Salim Haffar, who is among the lively names of the power transmission sector both in Turkey and in the world, has been promoted to the place of Assistant General Manager from his position as International Sales and Marketing Director, which he has held for eight years on the domestic gearbox large İ-Mak Gearbox.
Haffar, who was elected because the President of EuroTrans, the biggest group on the planet overlaying all of the manufacturers of the power transmission sector, one 12 months in the past, also plays an energetic position in the Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (MIB). Haffar, who will proceed his career at İ-Mak Gearbox at a better stage, represents both his company and Turkey in the American Gear Manufacturers Association.
Salim Haffar, one of many uncommon names acknowledged by the industry on a world scale, takes an lively role in plenty of organizations. Representing Turkey’s power transmission industry on a global scale with its sectoral information, visionary structure and the ability of I-Mak, Haffar shares the work they perform in lots of organizations with our magazine.
Who is Salim Haffar?
I am a citizen of Morocco and France. In 2010, I graduated from the University of Lyon, Department of International Trade. I determined to settle in Turkey 10 years ago because of the experiences I gained in various nations throughout and after my training life. I took part in giant worldwide initiatives in different sectors in Turkey. I started working at İ-MAK Gearbox 8 years in the past with the need to carry my interest in trade and know-how to skilled life. I have been continuing my enterprise life as Export Manager, as Assistant General Manager since January 2022. In this position, I continue my sales, export and advertising activities on behalf of İ-Mak Gearbox. I imagine that in this new task I assumed with the trust of our company’s founding partners and board of directors, within the mild of my worldwide perspective and experience, I-MAK Gearbox will set an example for the sector with its innovative tasks and works.
We have been working for many years at EuroTrans, the worldwide umbrella organization of the ability transmission business. For the last 1 yr, I have been the Chairman of the Board of EuroTrans. However, I proceed to characterize Turkey in numerous establishments and international associations.
With the motto that information positive aspects worth when shared, I decided to establish an affiliation in 2019 to find a way to contribute to the development of the country that hosted me. 2 years ago, I based the TECHNOMADS Association, which aims to offer technical materials to universities and vocational high colleges by operating in varied locations in Turkey, and to provide education and internship alternatives to college students, with the gathering of valuable sponsors and supporters. I am very pleased to have the power to assist more than 6000 college students with visits to 14 universities and dozens of vocational excessive faculties by completing 15,000 kilometers in Turkey. I consider that the venture, which continues despite the pandemic, will develop extra with new supporters and contribute to the development of the nation.
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What is EuroTrans? Could you inform us about its importance within the sector and its work?
Founded 50 years ago in France, the EuroTrans Federation right now represents a sector value forty billion with 600 active member companies and 8 nationwide associations. EuroTrans, the largest organization on the planet overlaying all producers of the gearbox, bearing and energy transmission business, brings collectively leading companies on a world scale. EuroTrans, which has been working for 50 years with the imaginative and prescient of growing experience in gear production and energy transmission sector; we decide the quality requirements for the sector, perform researches, provide trainings, perform lobbying actions on behalf of the sector and observe technological and financial values.
I am honored to be elected because the president of the federation in 2021 with the votes of the member companies after serving on the board of directors for about 2 years and to characterize Turkey in this organization as a member of the Machinery Manufacturers Association.
You have an energetic role in the trade on a worldwide scale. Can Crazy evaluate the state of affairs of the facility transmission sector in Turkey?
In addition to working within the energy transmission sector for a couple of years, I can say that our business has a very dynamic construction in Turkey, as both the President of EuroTrans and a person who takes an energetic position within the Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (MIB). However, regardless of this dynamic construction, I assume that we have a protracted way to go to find a way to attain a aggressive place on the planet as a sector.
As İ-Mak Gearbox, we are working for the event of the sector in Turkey with the duties we now have taken in both EuroTrans and MIB. As a results of our visits overseas, we see that the business has developed, however there are deficiencies in standards and unity. As İ-MAK, we are finishing up studies that can result in these.
With the order supplied by varied organizations all over the world, sector stakeholders create sure high quality standards and added worth. There are many alternative leagues for companies working within the energy transmission sector in Turkey. As the industry, we need to come together to set standards and produce larger high quality and efficiency-oriented products. It is very important for us to develop a culture of competition among brands in Turkey by creating an understanding of efficiency and added value when it comes to standards and unity. Abandoning the competition carried out by producing cheaper and similar products within the sector; It must be our precedence to create an understanding of manufacturing in standards that may enhance effectivity and added value.
As an business, our share of the world market has not yet reached the level we have to be. We have a major growth potential in exports. We shouldn’t forget that we have to characterize our country as a union in the international market as a outcome of the value-added and standardized manufacturing approach we are going to obtain within the nation. For this reason, I care that extra firms become members of national and international establishments and I see it as a driving drive for the development of our country.
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