The results of the first activities of the BUTEXCOMP Project, which was implemented for SMEs in order to increase the competitiveness of the composite material and technical textile sectors in Bursa, were shared with sector representatives.
The Composite Material and Technical Textile Prototype Production and Application Center (BUTEXCOMP) Technical Assistance Project, carried out by the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO), is carried out within the scope of the Competitive Sectors Program financed by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey within the framework of financial cooperation and carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. At the ‘Diagnostic Studies and Needs Analysis Consultation and Dissemination Meeting’ held with the participation of sector representatives; market research data and technology trends collected in the light of interviews with 140 companies and needs analysis with 50 companies will be adapted to the needs of SMEs in both sectors.
AIMING FOR A MORE COMPETITIVE ECOSYSTEM
BTSO Board Member Hakan Batmaz stated that BUTEXCOMP aims to create a fully integrated cluster for the two sectors and said, “BUTEXCOMP, which will provide services in titles such as training, R&D, consultancy, partnership building and working together culture in order for the Bursa manufacturing industry to consolidate its place in the rapidly developing technical textile and composite sectors, will provide significant benefits to our companies. It will enable SMEs to become part of a technologically richer, more efficient and more competitive ecosystem.”
'WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SECTORS'
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karahan, Director of the BUTEXCOMP Project Operation Coordination Unit, stated that the meeting was very important in shaping the future of both sectors and said: “We will use the results of the diagnostic study in the formation of partnership programs of companies in cluster formation, role model and supply chain studies. Especially the supply chain is very important for the correct formation of the cluster. We have obtained extremely useful outputs in the diagnostic study, cluster formation and supply chain formation, in the dimension of the services and trainings we will provide to the companies, as well as in determining the activities of BUTEXCOMP.”