"Manufacturers in Turkey do not know enough that the certificate will add value to the product" he said.
Hüseyin Alper Türedi
UDDer Chairman of the Board
Noting that conformity assessment (certification) is an integral part of the product, production or service, UDDer Chairman Hüseyin Alper Türedi said, "Manufacturers in Turkey do not know enough that the certificate will add value to the product."
After Turkey's entry into the Customs Union, standardization and accreditation documentation began to become mandatory within the scope of European Union legislation. Stating that the procedures were carried out within the Ministry of Commerce in the first stage, Conformity Assessment Association (UDDer) Chairman Hüseyin Alper Türedi said that conformity assessment (certification), together with standardization and accreditation, ensures its validity in the entire international arena.
Conformity assessment; Stating that the product is a complementary part of the production or service, Türedi stated that the biggest problem in Turkey is that the importance of certification is still not fully understood. Pointing out that organizations in Turkey are very insistent on not seeing that certification is a process that will add value to the product, Türedi stated that Turkish producers do not know enough that the certification will add value to the product.
“It reduces costs”
Stating that Turkey should create a strategy in the field of conformity assessment, Türedi said, "Because today, customers now demand documentation for every product and service you produce." This demand will continue to increase. Therefore, when you act according to a standard, production is correct and costs decrease in line with production. As a result, conformity assessment and standardization processes reduce companies' costs and increase their quality. So this also makes the product better, sustainable and traceable. "The customer already demands this, they want a sustainable road map," he said.
Market 2.5 billion dollars
Explaining that UDDER was established in 2006 and has 122 members from both public and private sector representatives as of today, Türedi said that according to the latest report in 2020, the global certification sector is 200 billion dollars in size and the market in Turkey is around 2.5 billion dollars. reported that it was predicted. Türedi stated that the higher the number of projects and output products carried out in a country, the higher the number of output products, and noted that generally 2 percent to 3 percent of a project is allocated to the field of conformity assessment. Türedi emphasized that certification is generally required in every field in Turkey, but stated that the standards are not mandatory, and that some of the standards can be made mandatory by ministries, such as the CE mark or related regulations.
TSE Global will be located in the commercial hub
Hüseyin Alper Türedi, who is also the General Manager of TSE Global, announced that they are making a breakthrough with TSE Global in the new period. Stating that TSE Global is an institution that complements the evaluation activities of the Turkish Standards Institute and continues its activities abroad, Türedi said, "TSE Global is active in four countries in Europe. In the new period, we want to take part in trade hubs in Europe, China, South America and the Gulf. "We will complete this structuring in a short time," he said.
