Exhibitors

İdris Hatipoğlu , founder of Hatipoğlu company, started trade in glass sector in 1965. In those years he was selling glass in Eskişehir which were imported from America and England because there was no any glass factory in Turkey at that time. After a while Türkiye Şişecam glass factory was established in Turkey and İdris Hatipoğlu had a dealership in order to run his business as a glass distributor. He extended his business area with the 2nd warehouse opened in Bursa. Until 1985 he continued his business as a glass distributor as well as car glass. In 1985 when the insulating glass sector was growing in Turkey İdris Hatipoğlu established 2nd insulating glass factory in Turkey with his son İsmail Hatipoğlu. This was the beginning of his activities in this industry. Between 1985 and 2000 Hatipoğlu insulated glass was preferred in the most prestigious andbig projects at different variety of features. In 1995, in parallel with the increasing technical requirements of building materials in Turkey, investment decisions are taken and started for the door and window profile production with the brand Europen in 1997. After Europen started its operation; plate, panel, door, window production facilities started their activities and In the glass sector refrigator glass , owen glass and furniture glass production facilities were put into operation. By the year 2020 Europen has become one of the largest industrial companies in Turkey with 1550 employees and five production facilities.