Beko

Turkey's home appliance sales and exports soared in the first quarter of this year, according to a sectoral group head.

"In January-March, our sales and exports increased 40 percent and 26 percent, respectively, compared to the same period last year," said Can Dinçer, head of the White Goods Manufacturers' Association of Turkey (TÜRKBESD) on April 20.

Burak Kiroglu, general manager of Beko Balkans, "Beko has introduced a new line of HygieneShield products to the market, designed to already have disinfection programs built in to make the transition to the new normal safe and carefree for the modern consumer."

Arçelik, a leading white goods producer in Turkey, on Feb. 13 filed a case for patent infringement against South Korean appliances manufacturer LG Electronics and its subsidiaries in France and Germany.

The Higher Court in Belgrade will hand down a new verdict in the retrial of a former Serbian economy minister, Predrag Bubalo, on Friday. The retrial was ordered after his earlier acquittal of charges of abuse of office was reversed.

Fenerbahçe Beko advanced to Turkish basketball league finals series after beating TOFAŞ 76-71 on June 7 evening.     

Leading home appliances brand Beko has set out on a mission to raise awareness of childhood obesity in partnership with longstanding partner, FC Barcelona. 

B92 learned this on Tuesday.

The group was charged with abuses committed during the 2005 sale of state-owned shares in the Port of Belgrade (Luka Beograd) company to Luxembourg-based Worldfin, whose owner is businessman Milan Beko.

Beko, who also followed the closing arguments of the prosecution and of the defense, was in the courtroom today for the reading of the verdict.

Koç Holding was the only company from Turkey on the Fortune Global 500 list when it entered the list in 419th place in 2016. I had the opportunity to participate in two meaningful events put on by the company in rapid succession.

Both of these events concerned two topics that Turkey has to focus on the most: one is patents, the other is gender equality. 

Turkish home appliances maker Arçelik is working on acquisitions to speed up its international expansion, particularly in Asia, its chief executive said on March 20.

Grundig is one of the most rooted brands of Germany. It was founded in 1945 and their wooden box radios and televisions were the stars of households at that time.

Grundig was bought by the flagship company of Koç Holding, Arçelik, in 2007 and underwent major changes. No surprise they are promoting their brand now as "We are 70 years old and we just started."