Ford Otosan [SEP] parent company
Ford Otosan
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş. ("Ford Automotive Industry") is an automotive manufacturing company based in Turkey that is equally owned by Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding. It was established in its current form in 1977, with original relations dating back to 1928. It currently operates five facilities throughout the country, and is headquartered in Gölcük, with a second location in İnönü.
History.
The collaboration began in 1928, when Vehbi Koç was assigned as Ford dealer in Ankara. The following year, the
Nuri Otay
Nuri Kamil Otay (28 March 1957, Adana – 6 February 2012, İstanbul)) was a Turkish businessman and General Manager of automotive company Otosan.
He was a graduate of İstanbul Erkek Lisesi and Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Mechanical Engineering department. He started his career at Ford Otosan in 1983. He worked at Otosan as automation systems responsible of paintshop, import purchasing manager and İstanbul factory manager. He was appointed as Gölcük factory manager in 2000. He worked as Ford Motor Company Köln Production Facilities Director between 2007 and