Mayor Grzmowicz: “It’s much quieter and eco-friendly”

The tender, which costs about 20 million euros, was signed at a ceremony held in the Municipality of Olsztyn in July.

Olsztyn’s Mayor Piotr Grzmowicz as the host gave a speech in the ceremony, where Atilla Gökhan Kızılarslan, Chief Commercial Counsellor of the Turkish Embassy in Warsaw, Fatma Durmaz Yilbirlik, the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Durmazlar Holding, the holding officials, Olsztyn Municipality officials and citizens also participated.

Piotr Grzmowicz stated that they were able to return to rail system transport, which was abolished in 1965, only in 2004 and emphasized that rail systems are the cleanest and cheapest transport system for the people of the city and the region.

Mayor Grzmowicz stated that they work to develop the tram vehicle numbers and infrastructure within this scope and they are happy to sign an agreement with Durmazlar Holding, meeting all their expectations as a result of the tender they initiated for buying 12 tram vehicles.

Grzmowicz said, “For now, we ordered 12 tramways. Durmazlar Holding’s trams are much quieter and eco-friendly than the trams we are currently using. We may buy 12 more trams according to circumstances after the upcoming 21 months delivery period. The satisfaction received from Panorama model trams, which is produced by Durma Holding and used in Kocaeli and Samsun, was a determining factor for us to choose Durmazlar.”

Fatma Durmaz Yılbirlik stated: “Our goal is to make the world better with advanced technology”.

Fatma Durmaz Yılbirlik, the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Durmazlar Holding gave a speech after Mayor Piotr Grzmowicz and expressed that she was very glad to be in Olsztyn for this meaningful purpose. She stated that gaining the trust of the Olsztyn Municipality and the people of Poland fills them with pride as Durma Holding, which exports to 120 countries and serves Polish industrialists for more than 30 years and wished that the agreement would be the first step in rail systems between Poland and Turkey. Yılbirlik said “We are fully convinced that we will not let down the trust in Durmazlar Holding, which always aims for better and analyzes the needs of the different cultures and aims to make the world better with technology as Turkey’s co-founder of Industry 4.0. I wish this agreement to be good for the city of Olsztyn and Durmazlar”. Fatma Durmaz Yılbirlik, the Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Durmazlar Holding and Piotr Grzmowicz, the Mayor of Olsztyn signed agreements and congratulated the officials in the Turkish and Polish delegations and had their photo taken after the speeches on “The first tramway export of Turkey”. Fatma Durmaz Yılbirlik made statements after the ceremony and said that they entered the rail systems sector in 2009 with the 65-year experience and infrastructure of Durmazlar. Stating that they were very happy to export to Olsztyn as the first tram export of Turkey with the company that produced roughly 100 subway and tram vehicles, Yılbirlik also said that it was her duty and goal to increase the cultural relationship and the friendship between the two countries as the Honorary Consul of the Marmara Region in Poland since 2014. “It’s an honor for me and my country to continue to work both culturally and commercially and to make this happen,” she said.

İpekböceği and Panorama experience

Aiming to be the first in the world rail systems sector, Durmazlar Holding established Durmaray in 2010, which operates in the field of rail systems technologies, projects, design, software, installation, testing and commissioning. It started production in 2 separate facilities which have 15 thousand m2 of closed and 50 thousand m2 of open area for frame and bogie production and 25 thousand m2 and 10 thousand m2 open area for rail systems vehicle production. The first tram produced by Durmaray, İpekböceği was put into the service of Bursa in 2013. It also won 60 Light Rail System and 12 bidirectional tram projects initiated by Bursa Metropolitan Municipality in 2015.

The company’s new generation design Panorama was put into service with 8 vehicles in Samsun and with 12 bidirectional vehicles in Kocaeli in 2016. Panorama trams will also be available for Olsztyn after 21 months. Having completed their 30-year life test, tested and approved with international standards, the trams stand out with their low energy consumption, low noise level, eco-friendly and safe design. Panorama trams prioritize passenger’s comfort with its 370 mm depth of entrance and 100% low floor. They have 210 passenger capacity with a length of 32 thousand 500 mm and a width of 2 thousand 500 mm.

With the aim of informing the employees of the sales and marketing departments of the organizations under Durmazlar Holding, the training on the changing dynamics of marketing was held in Bursa Hilton Hotel. Training participants also had the opportunity to practice after listening to subjects specially prepared for them.

The visiting 30 students and lecturers had the chance to closely examine the high-tech sheet cutting processing machines. Products such as Press Brakes, Laser Cutting Machines, Plasma Cutting
Machines caught the attention of the students and they raised many questions.

Pursuing its investments in Turkey as well as all over the world, Durma Machinery came together with friends from Aegean in Izmir Showroom. We had the chance to promote our products and meet with the valuable businesspeople and industrialists of the Aegean Region and talked to them about the ways for more efficient production and the advantages of high technology.

At the 2017 Design Turkey Awards, Durma participated in Conceptual Design and was selected to receive the award. The jury consisting of national and international design experts selected Öner Yıldırım’s exterior design from our R&D center, Durma Bendline, for its focus on user needs, good design and the potential for added value to the product. Combining design, innovation and technology, Bendline continues to be a source of pride for Durma.

The 6th Private Sector R&D and Design Centers Summit of the T.R. Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology took place on December 20, Wednesday.

At the annual award ceremony, Durma Machinery achieved a great success by winning the “R&D Centers Performance Awards, Machinery and Equipment Sectoral Ranking” award among 762 R&D Centers operating in 38 sectors. Criteria such as Annual Personnel Employment, Project Capacity, R&D Expense Rate, Cooperation and Interaction, Intellectual Property Competence, Commercialization Performances were evaluated in the ceremony and Durmazlar once again made a name for itself by receiving an award in “Machinery Equipment Production” sector among 93 other R&D Centers.

Durma, who participated in the contest in the Conceptual Design category at the 2017 Design Turkey Competition, received the Conceptual Design Award.
As a result of the sectoral jury evaluation formed by national and international design experts, Durma Bendline, which was designed by Öner Yildirim from our R&D center, separated the competitors in terms of keeping user needs in the foreground, good design and adding value to the product and brought the award to Durma. Bendline, which was brought to life by blending design, innovation and technology, continues to be a source of pride for Durma.

Sponsored by Durma, Uludağ University Information and R&D Days event brought the business and science worlds together. The main purpose of the event was to create groups for all departments of the university and the public, industry and the private sector to work together, and it also focused on bringing the ideas and projects of the academy and the private sector to the public, industry and the private sector.

On March 15-16, the academicians and the representatives of other sectors came together in the event and had the chance to introduce their projects to the university, the public and other sectors. A “Good Idea” business projects competition and patent information talks were also held in the event. Durmazlar is delighted to play a role in bringing the academic and the private sectors together and believes that success is the result of cooperation.

According to TIM’s data, our export figures reached 11 billion 296 million dollars even in the short month. And in the last 12 months, the exports increased by 2.6% to 143 billion 218 million dollars compared to the same period last year. Despite the shrinkage in the exports last year, Durma Machinery exported an amount of 90 million dollars with an 8.5% growth and took part in the top 1000 exporters. Speaking in a press statement, Hüseyin Durmaz, the Chairman of Durmazlar Holding Board of Directors said, “Your presence here gives us courage, motivation and honor. As long as we’re in high spirits, we can represent Turkey not just in 80 countries, but in 180 countries.”

DURMAZLAR IS AN EXEMPLARY INDUSTRIALIST
“With an experience of more than 60 years, and its R&D and innovation investments, Durma Machinery increases the added value and sets an example to other machinery producers with its technological investments. The first domestic tram, İpekböceği is a great example of this. Now, even the Munich subway uses these wagons,” said Mehmet Büyükekşi, the Chairman of Turkey Exporters Assembly.

One of the founding members of Industry 4.0 in Turkey, Durma Machinery shapes its machines by testing them for maximum acceleration and the hardest working conditions in the analysis programs with Industry 4.0 integrated into its production processes. With the obtained data, it develops its products by considering the global production norms.

In a period of increased digitalization of production processes, Durma Machinery has improved its production lines without compromising longevity, durability and efficiency and has started producing machines that communicate with each other through its own cloud technology.

MANUFACTURING MACHINES THAT BRING PRIORITY
Machines are simulated to best suit the conditions in real working environments with all their components in their design and development in virtual platforms according to Durma Machinery’s production vision. Then, they are compared to the values obtained after production. Thus, the improvements in cutting quality, acceleration, speed, energy consumption, etc. are simulated and tested with real data. The most important benefit for customers also emerges here. High-performance machines ensure lower energy consumption with certified real data. And this means producing more at a lower operation cost. Expenses are calculated more accurately with accurate data and are returned to the business as profit.

AFTER-SALES SERVICE SPEED
After-sales services are also improved with cloud technology. Providing access to Durma machines operating anywhere in the world; thus, serving our customers better is one of our top priorities. Operating anywhere in the world, Durma machines can be assessed instantly from the control unit with the many sensors located on it. In this way, the errors that can pose a risk can be monitored and information can be transferred to users on time.