About
Eren Karapinar is a manufacturing futurist and techno-industrialist with roots that run deep in the factory floor. Born into a family of builders and engineers, he grew up surrounded by machines, materials, and the people who make things real shaping his lifelong fascination with how industries evolve.
Over the years, Eren has worked across multiple corners of manufacturing from Cihan Automotive and Kinross Gold to Orderslide and Maneva helping companies modernize operations through automation, AI, and practical industrial innovation. He co-founded Orderslide, an order-management platform that unified disconnected e-commerce tools into one workflow and powered his team’s in-house fulfillment center, where they processed 250,000+ orders end-to-end. By redesigning software flows and optimizing the warehouse layout, That reduced fulfillment time from 2 minutes to 10 seconds per order.
As a member of the Oymak family, a 200+ employee automotive parts manufacturer supplying OEMs, he carries forward a legacy built on craftsmanship and production excellence. After spending nearly two years at Oymak, visiting clients and factories across the world, Eren witnessed firsthand how outdated technology continues to limit the industries that create real, tangible value. That experience sparked a mission to help manufacturing catch up to the digital transformation happening elsewhere in the economy.
Today, Eren works at Maneva, where he helps manufacturers embrace AI through video-to-action models enabling plants to detect, analyze, and act on what’s happening in real time. His work bridges the gap between traditional industrial processes and the new wave of intelligent automation shaping the factories of the future.
Beyond the production floor, Eren hosts Industry Ethos, a podcast where he interviews techno-industrialists, operators, and builders shaping the future of manufacturing. Through open conversations, he explores their experiences, insights, and perspectives on where technology, design, and industry are headed next.
He believes the future belongs to those who build and that manufacturing, when empowered by technology, is where the next great wave of human progress begins.