The additional building of Kütahya Design Technopark will bring 90 new R&D firms to Kütahya

It was reported that the additional building of Kütahya Design Technopark, which is nearing the completion of landscaping works and reaching the temporary acceptance stage with a cost of approximately 95 million TL, will have the capacity to attract 90 new R&D firms to Kütahya. AK Party Provincial Chairman Mustafa Önsay and Member of Parliament Ismail Çağlar Bayırcı visited Kütahya Design Technopark. Mustafa Önsay and Bayırcı, who received detailed information about the current status of the construction of the additional building from Kütahya Dumlupınar University Rector Prof. Dr. Süleyman Kızıltoprak, Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Özer Aydın, and Deputy General Manager of Kütahya Design Technopark Assoc. Dr. Durmuş Özdemir, inspected the construction site after the meeting. The additional building of Kütahya Design Technopark, which will cost approximately 95 million TL, will have the capacity to attract 90 new R&D firms to Kütahya. The total leasable area inside the building was planned as 2,239.72 square meters. 62 square meters of this area was designed as an incubation office for incubation firms, and 42 square meters were designed as a pre-incubation office targeting students studying in the city. The building, which is nearing the completion of landscaping works and reaching the temporary acceptance stage, will serve the city with 2 laboratories, 2 workshops, 6 sales offices, an 80-person dining hall, male and female mosques, a 100-person conference hall, and a 20-person additional meeting room. Currently, there are 48 R&D firms and 12 incubation firms operating under Kütahya Design Technopark. With the opening of the new additional building, it is expected that this capacity will reach close to 150 firms. The total domestic R&D revenue of the current firms is 2,349,557.68 TL, and it is anticipated that this revenue will increase exponentially with the increase in capacity due to the additional building, thus making a positive contribution to Kütahya’s employment. Mustafa Önsay and Ismail Çağlar Bayırcı stated that the additional building project holds great value for Kütahya and will significantly contribute to the city’s economic development by increasing its R&D potential. In a statement from Kütahya Design Technopark, it was emphasized that this visit by AK Party Provincial Chairman Mustafa Önsay, who closely follows and supports Kütahya’s progress in innovation and technology, once again highlights his belief in the city’s contribution to the science, technology, and trade network. The significant step of Kütahya Design Technopark with the additional building will allow the city to shine in the technology and innovation scene and will be recorded as an important milestone that will guide the future of Kütahya.