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- Arcelik, which owns Beko and Grundig, collaborated with leading Turkish

businesses to produce the life-saving ventilators on a not-for-profit basis

- Ventilators have been provided to countries including Brazil, Chad, Nigeria,

Niger, Azerbaijan, Libya, Uzbekistan, Somalia, Dagestan and Syria

- 300 ventilators a day were manufactured at Arcelik's Cerkezkoy electronics

factory

- The devices are compatible with International Standards of Electromagnetic

compatibility and safety

Europe's leading consumer durables player, Arcelik, which owns Beko and

Grundig, has completed production of 5,000 life-saving mechanical ventilators.

300 devices a day were manufactured at its Cerkezkoy electronics on a

not-for-profit basis to meet domestic and international demand.

2,866 of these ventilators have been sent to 14 countries including some of the

hardest hit countries, such as Brazil, which reported a record number of

infections in a single day, and Somalia, which had no ventilators in April. The

devices have also been sent to Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Azerbaijan, Libya, UAE,

Uzbekistan, Dagestan, Syria, Afghanistan, Romania and Bangladesh.

Arcelik joined forces with BioSys, who developed the original design, defence

firm Aselsan and aviation company Baykar Technologies to produce the mechanical

ventilators, in a collective effort led by the Turkish Ministry of Industry and

Commerce and the Ministry of Health.

The project began in April. A team of 120 engineers designed and tested the

initial prototype at Arcelik Garage, an open innovation centre in Istanbul in

just 2 weeks.

Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arcelik, says: "We're incredibly proud to have played a

role in this project, which shows what can be achieved when we come together

for the greater good. At Arcelik we want to be part of the solution; working

collectively with businesses and governments to fight COVID-19 globally and

shape a more sustainable future on the other side."

About Arcelik

With over 30,000 employees throughout the world, 12 brands (Arcelik, Beko,

Grundig, Blomberg, ElektraBregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy, Altus,

Dawlance, Voltas Beko), sales and marketing offices in 34 countries, and 23

production facilities in 9 countries, Arcelik offers products and services in

more than 140 countries. As Europe's second largest white goods company

according to market share ranking based on quantity, Arcelik reached a

consolidated turnover of 5 billion Euros in 2019. With almost 70% of its

profits coming from the international markets, Arcelik is the R&D leader in

Turkey – holding more than 3,000 international patent applications to date with

the efforts of 1,600 researchers in 15 R&D and Design Centers in Turkey and R&D

Offices across five countries.

www.arcelikglobal.com

About Arcelik Garage

The new-generation R&D center, Arcelik Garage, accelerates the process of

turning an idea into an actual product and introducing it to the market thanks

to its creative and collaborative work environment, design-oriented techniques,

and advanced digital prototype infrastructure. In 1800 square meters of space

equipped with high-technology advanced production techniques, internal

researchers and external techno entrepreneurs are supported with know-how and

technical expertise required to turn their ideas into reality. In 2019, Arcelik

Garage helped develop 1,118 ideas, 93 prototypes and 10 concepts.

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