İvedik Organized Industrial Zone (İvedik OSB) is a robust production base established in 1987 in the İvedik Industrial Basin, planned as the new industrial area of Ankara. It was founded through the joint will of 38 cooperatives and entirely with self-resources. Having completed its infrastructure and superstructure work without using any public credit, İvedik OSB has been acting with the vision of “domestic and national production” since its establishment.
Foreign Trade Intelligence Center (DTİM)
The Foreign Trade Intelligence Center (DTİM), operating within İvedik OSB and supported by the Ministry of Industry and the Development Agency, is a strategic unit that supports the regional firms in opening up to international markets. Its main services are to contribute to:
- Target market analyses,
- Buyer databases and sectoral intelligence,
- UR-GE projects and foreign trade delegations,
- Foreign trade training and digital export solutions.
What is the UR-GE Project?
The Development of International Competitiveness (UR-GE) Program is a Ministry of Trade program that supports firms operating in sectors with export potential to increase their competitiveness, open up to foreign markets, and achieve sustainable exports.
The main objective of the program is to enable firms to pursue their export journey not individually, but in a much stronger and more organized way through the clustering approach. UR-GE supports firms in a region or sector with common training, consultancy, foreign marketing, purchasing delegations, and market analysis activities.
Thanks to UR-GE projects, firms:
- Increase their export knowledge and competence,
- Develop strategies for target markets,
- Meet directly with buyers and distributors,
- Benefit from government incentives to the maximum extent,
- Increase their competitiveness through clustering.
İvedik OSB Medical UR-GE Project
The Foreign Trade Intelligence Center of the İvedik Organized Industrial Zone Directorate is carrying out the Medical UR-GE Project with 29 participating firms, aiming to make Ankara’s strong medical industry infrastructure more visible and competitive in international markets.
These firms come from various sub-sectors such as medical devices, consumables, hospital equipment, laboratory products, orthopedic solutions, and biotechnology.
Scope of the Project
- Increasing export capacity,
- Discovering new markets,
- Expanding current market share,
- Developing technology and quality standards,
- Establishing international collaborations.
Activities Carried Out
- Training and consultancy programs,
- Foreign marketing delegations and B2B meetings,
- Purchasing delegations,
- Sectoral analyses and competition evaluations,
- Clustering meetings and collaboration platforms.
Role of İvedik OSB
- Determining common goals and coordinating firms,
- Target market planning,
- Executing delegation organizations,
- Managing the Ministry of Trade support processes,
- Corporate communication and reporting.
Benefits Provided to Participants
- Opportunity to meet directly with buyers in target markets,
- Training and consultancy support,
- Benefiting from 75% state support,
- Increase in international visibility,
- Advantage in certification processes,
- Increase in exports thanks to new commercial connections.
CONCLUSION
The İvedik OSB Medical UR-GE Project is a strategic export project supported by the Ministry of Trade, aiming to carry Ankara’s production capacity to global markets with a strong medical cluster formed by 29 firms.