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  • Established in 1978, TAYSAD is the sole and most competent representative of the Turkish automotive supplier industry
  • With 289 members, TAYSAD represents 65% of the output of the automotive supplier industry and 70% of the industry’s exports
  • 80% of TAYSAD’s members operate in the Marmara region; 12% in the Aegean region and 8% in other regions of Turkey
  • 289 TAYSAD members employ a total of 80,000 people. Including the suppliers of TAYSAD members, the total number of employees reaches approximately 125,000
  • 8 TAYSAD members have foreign partners who hold varying levels of shares
  • TAYSAD is a member of CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (www.clepa.be)
  • TAYSAD has reached a respectable position both within and without the country for domestic and international associations, TAYSAD has become a reference association in supplier industry product purchases.

The product range of TAYSAD members covers all sorts of parts except a few items and is sufficiently diversified to support an 85-90% local parts ratio in domestically-produced motor vehicles. The main product groups manufactured by TAYSAD members operating in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry can be classified as follows:

  • Complete engines and engine parts,
  • Radiators
  • Heating, ventilating & air conditioning systems (HVAC systems)
  • Power trains,
  • Brake systems and parts,
  • Hydraulic and pneumatic spare parts,
  • Suspension parts,
  • Safety spare parts,
  • Foam and rubber parts,
  • Chassis parts and spare parts,
  • Forged and cast parts,
  • Electrical equipment and illumination systems,
  • Batteries,
  • Automobile glass,
  • Seats
  • Design & Engineering services
  • Simulation services
  • Special vehicle production
In order to adapt to the changing competitive environment, TAYSAD members closely follow technological developments and continue to invest in innovation and expansion. With the help of their advanced manufacturing capabilities, they produce prototypes, use testing facilities, perform CNC-based and conventional machining, engage in product development, pursue collective R&D activities with foreign and domestic companies and use CAD-CAM applications during the design process.

Our Vision
To become, by 2023, a sectoral association representative of all companies in Turkey, that supply goods and services directly and indirectly to the automotive industry; a sectoral association which pursues and supports activities increasing the local share in global automotive manufacturing to at least 3%; and a sectoral association which has gained complete public support.

Our Mission
To provide the environment and conditions for developing the Turkish automotive industry as a whole and making Turkey one of the leading supply centers of the global automotive industry, by supporting its members as a collective organization.

As the SOLE AND MOST COMPETENT representative of the Turkish automotive supplier industry, TAYSAD plans its activities in line with its vision and mission and aims at becoming a center of attraction in the automotive industry, by enhancing its capability as a representative association, its effectiveness in the sector, as well as the cooperation between members and by providing better-quality services to meet members’ changing needs.