During the visit, Head of Technology Development Zones Department İbrahim Karabulut and R&D Design Centers Department Head Alper Kahramanca also attended, and Bursa Uludağ University Rector Prof. Dr. Ferudun Yılmaz and ULUTEK General Manager Prof. Dr. İrfan Karagöz gave information to the Ministry managers about the technopark activities and planned projects.
Within the scope of the visit, General Manager Bilal Macit and his accompanying delegation met with the managers of the companies operating in ULUTEK and received information from the project managers, and also visited the ULUTEK Incubation Center and PROMER Rapid Prototyping Center. General Manager Bilal Macit said, “As the Ministry of Industry and Technology, supporting sustainable success is one of our primary goals. For this purpose, examining our technoparks on site, observing their work and evaluating their future visions and plans is of great value in terms of the efficiency and quality of R&D and innovation studies. Important technoparks such as ULUTEK are not only limited to the region they are located in, but also hold an important place in our country's innovation ecosystem. "In addition, we have the opportunity to evaluate the feedback and demands of companies operating in the region by examining their work on site," he said.
RECTOR YILMAZ, “WE ARE AMONG THE BEST TECHNOPARKS OF OUR COUNTRY”
Noting that Bursa Uludağ University is among the 23 research higher education institutions in Turkey and expressing his satisfaction with the visit, Rector Prof. Dr. Ferudun Yılmaz said, “ULUTEK Technopark, which is among the best technoparks of our country, makes great contributions to the production of R&D and technology, as well as to the transformation of scientific and academic studies into commercial value. "I would like to thank our Ministry of Industry and Technology for the support it provides to produce projects of higher number and quality," he said.
ULUTEK ADDS VALUE IN THE FIELD OF R&D AND INNOVATION
ULUTEK made a presentation to R&D Incentives General Manager Bilal Macit and accompanying Ministry managers about the university-industry cooperation projects carried out within the technopark, entrepreneur-investor meetings, R&D studies, international activities, as well as the development and forward-looking plans of Ulutek. General Manager Prof. Dr. İrfan Karagöz; "As ULUTEK Technopark, which raises the bar of success every year, we add value to our country by sharing our knowledge and experience with our R&D and innovation centers," he said. Prof. also stated that they effectively benefit from the supports provided by institutions such as the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TÜBİTAK and KOSGEB, in line with the needs of companies in the region, by organizing comprehensive events in order to ensure that entrepreneurs and innovative ideas are supported at the highest level. Dr. Karagöz said, “In this sense, we would like to thank our Ministry of Industry, which always supports us in our technology and innovation-oriented steps, for their close attention.” he said.