Exhibitors

Woodworking Machinery Industrialist Association (AIMSAD) was established in Istanbul on June 6, 2014. The mission of AIMSAD, whose first steps towards the establishment of it were taken by businessmen from Bursa and its foundations were laid by being impressed by the non-governmental organizations in Europe; is to provide cooperation, solidarity and knowledge exchange among its member companies being active as manufacturers or representatives in the woodworking machinery and side industries; to make studies and commitments to solve its members problems related to economic, financial, legal, administrative, technological, manufacturing, export and import and to expand the domestic and global markets for woodworking machinery and side industry products and reach them the most advanced level. Although AIMSAD was established by woodworking machinery manufacturers and centered in Istanbul, it foresees to bring all related companies from the machinery and side industries together under its roof, across Turkey. For this reason, geographical regions that most of the companies of the sector focus on even in its administrative bodies are considered and it is given importance to represent all the side industries. AIMSAD s principle membership is corporate; it is an association which is open to all companies doing business in the sector consisted of woodworking machinery and manufacturers and representatives of the products of side industries of these machines, and which is active in social, cultural, commercial and economical fields. The headquarter of AIMSAD is in Kartal District, and the number of AIMSAD members has reached to 114. The mid-term aims of AIMSAD is to submit position papers to Ministries and other official authorities by participating in committees related to the sector, to contribute to the sectoral activities, establishing good relations and efficient partnership with the associations of furniture sector which have a close relationship with the woodworking sector, to make initiatives for the encourage the adaptation of member countries to modern manufacturing technologies; to represent the sector in certain fairs in abroad; and to promote the sector and its members comprehensively. The long-term aims of AIMSAD is; to contribute to raise qualified technical personnel and operators to perform their duties in various levels within member companies by cooperating with apprenticeship training centers, technical and industrial vocational high schools, vocational schools of higher education and universities; to provide educators with modern technology and knowledge; and to provide the most accurate and efficient use of woodworking machinery by establishing AIMSAD Applied Technical Training and Test Centers. Being aware of the importance of woodworking machinery and side industries sectors for the national economy, AIMSAD always acts on the vision of being capable of making more active works with its all administrative bodies and membe