Ustunkarli was founded in 1954 in Izmir by Aziz Ustunkarly who is the Founding Chairman of the board today. The first step in the business sector was in carpentry machine manufacturing in a small workshop in Esrefpasa Yaghaneler. Due to increased production requrements, location changes were made in 1968 and 1973. The investment rush towards specialization has portrayed the last great acceleration in 1986.

Since 1986, Ustunkarli has been continuing its production in the modern facilities in the Golcukler region near Adnan Menderes Airport. Ustunkarli, present in the Wood Processing Machinery for two generations and enduring this presence with a leadership is the main branch of the Ustunkarli Machine Industry Group Companies.

Approximately 60% of the annual production is exported. Many complete facilities constructed by Ustunkarli and countless wood processing machines are being used with high efficiency for years in many countries of Europe, Asia and Africa.  Exports to Russia, Germany, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Greece, Spain, North Cyprus Turkish Republic, Cameroon, Benin, Ivory Coast, Syria, Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark, Holland, England, Albania, Croatia, Serbia, B.A.E., Malaysia and many other overseas countries.