2004-2005

The Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) magazine of the British Financial Times Group organized a competition in 2004 entitled “European Cities & Regions of the Future 2005-2006”. Manisa was selected from among 200 European cities and attracted attention from foreign investors during the award giving ceremony in Hong-Kong.

2006-2007

Manisa entered a second competition from the same group entitled “European Cities & Regions of the Future 2006-2007” and received four awards.

A total of 89 cities entered this competition where evaluations were made according to 28 criteria in the categories of: economic potential, appropriate cost, human resources, informatics and communication, transport, life quality, and promotion of foreign direct investment.

Manisa was named as: -

First runner up in the category of the “Best Economic Potential in Europe”

Second runner up in the category of the “Most Cost Effective City in Europe”

Second runner up in the category of the “Southern European City of the Future”

First runner up in the category of the “City of the Future for Turkey”

Manisa OIZ accepted the above awards at an award ceremony organized in Cannes-France on 16 March 2006.

2007

The People’s Republic of China, jointly with the United Nations conducted research on the best industrial zones and cities in the world for Chinese enterprises to invest in. As a result of the evaluations of a specialized examination committee, Manisa Chamber of Commerce Organized Industrial Zone was selected as “One of the top ten industrial zones in the world”

Our Zone received its award at a ceremony organized within the framework of the “1st Round Table Meeting of the International CEOs of Chinese and Foreign Multinational Companies” held in Beijing between 16-18 November.

Our zone was judged worthy of this award by a committee consisting of the following members:

- the Government of the People’s Republic of China
- Chinese International Multinational Companies Group
- Organization Committee of World Economic Development Declaration
- Chinese Representation of United Nations Development Program
- United Nations Trade and Development Conference Department of Investment, Technology and Entrepreneurship
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Regional office Representation of China, Mongolia, South and North Korea)
- United Nations Asia-Pacific Environmental Program Representation
- United Nations Global Principles Agreement Representation

It is well known that our country serves as a bridge between Asia and Europe thanks to its favourable geographical position. Equally, it also acts as a gateway to the Middle East, the Balkans and North Africa. By attracting huge investments in recent years Turkey has become an important logistic centre.

Our Organized Industrial Zone offers important advantages to Chinese companies seeking access to the EU, Russia and the Muslim countries of the Middle East. Our Zone will maintain its contacts with Chinese companies and try to attract them to the locomotive sectors that will operate from our expansion sites.

To deliver proper, reasonable, speedy and reliable services; to ensure the participation and satisfaction of clients and employees; to achieve sustainable development by setting new targets and providing continuous revision; to comply with all the regulations and laws in force and management system rules in order to understand and meet client expectations; to eradicate all negative factors in accordance with existing and upcoming regulations in order to prevent environmental pollution; to minimize use of natural resources, to offer a secure working environment to all employees; visitors and suppliers, to train employees in quality, environment, health and safety at work; to reach the targets of health and safety at work by using appropriate resources; to conduct risk analysis in order to minimize risks in all service areas; and to ensure the continuous improvement of management systems. Our most senior management team will express, at every opportunity, the importance of meeting the expectations of clients and of fulfilling the regulatory requirements. The achievement, monitoring and measurement of targets will be evaluated at management meetings.

Tamer Balatlı
Zone Director

The mission of the Manisa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Organized Industrial Zone is: to ensure the concentration of small and medium sized industrial enterprises in a specific Zone according to a set plan, to contribute to the economy of Manisa and our country with its foreign trade volume, and to deliver the highest quality services to industrialists operating in the Zone.

To create a sustainable and impeccable service approach that is premier among all of the organized Zones in Turkey; to prevent pollution by minimizing environmental risks; and to set new targets whilst considering the safety and health of its employees in the workplace.