Ergene 1 Organized Industrial Zone was established as a Rehabilitation Organized Industrial Zone on July 4, 2012, and after fulfilling the necessary conditions, it was declared an Organized Industrial Zone by the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey on October 11, 2013, thus gaining legal personality.

In accordance with Article 19 of Law No. 6215, published on March 29, 2011, and Article 8 added to Law No. 4562 on Organized Industrial Zones, Velimese Organized Industrial Zone was registered on May 4, 2012, with registration number 279.

The European Free Zone (ASB), one of Turkiye's largest private sector industrial projects, was founded on August 8, 1998. Officially opened in 2003 by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ASB has, in a short time, surpassed an annual trade volume of $3.5 billion thanks to investments, rising to second place among Turkiye's free zones. Located in Ergene/Tekirdag, at the center of Istanbul, Europe, and major transportation networks, ASB covers an area of ​​2 million square meters and currently hosts 160 companies. Employing over 7,000 people, the zone produces goods for leading global brands.