HP

–Authored by Carlos Olivares

HP’s Turkey office serves as a hub for business units that support Eastern Europe, west Asia and northern Africa. Turkey’s central location, educated work force and affordable cost of living make it an attractive location for global companies like HP. Many of HP’s Turkish employees have been with the company for several years and have worked in different business units in and outside of Turkey.

HP’s sales in Turkey mainly come from hardware such as PC’s, servers and printers. HP hopes to diversify its sales in Turkey with consulting, outsourcing, and technology service as Turkey’s free market economy matures. As is the case worldwide, HP Turkey faces competitors on many fronts because of its diverse product offerings.

HP and Foxconn have partnered to build factory in Turkey to support $1.5B in sales. In the first half of 2011, Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd. will start assembling desktop and laptop computers for Hewlett-Packard Co. The $60M factory is located in Corlu in northwestern Turkey and will have the capacity to produce 2.4M units and employ 1,500 workers. Foxconn Turkey chief executive Tuna Kardes said 90 percent of the output will be exported to regional countries.

HP Turkey team members are excited about the future because they hope to contribute to HP’s future success in more ways than one. HP Turkey is building its talent base with a college internship program. HP Turkey hopes to capitalize on its technology savvy young population which 25% is under the age of 15. HP Turkey would like to partner with Turkish universities to develop new products.

HP Turkey seems like a great place to work!