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in Vol. 27 - September Issue - Year 2026
In the Emerging Industries of Türkiye's Aviation and Defense Sectors
Mehmet Feza Guler, Managing Director & Co-Founder of ALMEX
Orhan Ilgen, CEO & Co-Founder of ALMEX
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ALMEX, in the Emerging Industries of Türkiye's Aviation and Defense Sectors, Türkiye's Shot Peening & Shot Blasting Specialist. MFN was able to get an interview with Mehmet Feza Guler, Managing Director & Co-Founder of ALMEX.
(?) MFN: Mr. Guler, thank you for taking the time for this interview. Would you, first of all, introduce yourself to our readers?
(!) M. F. G.: Proudly, yes. Actually, I am not so far from the readers, as I have felt like a part of MFN for decades. I have been working in the field of shot peening and shot blasting, also as an MFN Shot Peening trainer, for almost 20 years. All in all, throughout my more than 40 years of business life, I have been involved in customer satisfaction, and this has brought invaluable value to us in proposing our products and services.
(?) MFN: Mr. Guler, would you introduce ALMEX to our readers?
(!) M. F. G.: ALMEX was founded in 2025, based on the 25 years of professional experience and skilled know-how of its founders. The company is actually a specialist with more than 25 years of experience in supplying numerous industries with high-tech, high-end products safely used in aerospace, defense, automotive, forging, foundry, casting, etc.
As Picasso rightfully valued his work, ALMEX applies the same philosophy to the industry.
You might have heard people often ask Picasso to pay his bills with a drawing. He reportedly once refused to sign one of these drawings, saying, "I’m buying a meal, not the whole restaurant."
While Picasso was dining in a very splendid restaurant, the waiter who had served him for hours asked him to draw a portrait of his wife.
After dining, Picasso asked the waiter for the bill, but the waiter declined, saying, "Sir, you are our guest today." Picasso quickly sketched something on a napkin and handed it to the man. The waiter was impressed by the drawing, but Picasso took it back and demanded an astronomical sum. The waiter, astonished, said, "I served you for hours and didn't ask for money, but this only took five minutes." Picasso's legendary reply was: "No, not just five minutes; it took 40 years and five minutes."
ALMEX is 25+1 years old!
Despite mainly serving the country's defense and aviation...
We hope and pray for peace for everyone in this world. This is our core message for all human beings and all living creatures.
(?) MFN: What are the core industries you are serving?
(!) M. F. G.: ALMEX has become a reliable solution partner mainly in the aviation and defense supply chain, acting with the discipline of doing more with the correct products, a high-quality target, and an agile approach since its establishment. Of course, we are serving numerous industries such as automotive, forging, foundry, casting, shipyards, and many more.
The company is granted the right to represent more than 10 reputable global manufacturers of its kind, and we aim to provide innovative solutions that meet the high-quality and precision requirements of customers with reliable, durable, and high-tech products by combining technology and expertise.
We aim to remain a business partner that makes a difference in the sector by prioritizing sustainability, quality, and customer satisfaction in our processes.
(?) MFN: What are the reasons and emotions that led you to establish ALMEX?
(!) M. F. G.: Actually, that is a bit complex, but shortly I can say; my partner, Orhan Ilgen, and I have always wanted to establish a company of our own for a better future for our children, which is obviously becoming more difficult over the years. This is maybe our first emotion in establishing our company.
However, on top of this, we experienced many constraints and insufficient approaches throughout the years and decided to establish our company with a good business model.
We can refer to a very common saying in Türkiye: "A bad neighbor makes you a homeowner."
We have seen and noticed weaknesses and impurities and agreed to cover the gaps and constraints in the market.
(?) MFN: What are your priorities for products and services?
(!) M. F. G.: Let’s start with the services first, since we believe that is the most valuable dedication to all respected clients. As an MFN trainer and training coordinator for Türkiye, we are able to provide FAA-approved shot peening and shot blasting workshops and seminars in Türkiye.
In addition, thanks to our main partners and their technical capabilities, full of expertise, we have a very unique opportunity to carry out in-house services or technical centre excursions for the specific needs of several surface treatment applications.
As admired, in aviation, surface preparation is never just surface preparation. Every step connects to a larger standard of safety, performance, inspection readiness, and long-term component protection. The selected media must perform predictably on the right substrate, support the right process, and help Donated and well-equipped, along with our manufacturers’ capabilities, our developed infrastructure, sooner or later, gives us the opportunity to have the technical knowledge to pass on to our clients whenever needed.
We implement customer trials and demonstrate the expertise and benefits of using our latest technologies, allowing customers to reduce their costs. Most checks help our clients determine and afterwards recover their losses from waste, misused consumables, energy, and labor costs.
As for products, we have a wide range of types applicable for the best solutions in shot peening and shot blasting, fully compatible with aviation and defense specifications and requirements.
All international standards and specifications, including AMS, MIL, SAE, GE, SNECMA, and many more, are available for all types of products.
As quality makes the difference, we are proudly proposing the best solution products from the most reputable manufacturers.
(?) MFN: What is your company's core value?
(!) M. F. G.: The most important and necessary value is HONESTY.
Today's world bears many conflicts, disasters, and intransigences. We believe the one and only thing we need is honesty, which actually should be common and not unique to anyone.
"Honesty is the best policy" is our main motto, and that is our most important value. We live and work for reliability, knowing it achieves everything and is above everything!
(?) MFN: How is the recent situation in the Türkiye marketplace, and how have you positioned yourself?
(!) M. F. G.: Türkiye's macroeconomic performance in the last 3 years has not been so pleasing.
This also refers to conditions in Europe, where slow growth and a deteriorating geopolitical environment within the country's neighborhood have negatively affected overall business and annual growth.
Despite this, the aviation and, in particular, the defense industry have shown tremendous growth, which is also expected to create a domino effect, showing resilience within the country for other sectors. Hopefully, better times will come, leading to new investments and boosting the economy.
Under the current circumstances, we are able to achieve our targets, at least the predictable ones, and we are confidently stepping ahead toward our challenge of reaching the #1 ranking for our leading promotions.
I believe that our technically specialized and customer-oriented approach, in combination with technology and in close proximity to our partners, will help us a lot to operate.
Our initiatives are advantageous add-ons to customer-oriented solutions in terms of products and services.
Cost-effectiveness, productivity, and loyalty are considered the basics of our success and rightful reputation.
All in all, since we are committed to becoming and remaining the leader in the focused industries, we dedicate ourselves to representing only premium products with trustworthy solutions, following another one of our mottos: "Only quality products are made out of quality."
(?) MFN: What are your initiatives and reasons for foreign collaborations?
(!) M. F. G.: As we are granted the right to represent more than 10 manufacturers of their kind, the most reputable ones worldwide, we are very careful to keep up with add-ons. On the other hand, we should be following professionals and specializations in the fields we cover. However, we are very open to mutual discussions with any possible partner to bring high-tech solutions to Türkiye and its hinterlands.
We mainly focus on unique solutions, as some products have a much longer lifetime and better cost-effectiveness, along with manufacturers' know-how, support, and activities for more resilient, more consistent, and more stable processes with less embedment, less waste handling, and a clearer and cleaner environment, as well as conformance with international industry standards for aviation, defense, and other industries.
MFN would like to thank Mehmet Feza Guler for this interview!
For Information:
ALMEX ENDUSTRIYEL San Tic.Ltd.Sti.
Piri Reis Mah. Batı Pınar Sk.
No: 34 K1 41700 Darıca
Kocaeli, Türkiye
Tel. +90.262.656 55 56
E-mail: feza.guler@almex.com.tr
www.almex.com.tr
