Yalova Machinery Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ), whose infrastructure works have been started, is planned to be operational by the end of 2021. Yalova IMES Machinery Specialized Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ), whose infrastructure works have been started, is planned to be operational by the end of 2021. It is aimed to reach 15 thousand people with approximately 300 factories and export volume close to 2 billion dollars in the region. Direnç Özdemir, Chairman of the Organized Industrial Zone, told reporters in the region in which the infrastructure works started, Machinery Specialized OIZ will be operating in the district of Çiftlikköy on an area of 5 thousand acres. Stating that about 300 medium and large scale factories will be built, Özdemir said, "The number of employment we envisage is 15 thousand people who will work directly in industrial plants. When we consider the sub-sectors and sectors such as logistics and trade that will support these, there will be employment of approximately 20 thousand people.” Özdemir said that infrastructure works will continue in the next year, and that the factories to be built in 2021 will be put into service at the end of that year. Özdemir emphasized that they want to make a significant contribution to exports and continued his words as follows: "Our Minister of Trade has announced an export master plan. In the export master plan of the Republic of Turkey, 3 of 5 leading sectors of the export sector are determined and appointed as machine, automobile and electrical, electronic equipment industry. We are a structure that contains 3 of the 5 economic export items. In this sense, we are talking about a trade volume of about 2 billion dollars, employment of about 20 thousand people and a huge, mega investment with its indirect effects. ” 10 minutes away from the Osmangazi Bridge. Stating that the time to transfer from the Osmangazi bridge to Yalova IMES Machinery Specialized OIZ is 10 minutes, Ozdemir, pointed out the proximity of Yalova to important industrial cities like Istanbul, Bursa and Kocaeli. Indicating that the World Bank determines accreditation standarts related to green OIZs and acting in compliance with them, they wanted to be the first zone in Turkey to acquire "International Green OSB Accreditation" Özdemir told that, "Hopefully, we want to crown this environmental vision which we are carrying out with our environmentally friendly activities such as water supply, efficient use of water and energy supply from renewable energy sources with the international accreditation process." Özdemir shared the knowledge that close to 100 of 175 members demanded to invest in the first stage and said, “We are really working hard and taking firm steps forward to reach the level of contemporary civilizations pointed out by Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the targets of 2023 that Mr. President pointed out. We are in the desire and endeavor of greeting the 100th anniversary of our Republic as Yalova IMES Machinery Specialized OIZ with the export of billions of dollars from the city, with the employment of tens of thousands of people. ” To reach the source of the news;