Date: Issue 136 - January 2025
Küçükpazarlı Aerospace (KPA), which started its operations in OSTİM in 1975, today takes part in 21 different aerospace projects in an area of approximately 70000 m2 with a staff of 450 people in 8 different locations successfully continues to produce a total of 1400 different structural and critical parts which are very few companies can produce worldwide and delivers average of 1 million parts annually. Today, KPA serves as a subcontractor for many important projects such as AIRBUS A320, A330, A350, A380, A400M, Bell 429, BOIENG B737, B747, B777, BOMBARDIER CS100, CS300, DAHER A330, SAFiRAN H160, H170, BAYKAR AKINCI, AKSUNGUR, KIZILELMA, TUSAŞ (TAI) ANKA, ATAK, HÜRKUŞ, HÜRJET, GÖKBEY and NATIONAL COMBAT AIRCRAFT (KAAN). In addition, the production and final assembly of the SIKORSKY T-70 tail cone, which is the biggest component produced in Turkey outside of TUSAŞ (TAI), was also carried out by KPA. In the past years, KPA has also delivered many critical structural parts for AGUSTA, COUGAR and LOCKHEED MARTIN F-35 projects.
We listened to CEO Taha KÜÇÜKPAZARLI and Corporate Strategy and Business Development Manager Uğur AYDIN about KPA’s activities from past to present and its new investment plans.