Coşkunöz Gains Momentum in Aerospace
Coşkunöz Defense and Aeronautics, established in 2006 and one of the youngest and rapidly growing companies of Coşkunöz Holding, met with Korean based KAI, one of the most important aerospace companies of the world, in Seoul at the Adex 2015 Aerospace and Defense Exhibition to sign a contract on the KUH Surion helicopter project. During the exhibition, which also hosted Mr. Bilal Aktaş, Head of the Industrialisation Department of Undersecretariat of Defense Industry, both parties conferred on the assembly of the central fuselage, one of the most critical parts of a helicopter, and signed a contract for a 10 year production project.
Coşkunöz Defense and Aeronautics will produce 60 helicopter fuselages according to the contract concluded, and expedite the first one at the end of 2017, when they will become, after TAI, Turkey’s leading aerospace enterprise, the first company producing a helicopter fuselage of this size and technology.
Coşkunöz Holding CEO, Mr. Emin Ataç, when assessing the subject, stated his belief that the collaboration between the two companies, starting with this project in which Coşkunöz Defense and Aerospace will produce the helicopter’s main part directly affecting flight safety, will have fruitful results for both sides. Mr. Ataç added that Coşkunöz Holding was preferred for the production of such an important part due to their investments made in this field and accumulated experience, and drew also attention to this project’s contribution to the Turkish aerospace industry. Mr. Ataç underlined the fact that Coşkunöz Holding will continue to establish similar partnerships through the Holding’s vision“We shape the future”, and added that they aim to create value together with studies which render service both to the country and social development.
Mr. Mehmet Coşkun, Coşkunöz Defense and Aerospace’ General Manager, declared that investments concerning additional buildings of five thousand square meters and capacity increases in production due to new machine investments were rapidly on-going during the first months of 2015 and added that they will continue to efficiently pursue their activities for the aerospace and defense industry of Turkey.
About Coşkunöz Defence and Aerospace Inc.
Coşkunöz Defense and Aerospace Inc., which produces airplane and helicopter structural parts and assemblies and also systems and subsystems for defense, operates at the Eskişehir Industrial Estate in a covered space of 7.000 m2. The company is affiliated to Coşkunöz Holding, one of Turkey’s biggest industrial enterprises operating in 6 different sectors with 12 companies, 2500 employees and 60 years industrial experience.
Coşkunöz Defense and Aerospace, which was established in 2006, started production within one year and, with commendable development, added more than 1,500 parts into their production, undertook its second move from 2012 on, and succeeded within a short time to integrate welding, assembly, integration, design and engineering services to its portfolio. The company received facility security certificates with NATO and national secret degrees on March 2015, and in April 2015 laid the foundations of the plant which will separate production activities for the defense and aerospace sectors.
