MFA Political Director Szabolcs Takács attended the opening of the Budapest office of the Turkish EKOL Logistics Ltd on November 20, following which he had talks with EKOL President Ahmet Musal, CEO Tayfun Öktem and Head of the Hungarian subsidiary Ákos Kovács.

Ekol is listed among the pioneering suppliers of integrated logistics services in Turkey and Europe with its distribution centers with more than 400,000 square meters indoor areas in Turkey, 86.000 square meters of offices in Germany, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Bosnia and Romania, with a fleet of 3000 vehicles, and with 5.000 staff.

The one-million euro investment of EKOL in Hungary is in line with the „opening to the East” policy of the Hungarian government as well with the aim to make Hungary the Central European hub of Turkish companies.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)