The application of İmaş Machinery to Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology for R&D center has been approved. Thus, the Company has signed the first R&D center of its sector.

İmaş Machinery, an affiliate of İttifak Holding, has received 21 designs and patents within the scope of recent R&D works. Accelerating its activities in this field, the company has become the first company to have an R&D center in machinery installation industry by establishing its R&D center in order to amplify itself in the sector. İmaş Machinery has signed the sixth R&D center of Konya with this move. Operating in the machinery installation sector and producing milling plants and milling machinery, band saw bucks used in metal cutting, steel construction feed plants and feed machinery, İmaş Machinery carries out activities such as research and development, product designing, product development, diagram designing, system designing, software, and automation. Stating that they export 90 percent of production to almost 90 countries, Mustafa Özdemir, the General Manager of İmaş Machinery, specified that they believe performing beneficial works for the country will only be possible through added-value products or services, and this will only be achieved through innovation, and they have been focusing on R&D activities within this scope.

THE ONLY COMPANY IN GIANTS LIST FROM KONYA Özdemir added, “Our company was represented among top 250 companies according to ‘Companies Making the Most Expenses for R&D Research” by Turkishtime Magazine. Our company ranked the 173rd in general, achieved to be the sole company in the list from Konya. We aim to perform our R&D expenses at the level of 1,5 million TRY at the end of this year. These investments affected the development of our product quality in a short time. We were able to develop products with higher energy efficiency while reducing our production cost, and this was positively reflected in our export. We are working with a team consisting of 21 people in our R&D department. With this center, we aim to contribute to a creation of a highly efficient and competitive economic environment while producing high added-value products.” Konya-based İmaş Machinery, which was established in 1989 under the umbrella of İttifak Holding, established milling machinery and turn-key milling systems with its Milleral brand, feed machinery and turnkey feed plants with its Viteral brand. The Company constructs industrial buildings mainly by performing steel construction production with its Steral brand while producing various saw buck models with its Cuteral brand.