Ziya Özalp, Board Member of Martaş Otomotiv, was elected as a Board Member of ATR International, one of the world's leading automotive cooperation organizations.

MARTAŞ AUTOMOTIVE BOARD MEMBER ZİYA ÖZALP JOINS THE MANAGEMENT OF ATR INTERNATIONAL, THE WORLD’S LEADING AUTOMOTIVE COOPERATION ORGANIZATION

Ziya Özalp Elected to the Board of ATR International, a Giant Automotive Cooperation Organization with a Business Volume of 40 Billion Euros

ATR International, a cooperation organization that encompasses 290 independent spare parts distributors from 66 different countries with a total business volume of 40 billion Euros, elected Martaş Automotive Board Member Ziya Özalp to its Board of Directors during the meeting held in Hungary. Özalp became the first Turk to be appointed to this position in one of the world’s most established organizations in the field.

Expressing great pride in being elected to the Board of Directors of ATR International, Özalp said, “Representing Turkey on an international platform and being part of the management of this giant organization with a business volume of 40 billion Euros is a significant source of pride for me. With this important role, we will showcase the competence and strength of our country’s automotive sector on the global stage.”

A Turkish businessperson has been brought into the management of one of the world’s most established and leading organizations in his field of activity.

The new board members of ATR International, a cooperation organization that brings together the world’s leading independent automotive spare parts companies, were determined at the meeting held in Hungary.

At the meeting, Martaş Automotive Board Member Ziya Özalp was elected to the Board of Directors of ATR International, which was founded in 1967 and includes 290 independent spare parts distributors from 66 different countries with a total business volume of 40 billion Euros.

ATR International, which has 11,200 sales points worldwide, employs 196,500 people. The organization, aiming to provide high-quality original spare parts to independent car repairers and spare parts sellers, is headquartered near Denkendorf in Stuttgart, Germany.

“WE WILL SHOWCASE THE POWER OF OUR COUNTRY’S AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR ON THE GLOBAL STAGE”

Martaş Automotive Board Member Ziya Özalp expressed great pride and joy in being elected to the Board of Directors of ATR International. Drawing attention to the fact that his new role will increase the international recognition of the Turkish automotive spare parts sector and facilitate access for local manufacturers to global markets, Özalp stated, “Representing Turkey on an international platform and being part of the management of this giant organization with a business volume of 40 billion Euros is a significant source of pride for me. With this important role, we will showcase the competence and strength of our country’s automotive sector on the global stage.”

Martaş On The Field!

We have realized our big project that will bring together our product managers, vehicle managers, suppliers, our sales team and customers on the field with the "MA-SA" organization throughout the year. In this context, our product and vehicle managers had the opportunity to meet with our suppliers, our sales team in the regions and many customers with the “MA-SA” organization that we held at the same time in many different cities at the weekend.

ESSEC Martaş Automotive Visit

Within the content of ESSEC Business Continuity formations, 'Learning Business Expedition' activities held at CVK Park Bosphorus Hotel with the support of Istanbul French Chamber of Commerce. Martaş Automotive General Manager and the OSS President Ziya Ozalp took part with the presentation named '' Overview of Turkey Automotive Aftermarket”. Nearly 50 international participants, who were senior executive in their own sector participated in the event ,and were hosted the next day with a special invitation held at Martaş Automotive Headquarters.

Martaş Academy Once Again Brought The Martaş Family Together!

The growth and development provided by Martaş Automotive in every field also manifests itself on the side of qualified employees. Having reached 450 employees by 2020; Martaş Automotive is expected to reach 550 employees in 2021. Building its growth and development-oriented vision on its qualified employees, Martaş Automotive internalizes as a principle to make its employees adopt the expression of “Being a part of Martaş” and other company values.

In line with this principle, Martaş Automotive started to celebrate its 40th anniversary with its employees, the most important actors of this success story. With the fourth Martaş Academy organization held on 11-12 January 2020, Martaş Automotive employees met in one of the most important natural beauty sites of Turkey, Abant.

During the Martaş Academy event held in Abant, employees had the opportunity to experience the statement of "Being a part of Martaş" for two days and to have fun with various activities. Within the scope of the event, Martaş Automotive founder Hadi Özalp, General Manager Ziya Özalp, board member Cem Baver Özalp and department managers made a special speech for the 40th year anniversary. Afterwards, some employees were awarded a plaque for their long working years. On the first day of the event, Çetin Yılmaz, former head coach of the Turkish Basketball national team, gave a conference to the entire team on topics such as companies being teams, leadership, productivity and personal development. At the end of the day, all employees renewed their energy with music, karaoke and parties all night long. On the next day, the team stored motivation with memories that would not be forgotten with a team game, played by the entire team together, a walk on the side of Lake Abant and a barbecue party.

Martaş Otomotiv Continues To Grow With New Distribution Centers!

Martaş Automotive continues its investments in every field with its new distribution centers as well. Having added Adana distribution center to its existing distribution centers in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir last year, Martaş Automotive is now one more step closer to its customers with another distribution center to be opened on the European side of Istanbul in the first quarter of 2020!

Adana Distribution Center, which opened in November 2019, has total area of 6,000 square meters; and in its 4.500 square meters closed area, there is a 1000 square meter of free storage area, a 700 square meters of good acceptance and shipment area and a 450 square meters of office area.

Martaş Automotive will continue to provide high quality, reliable and fast service to its customers in the Southern and Southeastern regions of Turkey through its Adana Distribution Center.

The construction of another distribution center planned to be opened on the European side of Istanbul in April 2020 is currently in progress. With the distribution center to be opened on the European Side of Istanbul, it is aimed to increase unconditional customer satisfaction and service quality to the next level by distributing three times a day to Istanbul and the nearby cities.

Turkey's Domestic Car Is On The World Stage!

Turkey's domestic car, which was designed and produced by Turkey's Automobile Enterprise Group (TOGG), was introduced with the participation of the Republic of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchange Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and also many business executives from the world of business and politic on 27th December, Friday. In the promotion ceremony held in Gebze Bilişim Vadisi (Gebze Informatics Valley) under name "Turkey's Automobile Entrepreneurship Group Journey to Innovation Meeting", it was conveyed that TOOG, which has promoted C-SUV and C-SEDAN models operating solely with electricity, will release C-Hatchback, B-SUV and C-MPV models to the market in the following years. Turkey factory installation of the domestic car, of which intellectual property right fully belongs to Turkey, will be finished by 2012 and it is foreseen that the first vehicle will be released from the production line in 2022.

Gürcan Karakaş, TOGG CEO, said that the domestic car, of which battery was developed from scratch, will be offered with two alternatives, 200 hp and 400 hp, with rear-wheel drive or dual engine 4-wheel drive systems and that vehicles with holographic assistants had 500 and 300 kilometer range alternatives, and would provide fast charging in under 30 minutes.

Hadi Özalp, Ziya Özalp and Cem Baver Özalp from the Board of Directors of Martaş Automotive took part in this important presentation ceremony where the domestic car of Turkey was introduced.

ATR Shareholder and Suppliers Meet at the IPAS Forum in Berlin

ATR International AG, the largest independent spare parts purchasing group in the world, has gathered ATR shareholders and suppliers at the IPAS Forum held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, from 12 to 14 November. General Manager / Ceo Ziya Özalp and Board Member Cem Baver Özalp from Martaş Automotive attended this meeting, which was held to meet and socialize ATR shareholders and suppliers. In the forum, Ziya Özalp and Cem Baver Özalp made a presentation about Martaş Automotive specifically for ATR suppliers.

Automotive Spare Parts Industry Met in Auto Martashow/Anatolia!

Automotive Spare Parts Sector met at Martaş Automotive Ankara Distribution Center on September 29, Sunday. Automotive spare parts manufacturers and retail points came together at the event, which was organised as AUTO MARTASHOW/ANATOLIA.

The AUTO MARTASHOW events, which took place at Martaş Automotive Istanbul Distribution Center in 2015 and Martaş Automotive Izmir Distribution Center in 2017, maintained its tradition this year and brought together automotive spare parts manufacturers and retail points at Martaş Automotive Ankara Distribution Center on Sunday, 29 September.

AUTO MARTASHOW/Anatolia which meets domestic and international automotive part manufacturers with retail outlets from many provinces, maintaned being biggest organization of automotive spare parts industry in Turkey after that Automechanika Istanbul Fair.

Among the spare parts manufacturer companies which are participants of AUTO MARTASHOW / ANATOLIA; many national and international companies such as Bosch, Dayco, Delphi Technologies, Gates Rapro, Metelli, Schaeffler, Supsan, Valeo, Yenmak, ZF, Ayfar Mars, Cavo Automotive, Kale Oto Radiator, Mapa, NGK NTK, NTN SNR, Osram, SKF, Supar, Purflux, SKT, and UFI Filters took part.

Participants of AUTO MARTASHOW / ANATOLIA which are one of the members of this rapidly growing sector, had the opportunity to meet and exchange opinions with the officials of national and international spare parts manufacturers, on the other hand, they had the opportunity to closely examine the products of these companies and obtain detailed information.

The Show where the excitement and Fun Never Ends

In AUTO MARTASHOW / ANATOLIA, which welcomes more than 1,500 visitors throughout the day; entertainment and excitement continued without slowing down with entertaining stage shows, stage presentations of spare parts companies, surprise gift sweepstakes, day-long Formula 1 races and a rich variety of local and street flavors.

The event which started with the opening speech of Mariya Automotive General Manager Ziya Özalp; moderated by Ali Özgün, exciting moments were experienced with the presentations of manufacturer companies, gift sweepstakes and prizes given to the winners of F1 races. In the final F1 race of the day; The pilots, who were the winners of the day, competed with pit-stops made by the company officials. The winner of the contentious final race was the team of ZF company.

Martaş Automotive's Planting "40th Year Memorial Forest ''

In cooperation with ÇEKÜL Foundation, to contribute the afforestation of Anatolia by acting with the awareness of social responsibility about forest fires that deeply upset us all as a country.'' Martaş Automotive 40th Anniversary Memorial Forest '' is planted in Sivas with the sapling donations collected at the ÇEKÜL Foundation stand during the AUTO MARTASHOW / ANADOLU event.

Visit To Schaeffler's Factory In Germany

Within the scope of the joint organization organized with Schaeffler, a business partner of Martaş Automotive, a group of Martaş Automotive customers and employees visited the Luk Bühl factory from Schaeffler's high-tech factories in Germany. In the trip, which lasted three days, many historical and touristic places were visited besides the factory visit. The group, who exchanged opinions with Schaeffler officials for three days and had fun with historical and touristic visits, had an unforgettable experience.

Automechanika 2019 Brought The Automotive Industry Together

Automechanika Istanbul, the world’s 3rd largest automotive fair organized by the collaboration of Messe Frankfurt Istanbul International Exhibitions and Hannover Fairs Turkey Exhibitions brings together over 1397 exhibitors from 38 countries with the professionals of the industry from 4 to 7 April 2018.
Automechanika Istanbul 2019 closed with record numbers: 1,397 exhibitors met with 48,737 visitors from all around the world during 4-7 April 2019. Bringing the major players in the Turkish and European industries together, This fair has become a meeting point, for Turkey as well as for the surrounding regions.
European,Middle East, North Africa and Middle Asia regions were attended in the exhibition which was completed with %80 visitor satisfaction.

Martaş Automotive stand was full of surprises again.

Martaş Automotive participated the Istanbul Automechanika Exhibition 2019 with the cinema concept this year as it has participated last year with Champions League concept. In the Martas Automotive stand which was full of surprises within the cinema concept for four days, Charlie Chaplin cosplay made the visitors have a good time, also Kemal Sunal, Rocky Bilbao, RoboCop and R2-D2 cut out images accompanied the visitors. Apart from all these photobooth and the mind game took a lot of attention from the visitors. The Company, the headquarter, Istanbul distribution center, order and delivery processes were presented with the videos four days long in the exhibition.
Martaş Automotive which has its customers to experience the cinema concept in our stand, has given the message of being in every vehicle group and its unconditional customer focused services.

Metelli, The Powerful Brand of Italy Chose Martaş!

3rd Martaş Academy Organised in Istanbul

Martaş Academy, which has started its journey with its motto ‘Human First’ and which has been made actual by Martaş Otomotiv, made its 3rd organisation in Istanbul. Martaş Academy which was organized on 12nd – 13rd of January 2019 has become a huge organisation with its personnel’s attendance who came from all around Turkey.

The organisation that started with a barbeque party in headquarter, carried on with an activity organised in Ataşehir Watergarden. The presentations which was linked with the 2019 vision and organisation structure by Ziya Özalp and Cem Baver Özalp, followed with attention. While the Vice President of the Management Board Mr. Hadi Özalp was telling the secrets from the company’s establishment to the place where it is now in ‘From Past to Today Martaş’, participants seemed emotional. Martaş Otomotiv employees who joined to bowling competition after dinner, had a fun time until late-night.

Second day, organisation continued with motivation and team work activities which was orgaised in Sheraton Hotel. ‘We ae better together’ message was given in the presentations and activities which was prepared by motivaton coach Nilsen Özbarlas.

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