts prominent brands and companies this year again such as Ajan Elektronik, Akyaprak Makina, Baykal Machine Tools, Dener Makina, Dirinler, Durmazlar, Ermaksan, MVD İnan, Nukon Lazer, Prima Power at Metal Working; Gedik Kaynak, Kaynak Tekniği, Oerlikon (Magmaweld), Özen Makina, Özmetal San. at Welding; Boysis Makina, Erba Mühendislik and Rösler Kromaş at Surface Treatment.

The biggest commercial meeting of Eurasia

Turkey is planning to become one of the world’s top five machine exporters and increase the share of machines in overall Turkish exports from its current 10 percent to 20 percent by 2023. As parallel to this target, WIN Metal Working provides a good opportunity for the industry with a great deal of international visitor interest and will play an important role in increasing the trade volume of the sector.

WIN Metal Working is considered as the most important gathering of the sectors for the entire Eurasian economic region, besides Turkey. Throughout the fair, a large percentage of visitors come from North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria), Near and Central Asia (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan) and the Gulf states – nations with highly dynamic economic trends. Also, just like the last year, buyers from many countries will attend WIN Metal Working Fair this year as well in order to build business contacts as part of the “Hosted Buyer Program” with the support of the Economy Ministry.

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