OMÜD Corrugated Cardboard Industrialists’ Association, the first professional organisation of the packaging sector and the sector representative of sustainable packaging corrugated cardboard, brought together the entire corrugated cardboard sector at the event held at Sheraton Grand Istanbul Ataşehir Hotel on Thursday, 9 May. The event was attended by the full members of the association, leading managers of the corrugated cardboard industry, factory managers, production managers, purchasing authorities, sympathy members, industry stakeholders and members of the sectoral press.
The event, which was supported by Sun Chemical as the Main Sponsor, AGM Analiz Customs Consultancy as the Gold Sponsor and eTA-Borusan Logistics and H.B. Fuller as the Silver Sponsors, was also attended by veteran executives who have worked in the sector for many years and former presidents of the association. In the event, the companies introduced their products and services by making presentations and had the opportunity to open stands. During the breaks of the event, business chats were held and booth visits were made.
Economist and Researcher Can Selcuki made a presentation titled ‘Current Economic Developments in Turkey and the World’ at the Sympathy Members Promotion Event. In his speech, Selcuki emphasised the policy areas of the reshaped global system and the risks and opportunities that may arise for Turkey, ‘While the global order is being reorganised, the world is going through a process of change. We need to design the future by putting change not only as a cool word, but also as the basis of a development strategy in line with global dynamics and Turkey’s goals.’ The session, which ended with the questions and answers of the participants, was met with great interest.
“As the sector, we are trying to protect the existing”
Speaking at the event, Abdullah Arslan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of OMÜD Corrugated Cardboard Industrialists’ Association, said that this was the first event hosted under the roof of the association after the 19th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting and stated that they plan to implement many more projects that will contribute to the development of the sector. Giving information about the current situation of the global economy and the corrugated cardboard sector in his presentation, Arslan said the following ‘Geopolitical tensions such as the energy crisis that started with the Russia-Ukraine War and the global impact caused by the Israeli-Palestinian War are also reflected on the economy. All these developments may lead to a decline in consumption and a decrease in demand across the world, thus causing contractions in our sector. In addition, high inflation and stagnation in economies still continue worldwide. We observe that the growth in our country is largely driven by the banking and finance sector, while there is a contraction in the real sector. Under all these economic conditions, as the corrugated cardboard sector, we continue by trying to maintain the current situation.’
