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Could you share your future plans as
AYT Mexico? Welcome
AYT Mexico has great areas of opportunity
in Mexico. Our consolidation will depend
on a perfect balance between sales and
investment in assets. For this reason, in
this first stage we want to consolidate the We are starting our first project with
AYT Mexico brand through constant visits Sweet Earth company in Mexico.
to farmers and participation in the main We would like to thank our business
agricultural fairs. In addition, among the partners, Mr.Rodriguez, Ms.Olga and
plans in this first stage, is the hiring of a Mr.Ricardo, for their visit to our factory
technician to support our first project sold and their trust in us.
in Mexico. Also, in the short term, we plan
to reinforce the sales department with the
hiring of technical salesmen to expand
our coverage of the national territory. In
the medium term, our priority will be
to establish an office and warehouse in
Queretaro City. The warehouse will allow us
to expand our business to the sale of spare
parts. Remember that our sister companies
Aytekin Sera and Boray are specialists in the
manufacture of structural steel elements,
poles and pipes for the greenhouse sector.
Our quality and experience together with
a good assortment of spare parts will
allow us to consolidate our position as the
main supplier of parts for the preventive
and corrective maintenance of any type of
greenhouse of any brand and origin. This
growth will force us to expand our workforce
in both the operational and administrative
sectors. And we are so confident that we will
You have made a good start in Mexico and have secured a new project. consolidate in Mexico that, in the long term,
Could you tell us about this project? but not a very long term, our goal is to invest
It is a 2-hectare greenhouse project with 12.8 m wide tunnels, with a height to in a steel materials factory that will allow
the gutter of 6 m. It will have double zenithal ventilation and vents on the front us to manufacture our own greenhouses
and side walls. The greenhouse will be equipped with fans, shading screen, high- in Mexico with the same quality as our
pressure misting system, Co2 injection system, and Ridder climate controller. greenhouses manufactured in our facilities
All the systems will be automated and controlled from the PLC, which will in Mersin, Turkey. This plant will also have
facilitate the operation for the production managers. The greenhouse was the capacity to supply pipes and poles to the
designed for organic raspberry production and due to its equipment, design commercial and industrial sector in Mexico
and type of cultivation we can qualify it as a high-tech project. We can assure and Central America. Mexico is a dynamic
that it is the first project with these characteristics in Mexico. The project is and ever-expanding market and is expected
designed to grow several varieties of berries, but it will also be able to grow any to remain so in the coming years. The
horticultural product, if required by the investor. In other words, the structural proximity of our country with the United
calculations with which the greenhouse module was designed will allow the States and the different Trade Agreements
farmer to produce any type of crop inside the greenhouse. This first project is that Mexico has signed, allows us to predict
an excellent opportunity to present to the Mexican market the quality of our that business opportunities will increase
materials, the logistics of our shipments and the delivery times of the project. and the only thing that is needed for AYT
This greenhouse building will become a showroom and will allow us to have Mexico and Aytekin Group to achieve an
a place where we can invite customers to meet, analyze and compare what we important participation in this expanding
can offer vs. what they know, and where we are sure that they will be convinced market, is the constant and effective work,
that AYT Mexico is the best option for their growth projects.The installation which allows us to offer high quality
of the greenhouse will begin in early October 2023 and is scheduled to be products and projects that widely meet the
delivered in mid-December, although the farmer has planned to start planting expectations of customers, a situation to
in February 2024. which we are accustomed.•
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