In my professional work life, I have focused on projects or works related to electrical energy systems dealing with protection and control systems of electrical loads in industry, infrastructures and intelligent buildings. Some major companies which I had chance to have business relationship by taking a role in their projects or investments during this period can be listed as follows:

Erdemir

Erdemir Group is the biggest industrial corporation of Turkey in terms of total assets, with 9 subsidiaries.

The parent company of group is Ere?li Demir ve Çelik Fabrikalar? T.A.?., which is the largest flat steel manufacturer of Turkey, located in Kdz. Ere?li. Subsidiaries are: Iskenderun based ?sdemir, long steel manufacturer whose production is now extended with flat steel by new hot mill investments, Erdemir Maden with reserves in Sivas and Malatya-Hasançelebi, the siliceous steel plant Erdemir Romanya in Romania, Erenco, which offers investment and engineering service for iron and steel investors and Erdemir Çelik Servis Merkezi, steel service center for cold product cutting and slitting.

Group is one of the major players of iron and steel industry with industrial facilitiesin Turkey and Romania and also owns 80% of iron ore reserves in Turkey.

Group has 2 ports, which are located in Ere?li and ?skenderun.

Investments with the highest budget in the national steel sector have always been made by the companies of Erdemir Group.

Acquisition by OYAK, one of the biggest groups of Turkey, on February 27, 2006 is the most important milestone in our corporate history. Subsequently, the centralization of the common functions in separate subsidiaries of Erdemir Group has strengthened the position of Group in the sector under the principle of sole economic unit and single framework.

Isdemir

ISDEMIR being the third in terms of date of foundation, the biggest integrated Iron & Steel Plant of our country in terms of long product production capacity, is the only integrated facility of Turkey producing long and flat product with its 3.5 million tons/year hot rolling capacity commissioned in 2008. ISDEMIR is founded on 3 October 1970 in south of Turkey on the Mediterranean coast, in Payas (Yakac?k) region, which is 17 km away from Iskenderun. On the date of its establishment, it was located on a total area of 16.75 million m2 (Plant area is 6.8 million m2) with its social facilities.

ISDEMIR being commissioned with 1,1 million tons/year steel bloom production capacity in 1975, reached to capacity of 2.2 million tons/year with 1. plant extension in 1985. At ISDEMIR facilities being established with the intention of producing long products like pig iron, bloom, billet, construction steels in international quality standards; production is made with coke- sinter –blast furnace – steel mill – continuous casting and hot rolling processes. Besides the domestic market, products, lead by Middle East countries, are exported to European, African and Asian countries. With the modernization and transformation investments (MTI) made, besides the long products, also flat products production started as of August 2008. Main product range of ISDEMIR consists of pig iron, billet, coil, slab, hot rolled coils and plates. Besides these products, by-products such as coke, oxygen, nitrogen, argon, ammonium sulphate, granulated slag, coal tar and benzene are also obtained.

All of the shares of ISDEMIR are transferred to ERDEMIR by Privatization Administration with Share Transfer Agreement dated 31 January 2002 on the condition that investments shall be made towards flat product production in ISDEMIR. In the direction of decision No.2005/140 of Privatization High Council dated 01.12.2005, 46.2% of ERDEM?R shares (all the shares owned by Privatization Administration) are transferred to ATAER Holding Inc., all shares of which are owned by OYAK, on27 February 2006 and with said transfer ISDEMIR started to operate within OYAK Group. Currently, 92.91% of ISDEMIR shares are owned by ERDEM?R, and 7,09% are owned by ISDEMIR Employees Support Foundation.

Adopting “continual progress and creating difference in products and services through using new technologies with environmental awareness” as its main principal, ISDEMIR’s initial 2.2 million tons/year liquid-steel capacity will be increased to 5.3 million ton/year and besides long products, mainly production of flat products will be made when Modernization and Transformation investments (MTI), planned in 2003 and initiated in 2004, are completed. With the investments which are expected to be completed in 2011, ISDEMIR’s Modernization and Transformation Investments will also be completed.

Roche

Roche plays a pioneering role in healthcare. As an innovator of products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, Roche contributes on a broad range of fronts to improving people's health and quality of life. Roche is providing the first products that are tailored to the needs of specific patient groups. Its mission today and tomorrow is to create added value in healthcare by focusing on its expertise in diagnostics and pharmaceuticals.

Gölta? Çimeto A.?.

Gölta? Çimeto A.?. that is the first private cements plant of Turkey was founded on an area in Isparta, where quality limestone and clay are existed.

Factory that has high-tech and full automation has been processing clinker and presenting as quality cement product Mediterranean region particularly, Turkey and World Countries. Company that has self-perpetuation and steady growth vision has targeted higher capacities through the newly opened furnace presented to service.

Nuh Çimento Sanayi A.?.

Nuh Çimento Sanayi A.S. , the operator of the biggest cement plant in Turkey, has the largest cement mill in Europe.

The huge plant has an annual production capacity of 4.4 million tonnes of clinker and six million tonnes of cement. Clinker, the product of kilned limestone, is sold to other manufacturers, both domestically and internationally who grind it at their cement plants; Portland cement is also exported by sea, mainly to southern Europe, Africa and the countries around the Black Sea. Domestically the largest customer is Nuh Çimento’s own ready-mix concrete division, which supplied 4.5 million cubic metres of concrete last year to contractors.

Su-Yap? ( Malatya WWTP )

Su-Yap? is independent engineering and consulting firm. Su-Yap? has been providing engineering and consulting services for more than 500 projects, including those, which are financed by international financing institutions and carried out in association with local or overseas engineering and consulting companies.

Su-Yap?, with its highly competent and qualified administrative and technical staff, reaching 300 in number and comprising engineers from every discipline further to architects, economists, business managers, sociologists and technicians, serves its basic objective of meeting the requirements of the clients in the highest quality, at the lowest cost and in the shortest time.

Grontmij ( Kayseri WWTP )

Grontmij provides consultancy, design & engineering and management services in a broad range of market sectors related to the built and natural environment. It works in all sectors, ranging from infrastructure all the way to urban development, Energy and Water.

Within its range of expertise, Grontmij aims for European leadership in five Group growth activities: Energy, Highways & Roads, Light Rail, Sustainable Buildings and Water. Its guiding principle is sustainability by design which is a leading value proposition for its customers.

Grontmij ranks among Europe’s largest engineering consultancies and has a presence in the Netherlands, France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Turkiye and China. It has approximately 7,500 professionals around the world.

Adana LRTS Metro

Phase one of Adana's 13.3 km 13 station metro opened in 2002. The completed line opened in 2009 and includes two subway stations.

Albemarle ( Jordan Bromine )

With over 4,100 dedicated employees, Albemarle is a global supplier of specialty chemicals that benefit the world in which we all live. As a neighbor to the world, Albemarle also feels that is its responsibility to address diverse social and environmental issues, and it is committed to improving its ability to make a positive contribution to society at large.

Levent Paper

Levent Kagit was founded in 1975 in Kemalpasa, Izmir. In order to achieve its future goals, it became a joint-stock corporation in 1982.  In those years, the company was producing 2.5 tons/day using the first and only machine it had; however, its capacity reached to 105 tons/day in 2001 upon adding a second machine into production.

With its expansion investments of 22 million dollars worth in 1997, Levent Kagit purchased a paper mill in Austria, and intensively carried on with the modernization process until year 2001. By this means, Levent Kagit enabled a giant facility equipped with the highest technological innovations for Turkish Paper Sector, and eventually reached to an industrial paper production capacity of 105 tons per day.

Levent Kagit’s journey began years ago with a capital sum of TL 5,000 and 9 employees; however, today it has reached a capital sum of TL 30,000,000 with 127 employees. It is currently running its production activities at its premises of total 50,492 m2, where the corporation operates 37.562m2 of outdoor and 12.930m2 of indoor facilities, located along Kemalpasa road at the 25th km.

Serving as one of prominent facilities in Turkey, Levent Kagit, with its capacity to process de-inked paper and cellulose simultaneously, makes significant contributions to the Turkish economy, which in fact is dependent on foreign countries for cellulose supply. It performs production of industrial and hygienic tissue papers in a wide range of varying weights (16,5 gr/m2 to140gr/m2). Thus, it can fully supply semi-finished material requirements of middle and major industrial facilities.

Levent Kagit also makes production of semi-finished materials required in roofing called Corrubit, which is produced and offered by one of the group companies, namely BTM Bitumlu Tecrit Maddeleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Bitumen Insulation Materials Industrial and Commercial Inc.).

 In addition to being such a major and considerable hygienic paper factory in Turkey, Levent Kagit allocates a great deal of its production for exports. It carries out exports to many countries, namely the U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Bulgaria, France, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Uzbekistan, Spain, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, as well as some African countries such as Tanzania, Angola, and Mozambique.

 Levent Kagit is considered a reliable supplier especially thanks to its quality of cellulose based tissue,de-inked tissue and one-side glazed papers, its competitive price strategies, and its environmental awareness policies. Therefore, its Customer portfolio is constantly expanding. Thanks to its quality management system reflecting on the customer satisfaction, the reliability of the corporation in the industry of hygiene papers constantly increases. Currently the company allocated an important focus on developing African market, and its exports are directed towards these countries.

Besides offering an extremely wide product range, superior quality products, strong and reliable position in its sector, and being an environment friendly establishment, Levent Kagit has been deemed worthy of the Leading Company in Investment Award granted by the Ministry of Finance. As it makes productions pursuant to the standards, it reserves the right to use TUV Certificate as of 2005, and has been awarded with Certificates of Achievement in different years by EBSO as a response for its contributions and entrepreneurship for local economy as well as the economy of the country.

Confiding in the importance given to its customers, the professional attention given to its operations and productions, and high quality of its services and products; Levent Kagit aims to progress further and become the paramount factory, which produces hygienic tissue papers  in Turkey.

Marriott International, Inc. ( Tbilisi Marriott Hotel )

Marriott International, Inc. is a leading hospitality company with more than 3,900 properties, 18 brands, and associates at more than 3,900 managed and franchised properties around the world. Founded by J. Willard and Alice Marriott and guided by Marriott family leadership for more than 80 years, the company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and reported revenues of nearly $13 billion in fiscal year 2013.

BAKU STEEL COMPANY

A flagship of the modern metallurgy of Azerbaijan Republic Baku Steel Company LLC is the first up-to-date steelworks in the Caucasus region. The Company was inaugurated by the National Leader Heydar Aliyev on June 21, 2001.

An electric arc furnace (EAF) with application of alternative energy supply, which is widely used in Germany, USA, France, Italy and other advanced countries, a ladle-furnace, cutting-edge continuous casting machine (CCM) are installed in Baku Steel Company LLC.

Operation of the main power units in the process of steel melting is controlled automatically according to set programs. Using a state-of-the-art steelmaking and continuous casting technology the Company produces different grades of steel billets with cross sections of 120x120, 140x140, 150x150 mm and the length of 12000 mm and hot-rolled re-bars with diameters ranged from 10.0 to 32.0 mm cut to length of from 6000 to 12000 mm. Full design capacity Baku Steel Company LLC is 1.100 000 tons per year. Taking into consideration increasing demand for steel products at both local and foreign markets, Baku Steel Company LLC started production of angles, channels, double-T-iron and rolled wire. The Company is one of the largest taxpayers in the non-oil sector. It’s a biggest producer of construction re-bars in the domestic market.

It has an experience of exporting its goods to Russia, Georgia, and Turkmenistan. Baku Steel Company LLC feels great satisfaction in offering its quality products and strives for establishing firm and long-term cooperation with every company both at the domestic and foreign markets.

Procter & Gamble

P&G was founded in the US in 1837 by two men who met by chance. William Procter and James Gamble were from England and Ireland respectively and were on separate journeys through the United States when the challenges of travel led both of them to Cincinnati. They might never have met had they not married sisters – Olivia and Elizabeth Norris – whose father convinced them to become business partners and In 1837, a humble but bold new enterprise called Procter & Gamble was born. What began as a small, family-oriented soap and candle company grew and thrived, inspired by P&G’s Purpose of providing products and services of superior quality and value. The company changed its name to Procter & Gamble in 1962.

Cargill

Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments and communities, it helps people thrive by applying its insights and nearly 150 years of experience. Cargill has 142,000 employees in 67 countries who are committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing environmental impact and improving the communities.

Tüpra?

Operating four oil refineries, with a total of 28.1 million tons annual crude oil processing capacity, Tüpra? is Turkey’s largest industrial enterprise. In addition, a majority stake ( 79,98 %) in shipping company D?TA? and 40% share ownership of petrol retailer Opet, creates synergies and adds value to the operations. The roots of Tüpra?, an integrated petroleum company with a large market share, corporate reliability, production complexes and affiliates, dates back to ?PRA? (?stanbul Petrol Rafinerisi A.?.) founded by the U.S. Caltex Company. In 1983, ?PRA? and three other publicly owned refineries were brought under the Tüpra? umbrella by arrangements made for a more effective operation of State Economic Enterprises.

The first step for operational diversification of Tüpra? was the purchase in 2001 of the Petkim Yar?mca facilities, putting in place the ready-to-operate infrastructure for enlargement projects that were needed by the refining operations. According to the Nelson Complexity Index used as an indicator for technical ratings of refineries, the existing refinery complexity of Tüpra? is equal to the complexities of refineries in France on the Mediterranean coast. The existing refinery complexity of Tüpra? (7.25) is higher than the Mediterranean refinery complexity (5.95).

Tecnicas Reunidas (Tupras unleaded gasoline plant)

TR is an international general contractor, engaging in the engineering, design and construction of various types of industrial facilities for a broad spectrum of customers throughout the world, including many of the principal national oil companies as well as several multinational companies. TR is the leader for engineering and construction in the oil and gas sector in Spain, one of the leaders in Europe in the design and construction of oil and gas facilities, and one of the world leaders in the refining sector. Most of its business is concentrated on large turnkey industrial projects, although TR also provide engineering, management, start-up and operating services for industrial plants.

Türkiye ?? Bankas? (Isbank Towers)

The 52-floor Isbank (?? Bankas?) Tower 1 was the tallest office building and fourth tallest skyscraper in Turkey and the Balkan peninsula (southeastern Europe). It entered service with the ceremonies between August 23 and 26, 2000. Its official height is 181.20 m (594.5 ft) without the flag pole, and 194.57 m (638.4 ft) including the flag pole. Uses "intelligent skyscraper" technologies. Owned and built by Türkiye ?? Bankas? (Turkish Business Bank).

Tekfen (Ata?ehir)

Tekfen Construction and Installation Co., Inc., today a leading organisation in challenging fields of contracting activities but also a studious environmentalist, traces its roots to an engineering consulting company established in 1956. An uncompromising dedication to global quality standards in its business conduct has underscored the company’s consistent growth and stability over five decades. Presently, Tekfen Construction and Installation Co., Inc., as an affiliate of Tekfen Holding Co., Inc., is a respectable signature as an international contractor with major accomplishments in Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasia&Central Asia, East&Central Europe.

Its wide span of activities range from heavy civil works to refineries and petrochemical plants; from satellite towns to major industrial processing plant; from pipelines and marine structures to power plants, electrical and communication works. With its sister companies and strategic partneships, Tekfen is capable of extending its services to large span of clients, worldwide.

Centerra Gold (Kumtor Gold mine)

Centerra is a Canadian-based gold mining and exploration company engaged in the operation, exploration, development and acquisition of gold properties in Asia, the former Soviet Union and other emerging markets worldwide. Its objective is to build shareholder value and to establish annual gold production of 1.5 million ounces by maximizing the potential of its current properties and leveraging its financial strength and experience to acquire new long-life, low-cost projects.

Akçansa (Çanakkale Çimento)

Akçansa was established with the merger of Akçimento (established in 1967) and Çanakkale Çimento (established in 1974) in 1996. Active in the Marmara, Aegean and Black Sea Regions, Akçansa produces cement and clinker in its three factories located in ?stanbul-Büyükçekmece, Çanakkale and Samsun-Ladik. The Company also has five cement terminals located at ?stanbul-Ambarl?, ?zmir-Alia?a, Yalova, Yar?mca and Hopa.

Following the merger between Akçansa and its subsidiary Betonsa in 1998, Akçansa started to provide service under the “Betonsa” brand. Through this merger the Company produces ready-mixed concrete in over 35 plants throughout the Marmara and Aegean regions. The Company merged with another subsidiary, Agregasa Aggregate, in 2002, and produces aggregate under the “Agregasa” brand in its 4 plants. Akçansa aims to have “the highest quality in production and service” in order to supply the demands of its domestic and international customers and to compete by creating differences that go beyond the price issues.

As the leader of the Turkish cement industry, Akçansa supplies 10% of Turkey ’s cement demand and 12,5% of the country’s total cement and clinker exports. In addition to being identified as an environmentally friendly company with the award given by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, the Company maintains its leadership position through its outstanding service approach and its facilities that are equipped with the latest technology.

Bank of Russia

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) was founded on July 13, 1990, on the basis of the Russian Republic Bank of the State Bank of the USSR. Accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, it was originally called the State Bank of the RSFSR. On December 2, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR passed the Law on the Central Bank of the RSFSR (Bank of Russia), which declared the Bank of Russia a legal entity and the main bank of the RSFSR, accountable to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.

AKSA

Aksa 's proven success is demonstrated by its 60-fold growth of the company since its foundation in 1968 , which is achieved through technology development in parallel with production ,thus bringing its share of world market to 14 %.

Today, in addition to the business of acrylic fiber, AKSA has also introduced carbon fiber production in Turkey. From its initial concept, the road to carbon fiber production has taken it into an independent business area through its focus on technology and production.

TEKSER (ÇERKEZKÖY INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT)

Tekser, a general construction contracting company, is undertaking various kinds of projects in Turkey and abroad, in many countries of the world. Initially Tekser successfully performed services including basic and detail design, consulting and supervision of major engineering projects.

Currently, Tekser with over 200 million USD turnover has also a reputable position in the world market. In the TOP INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS published in Engineering News-Record August 26th, 1996, Tekser was listed at 93rd position among all the world contractors.

BAYTUR (Baytur Al Jufra Libya)

Baytur, founded in 1976, is the construction company of Çukurova Group. In parallel with the group vision and strategies, Baytur has built its own reputation as a prominent general contractor in domestic and international construction markets.

During the past 35 years the company successfully increased its volume of business steadily both in Turkey and abroad. In this period, Baytur undertook and completed many prestigious projects in Turkey, Libya, Iraq, CIS Countries like Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and GCC Countries like Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. The value of present contracts under execution is in excess of $ 1.7 billion.

Port of Ventspils

Ventspils Nafta Terminal LTD. is the largest Baltic Sea Region oil and petroleum product transshipment terminal operating in port’s liquid cargo area. Crude oil and petroleum products are received by pipeline and railways. The tank farm of the enterprise exceeds 1 million cubic metres, and the clients of the company can store their products in case there is no immediate transshipment possibility (due to weather conditions), or in expectation of better market price. The service package of the company also includes chemical analysis of oil and petroleum products in the company laboratory.

PETKIM (Ethylene plant)

The idea of establishing a petrochemical industry in Turkey was adopted in 1962, which was the beginning of the 1. Five Year Development Plan period. Petkim Petrokimya Holding A.?. was established on April 3, 1965 under the leadership of TPAO, following the studies and evaluations performed.

The new company initially established the other plants after Yar?mca Petrochemical Complex in 1970. It was decided to establish the second complex of Petkim in Alia?a through the III. Five Year Development Plan period. Alia?a Complex, has advanced technology and optimum capacity, came into operation in 1985.

Demand of petrochemical products especially thermoplastics rising at least two times of world average. Ratio of the plastic demand rising speed to national income is much more then world average. Petkim maintain the leasehold expanding investments having started in 1998. It was finished the improvement study, valued at about 450 million dollars, for increasing Paraxylene product purity, capacity utilization in Aromatics Plant and investments of increasing production of 120.000 ton/year in Ethylene Plant, 120.000 ton/year in Low Density Polyethylene Plant, 64.000 ton/year in Polypropylene Plant in 2005 Within the scope of these investments, by spending 100 million dollars in Vapor Generation Electricity Generation Units, Gas turbine of 57 Megawatt and related waste heat acquisition system put into use so that electricity production installed capacity was increased to 226 Megawatt. It was started to use of natural gas instead of fuel-oil because of its economic and environment friendly. PETKIM reached the highest production and sale in its history as a consequence new investments finished in 2005.

PAKMAYA (Duzce plant)

Pakmaya is one of the top yeast producers in the world, having achieved a capacity equivalent to 250,000 tons of fresh yeast through stable growth ever since 1973. To complement the baker’s yeast products, As Gida, also a Pak Group company, was established in 1986. As Gida in specializes in bread additives, bread improvers, flour fortifiers and improvers, premixes, pastry ingredients such as whipped creams and gels, as well as milling products.