Company History
Teknim was founded in 1993 and has become one of the leading companies int he Turkish Electronic Security industry. Teknim has exceeded the borders of our country and has become a well-known, preferred and quality trusted brand in many countries of the world
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June
1993 June
Our company ‘Bilgi Elektronik San. ve Tic. A.Ş.’ was established to operate in the field of electronic security systems.
February
1997 February
Turkey distribution rights of BURLE, which produces CCTV in the USA and was one of the world's biggest camera manufacturers at that time, were granted.
March
1998 March
VITEC, the first corporate ODM brand in the electronic security sector in Türkiye, was launched for sale. With the establishment of an authorised dealer network in the Turkish electronic security market, VITEC has become the only domestic brand that can compete with global brands in Türkiye.
May
1998 May
Türkiye distribution rights of HIRSCH company, which develops very special technologies in the field of access control systems in the United States of America, have been granted.
April
2000 April
As a result of BURLE, the company for which we were the sole distributor in Turkey, being acquired by PHILIPS, we became the authorized distributor for PHILIPS CCTV and Public Address systems in Turkey. Later, when PHILIPS sold this division to BOSCH, we became the authorized distributor for the BOSCH brand in Turkey for many years.
May
2002 May
In line with our primary goal at the company's establishment to become a manufacturing company, we began our R&D activities.
February
2003 February
As the first concrete result of our R&D activities, the design of the Intruder Alarm siren was completed, and production began.
November
2003 November
Our VAP series Intruder Alarm panel, designed entirely by Turkish engineers, was ready for production.
July
2004 July
The external alarm siren we produced became the best-selling intruder alarm siren in the market.
October
2006 October
Sales of our VAP series intruder alarm panel have surpassed 10,000 units.
December
2006 December
Due to the rapid increase in our production volume driven by our R&D investments, our R&D and production departments began operating as a separate company under the name Teknim Elektronik San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
February
2008 February
Teknim Elektronik began selling its own products independently from Bilgi Elektronik.
April
2008 April
The R&D department's long-running design work on conventional fire alarm products has been completed, and production has begun.
November
2008 November
As a result of our sales activities in international markets, the number of countries we export to has exceeded 20.
July
2013 July
Due to operational and administrative difficulties arising from the rapidly increasing sales volumes of Bilgi Elektronik and Teknim Elektronik in the market, the two companies merged under the roof of Bilgi Elektronik.
February
2014 February
An exclusive distribution agreement for HUAWEI IP CCTV products was signed for Turkish market.
September
2016 September
As a result of more than 4 years of work by our R&D department, production of our addressable fire alarm systems, which operate with our own developed communication protocol, has begun.
April
2019 April
The second generation of our intruder alarm systems, the PARS series, has started sales.
November
2019 November
Teknim mobile application, which enables remote management of the PARS series intruder alarm systems, has been released.
October
2021 October
As part of Teknim's vision for the future, wireless fire alarm systems that support EN54-25 standards are launched for sale.
January
2023 January
Our number of employees has exceeded 150.
June
2023 June
As a result of our efforts to enable the remote management of all the systems we produce through a single platform, our cloud-based management and monitoring software, MOSAIC, has been launched.
July
2023 July
The next-generation conventional fire alarm panels have been launched for sale.
December
2023 December
The number of countries we export to has exceeded 30.
March
2024 March
Our automation investments in production continue with the 4th SMD machine.
July
2024 July
As a result of the increasing global recognition of the Teknim brand, and the confusion it caused with the company name in marketing, our company name has been changed from Bilgi Elektronik San. ve Tic. A.Ş. to Teknim Elektronik San. ve Tic. A.Ş.