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ANADOLU-ISUZU AUTOMOTIVE’S LONG-TERM NATIONAL CORPORATE CREDIT RATING RATED FROM 'A (TR)' TO 'AA (TR)', REGARDING VERY HIGH LOAN QUALITY

Turkey's commercial vehicle brand Anadolu Isuzu's Long Term National Institution Credit Rating was upgraded to AA (TR) level by the JCR Eurasia credit rating agency. AA (TR) demonstrates that the company has a very strong capacity to meet its financial obligations and a very high credit quality.

Anadolu Isuzu General Manager Tuğrul Arıkan said in his assessment on the subject that; “As Anadolu Isuzu, the solid steps we have taken and the successes we have achieved in many areas, especially in the export markets, are also reflected in the appearance of our financial structure. Thanks to our long-term and strong business partnerships and our sound financial structure, we successfully manage the logistics and supply problems that affect the automotive industry as well as all other sectors. The fact that our company received the AA TR rating, which represents a very high credit quality, as the Long-Term National Institution Credit Rating Rating, in the rigorous evaluation made by the reputable credit rating agency JCR Eurasia, is an important indicator of these achievements."

DAIMLER TRUCK STARTS MASS PRODUCTION OF ITS SECOND BATTERY-POWERED TRUCK: eECONIC

Accelerating its efforts to electrify its vehicle fleet, Daimler Truck has started the mass production of Mercedes-Benz eEconic, which is intended to be used within the scope of municipal services, at its Wörth production facility. Application tests of the eEconic, which is the second truck with the Mercedes-Benz star after the eActros, running on battery electricity, have been carried out with customers since May 2022.

The first vehicle to be mass-produced by Daimler Truck will be delivered to a company called Urbaser A/S, which operates in the waste collection sector in Denmark. Mass production vehicles that will come off the production lines will be delivered gradually to other customers throughout the year.

The eEconic will be manufactured on the existing Mercedes-Benz Special Truck series production line in parallel and flexibly with trucks powered by internal combustion engines. After most of the vehicle is assembled, electrification will be carried out at the Truck Center of the Future.

DAIMLER TRUCK WINS MANY CATEGORIES AT ETM AWARDS

Achieved great success at the “26. Readers' Choice Awards” organized by ETM Publishing House; Daimler Truck won awards in eight categories. The battery-powered eActros took the first place for the third time in the "Electric Truck" category at the ETM Awards, while Actros and Atego were also the winners of their categories. The all-electric city bus eCitaro was awarded the top spot in the “Best Bus” Award, while the Citaro was among the winners.

MAN'S AUTHORIZED SERVICE CHAMPIONS RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS

MAN Truck and Bus Trade Inc. held its 1st Term Authorized Services Meeting for 2022 in İzmir on 21-22 July. At the MAN Authorized Services meeting, the authorized services were awarded with customer satisfaction and successful results of the inspections made on more than 500 criteria. In the evaluation, Mapar İzmir Authorized Service in the category of B Type Authorized Services and BS Technic Automotive Hendek Branch came in first in the C Type Authorized Services category. Also at the meeting, MAN's authorized service center in İzmir, Avos Automotive, ranked first as a result of the Customer First Period Customer Satisfaction surveys for the year 2022, organized by the headquarters in Germany. MAN's Authorized Service Champions received their awards at a special ceremony.

Speaking at the event, MAN Truck and Bus Trade Inc. Customer Services Director Aydın Yumrukçal stated that they are happy to be together with all MAN Authorized Services again after the pandemic and said: “Service is one of the most important pillars of our industry. What makes MAN different in the sector is its quality after-sales service approach that focuses on customer satisfaction as well as its superior vehicles. As MAN, we always work with the aim of providing the best service with the highest quality to our customers, whom we see as lifelong business partners. With our understanding of quality and uninterrupted service, we are in the position of reliable solution partner for our partners in this sector where competition is intense today. We have full confidence in all our MAN Authorized Services at the point of quality service that puts the customer in the center. In order to keep the competition between them at the highest level in this regard, we make meticulous evaluations over more than 500 criteria throughout the year. Today, we are happy to see the success of all our services as a result of these evaluations. Their performance pleases both us and our customers. In addition, I congratulate our services, which are in the first three places, by providing the best service among our services. As the MAN Family, we will continue to make a difference in the sector and lead the sector with our innovations, as we have always done.”

"CONNECTIVITY" TESTS OF ALL MERCEDES-BENZ BUSES MANUFACTURED IN EUROPE AND TURKEY ARE DONE IN TURKEY

Playing an important role in Daimler Truck's CAE strategy, Mercedes-Benz Turk Istanbul R&D Center carries out the "Connectivity" tests of all Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses produced in Europe and Turkey. The R&D team, which can test hundreds of data simultaneously and in a short time with the test methods and test automation software it has created, ensures the connection of the vehicles with the world.

With Connectivity, customers have the opportunity to instantly monitor information such as fuel level, fuel consumption, geographic location of the vehicle and how the vehicle is used at what speeds. Mercedes-Benz Turk Bus Development Body Director Dr. Zeynep Gül Koca said that; “While we contribute to the economy of our country with the studies we carry out in our Istanbul R&D Center, which continues its activities as a Competence Center, we also undertake sustainable projects. It carries out the Connectivity tests of all Mercedes-Benz and Setra buses produced in Turkey.”

MERCEDES BENZ'S ALL-ELECTRIC BUS CHASSIS EO500 U IS DEVELOPED IN TURKEY

Mercedes-Benz Turk has developed the front axle segment of the chassis of the fully electric bus, which will be produced for the Latin American market, at its R&D center in Istanbul Hoşdere Bus Factory. The technology developed by the Mercedes-Benz Turk Bus Body R&D team for the all-electric eO500 prepares the Latin American market for electric transformation. Thanks to the eO500 U introduced by Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, Latin America's largest bus and truck manufacturer, buses will enter the electric transportation era in Latin America as well.

Speaking on the subject, Mercedes-Benz Turk Bus Development Body Director Dr. Zeynep Gül Koca said that; “Mercedes Benz Turk Bus Factory Bodywork R&D team has been carrying out bodywork development activities for Mercedes-Benz and Setra brand integral buses for many years. Our team, with its knowledge in this field, started to support R&D activities for Mercedes brand chassis in both Europe and Brazil as of 2019, as well as to the relevant units as the global engineering leader. As the R&D team, we carried out research and development studies of the front axle carrier body segment within the scope of the chassis project of the eO500 U.”

MERCEDES-BENZ TURK, FULL CHARGING READY FOR THE ELECTRIC FUTURE

Focusing on sustainability and the environment in all its works, Mercedes-Benz Turk continues to move forward into the electric future with the installation of a high voltage charging station for electric trucks.

The company, which has signed an important work on electricity transformation setting the agenda in the automotive world, has installed two 350 kW charging units at the Aksaray Truck Factory. The new charging units, which have the feature of being the first charging station to be established with a capacity of 350 kW for heavy vehicles in Turkey, were developed by Mercedes-Benz Truck Production Engineering President Prof. It was commissioned with the participation of Uwe Baake and Mercedes-Benz Turk Truck R&D Director Melikşah Yüksel. Speaking on the subject, Mercedes-Benz Turk Truck R&D Director Melikşah Yüksel said that; “As Mercedes-Benz Turk, we took the first step in infrastructure works, which play a key role for sustainability, with our two 350 kW electric charging stations. With this new installation, our Aksaray R&D Center has undertaken the task of being one of the road test centers for electric vehicles within the scope of the zero emission target, in addition to the task of being the only long-haul test center in the world for trucks bearing the Mercedes-Benz star.”

MERCEDES-BENZ TURK MAKES ITS FLEXIBLE WORKING MODEL PERMANENT FOR OFFICE EMPLOYEES

Implementing the remote and flexible working model for a long time, Mercedes-Benz Turk has decided to make the flexible working model permanent for office workers as of 2022.

Mercedes-Benz Turk Human Resources Director Betül Chorbacioglu Yaprak said in a statement on the subject that; “Business life had to quickly adapt to the new working order that entered our lives with the pandemic. We have all experienced that it is possible to work remotely with the new working order, and that it is more efficient for some jobs to work this way. As Mercedes-Benz Turk, we used the remote and flexible working model before the pandemic. Since it is a model that we have implemented before, I can say that we have easily overcome this transition and adapted quickly. In the surveys we conducted, we saw that a significant portion of our employees are willing to work in the hybrid model in the new period. As a company that attaches great importance to the happiness and motivation of our employees, we have decided to work remotely for 4 months in functions and units that the job allows during all summer months, starting from 2022. In the period outside the summer months, our employees will be able to work 3 days away and 2 days from the office, depending on the requirements of the work. We are in the age of forgetting what we know, re-learning and constantly renewing ourselves. I think companies that keep up with the new era will be successful in the future as well.”

EXECUTIVES  OF DAIMLER BUSES AND MERCEDES-BENZ TURK INC. MEET WITH ENTREPRENEURS

Daimler Buses and Mercedes-Benz Turk Inc. are the startups that participated in the Mercedes-Benz Türk Ventures x Fark Labs Tekmer Acceleration and Investment Program organized to support initiatives that will shape the mobility world and passed the first qualifying rounds. They had the chance to meet with their managers and introduce their initiatives.

Mercedes-Benz Turk, which started to support the innovative development of Turkey in 2017 with the StartUP program, turned this support into a more focused and longer-term investment program in 2022 with the fund it named "Mercedes-Benz Turk Ventures". In this context, the company has implemented the Mercedes-Benz Turk Ventures x Fark Labs Tekmer Acceleration and Investment Program to select startups to invest in. In the program, which opened the power and possibilities of Mercedes-Benz Turk to initiatives that will change the world of mobility, and where applications were made between April and May 2022, the startups that passed the pre-selection participated in the training and mentoring program for six weeks. In the program where the demo-day and the first pitch were held in July, the ventures to be invested will be determined within 2022.

NATURELGAZ'S EBITDA REACHED 258.9 MILLION TL AND NET PROFIT REACHED 182.2 MILLION TL IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2022

The gross profit of Naturelgaz, the leader of the transported natural gas market, increased by 422 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and reached 303.3 million TL. The company's EBITDA increased by 638 percent to TL 258.9 million.

In the first half of 2022, Naturelgaz's sales revenues increased by 432 percent compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 1,241.6 million TL. In the same period, the company's sales volume increased by 30 percent to 115.8 million Sm3. Naturelgaz's gross profit in the first half of 2022 increased by 422% to TL 303.3 million. In the same period, the Company's profit before interest, depreciation and tax (EBITDA) increased by 638% and reached TL 258.9 million. There were significant increases in gross profitability and EBITDA. Naturelgaz's net profit before tax, which was 5.9 million TL in the same period of last year, reached 182.2 million TL in the first half of 2022.

WE AIM TO CONTINUE THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF NATURELGAZ

Evaluating the financial and operational performance of the company in the first half of 2022, Naturelgaz General Manager Hasan Tahsin Turan said that; "As Naturelgaz, we made a very good start to 2022, both operationally and financially. We continued this performance by improving it in the second quarter of the year. Increasing our operational efficiency day by day. We aim to continue the sustainable growth of Naturelgaz. We achieved a significant growth by achieving TL 258.9 million EBITDA and TL 182.2 million profit before tax in the first half of 2022. Our announced six-month financial results are in line with our expectations for our operational and financial performance. It shows that he is moving in the right direction.”

Emphasizing that Naturelgaz managed to protect itself from the negative effects of fluctuations in the global energy sector and geopolitical risks thanks to its healthy balance sheet structure and agile business model, Turan said that; “We achieved strong results in the first half of the year. By spreading our success in the first six months of the year to the whole of 2022, we will continue to maintain and strengthen our leading position in the transported natural gas market."

KARSAN REAPS THE FRUIT OF STRATEGIC GROWTH WITH AWARDS!

Offering advanced technology mobility solutions with the vision of being 'One Step Ahead in the Future of Mobility', Karsan was deemed worthy of two separate awards at the Stevie Awards, one of the leading award programs in the business world. At the Stevie Awards organized for the 19th time this year; Karsan won the Golden Stevie award in the "Technical Innovation of the Year in Organizations with 1,000 or More Employees" category, with its Autonomous e-ATAK project, and won the Bronze Stevie Awards in the "Growth Achievement" category with the "e-Volution of Karsan" strategy.

"We Are Proud To Bring These Awards To Turkey"

Emphasizing that they are proud of winning such a prestigious award, Karsan CEO Okan Baş said that; "As Karsan, we strive to present the technologies of the future before anyone else. In this way, we achieve very important successes with our electric vehicle sales in Europe. In addition to our vehicle deliveries, we also achieve important things in the USA with our Autonomous e-ATAK and e-JEST models.Although we are an experienced and large company that undersigns huge projects as Karsan, we are an organization that works with the spirit of start-up and can make and implement fast decisions. The Golden Stevie Award we received in the category of 'Technical Innovation of the Year' among companies with 1,000 or more employees is a proof of how well our flexible and determined work yields. It is possible to implement such innovations in companies with a corporate structure, thanks to the common perspective of all employees. I am proud to have received this award that we deserve until the end thanks to the accuracy of our employees and our strategic planning, Of course, our e-Volution strategy, which enables us to achieve this award, also receives the value it deserves. The award we received in the 'Growth Achievement' category with our electric growth strategy is proof of this value. As a brand that offers the technologies of the future today, it is a pleasure to receive the award for our strategy as well as commercial success. These awards are not the first for Karsan, and they will be the basis of many more global successes that we will achieve."

SAKARYA IS THE SECOND STOP POINT OF MERCEDES-BENZ TURK'S HEALTH CARE TRAILER

Realizing an unprecedented practice in Turkey with the Health Care Truck, Mercedes-Benz Turk met with truck drivers in Sakarya, the second stop point of the event.

1 internal medicine specialist, 1 physiotherapist and 2 barbers served the truck drivers throughout the day on the Health Care Truck, which was specially designed to meet the needs of the truck drivers in the best possible way. Serra Yeşilyurt, Mercedes-Benz Turk Truck & Bus Marketing Communications and Customer Management Group Manager, said that; “Around 200 people attended our meeting, which we held with great interest in Sakarya, as in Istanbul. We will continue to be with them in the future with the Health Care Trailer, which we aim to contribute to the health and comfort of our drivers.”

A first in Turkey from Mercedes-Benz Turk

JOURNEY IS MUCH SAFER WITH THE THREE POINT SAFETY BELTS OFFERED BY MERCEDES-BENZ TURK AT TRAVEGO AND TOURISMO

Mercedes-Benz Turk broke new ground in Turkey with the three-point seat belts, which it started to offer as standard equipment in travel buses.

Offering three-point seat belts as standard equipment in all Mercedes-Benz Travego and Tourismo models since August, the company continues to raise the bar in the sector. Mercedes-Benz Turk aims to reduce the risk of serious injury to passengers in a possible accident with the use of three-point seat belts. .

Mercedes-Benz Turk Bus Marketing and Sales Director Osman Nuri Aksoy said in his statement on the subject that; “As a company that sets the standards in the travel bus industry, we are constantly improving our vehicles in line with the feedback from passengers, assistants, captains, businesses and customers. In this direction, we are breaking new ground in Turkey by offering three-point seat belts in all passenger seats of our Mercedes-Benz Travego and Tourismo models since August. We have taken our pioneering safety equipment one step further by offering three-point seat belts, which are considered one of the most important steps taken in terms of passenger safety in the automotive industry today, in our coaches.”

ZF TAKES IMPORTANT STEPS WITH ITS “NEW GENERATION MOBILITY” STRATEGY

While ZF's new Commercial Vehicles Solutions division receives significant customer orders for innovative technology products in its first sixth month of establishment; ZF has made the world premiere of its new generation e-drive and artificial intelligence-based digital fleet management platform for trucks.

Wolf-Henning Scheider, CEO of ZF, said that; “ZF's latest annual global technology showcase once again demonstrates how well positioned the company is to face challenges and maximize opportunities for the future. By expanding product diversity, entering new markets, achieving greater technology penetration and following our proven sustainability strategy, significant advances have been made by ZF in e-mobility, automation and connected, software-defined vehicles.”