Kordsa received the Best Performed R&D Center of Turkey Award according to the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology 2014 R&D Centers Performance Index.

Our R&D Center is also ranked Number 1 in textile category for a three consecutive years.

Kordsa, received a bronze prize in textile and raw materials category for contributions to the foreign trade in Turkish economy.

Kordsa gathered business and academia partners to talk about open innovation at the 24th Quality Convention in Istanbul. Session was moderated by national broadcaster, Şirin Payzın. Kordsa  CEO Cenk Alper, Prof. Dr Hasan Mandal from Sabancı University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersin Acar from Boğaziçi University, and DuPont Global Marketing Director Imre Horvath were present at the session.

Kordsa encourages all its employees to take the lead in social affairs in a responsible and sensitive manner for the benefit of the society, wherever it operates. In other words, reinforcing our society, our environment is a key responsibility for Kordsa employees.

20% of Sabancı Holding’s Kordsa shares are traded in Istanbul Stock Exchange, and trading volume reached 29%, marking an increased market value for Kordsa.

Kordsa was listed sixth in the list with 14 pending patent applications within six months. Kordsa rose up four places in the League in a year.

Kordsa’s energy management policy has been awarded the ISO 50001 certification both in Turkey and in Germany.

The winners of Improve Inovalig Awards have been announced. Kordsa has been honored by being ranked the first in the Innovation Strategy category.

Kordsa received the grand prize from Sustainable Development Turkey (SKD) in "Great Company - Best Environmental Innovative Application" category in the Innovative Sustainability Practices.

Each year, Kordsa leadership teams from all over the world get together at the Global Leadership Summit (GLS). Based on our values and aims stated above, we wanted to create a difference for children during this year’s summit by reinforcing their everyday environment.

According to the official website of Bogor City, where Indo Kordsa is located, the number of people living under the poverty threshold is on a rise despite the overall economic growth in the region. In order to reinforce the neighborhood, Indo Kordsa carried out a neighborhood renovation project in 2015. Initially, the main road to the region was renewed, followed by the renovation by Indo Kordsa of 15 households in the neighborhood.

Kordsa organized an innovation workshop with the biggest technical university of Germany, RWTH Aachen University on 11 – 12th February in Aachen. During the workshop, Kordsa R&D Team joined the brainstorm and shared their knowledge and experience to develop products, process and application innovations in the field of thermoplastic composites. Additionally, short-long term cooperation opportunities has been planned. Main focus of the workshop was automotive applications

Yıldız Technical University Wind Energy Club, working on composite reinforcement project to produce a wind-powered vehicle, is getting ready to compete in the “Racing Aeolus Den Helder”, the largest sustainability race in the world that takes place in the Netherlands. Kordsa Composite Technologies has provided carbon fiber support for use in the production of wind-powered car produced by Yıldız Technical University Wind Energy Club.

Composite Technologies Center of Excellence has opened. Kordsa and Sabanci University have combined their forces under the same roof for this high technology hub. The opening ceremony of Composite Technologies Center of Excellence was held with the participation of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Binali Yıldırım, Dr. Faruk Özlü, the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, Mr. Lütfi Elvan, the Minister of Development, Mr. Ahmet Arslan, the Minister of Transportation, Maritime A‑airs and Communication, Mr. Fikri Işık, the Minister of National Defense, Ms. Guler Sabanci...

According to a survey conducted by the "Great Place to Work Institute", among nearly 40 companies in Brazil’s Bahia state, Kordsa outdistanced many competitors to take 7th place in the list of best companies to work for. Speaking of the company's success in this area, Cenk Alper said, This is the result of the high-standard HR management that we implement as an employee brand in our business operations on four continents.

The 7^th Sabancı Holding Golden Collar Awards were held at the Sabancı Center. The ceremony began with an opening speech by Ms Güler Sabancı, Chairman of Sabancı Holding, continuing with a welcome address by Mr Zafer Kurtul, CEO of Sabancı Holding. During the ceremony, Kordsa's Reinforcers received 3 championship awards and 1 honorable mention. 

The YTU RACING Team was established to participate in Formula Student, the world’s biggest annual student engineering competition, which helps students transform their theoretical knowledge into practical experience and knowhow.

The Pehlivan Team was formed by students at Trakya University who continue their innovative studies under Kordsa platinum sponsorship.

Our CEO Cenk Alper, visited Marmara University to participate in a seminar organized by the Sabancı Holding Human Resources Directorate. Cenk Alper shared his experience on Production Management through the composite production process with students of the Business Administration Faculty.

İbrahim Özgür Yıldırım, CTO and Composites Business Unit Leader of Kordsa Global, shared his experience with undergraduates of the Chemical Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University...

The National Intercollegiate Concrete Canoe Competition is organized by İTU Engineering Preparation Club at Ayazağa Campus in İTU Pond on May 15. During the competition, project presentation and canoe characteristics such as durability and speed for 2 people and 4 people categories were evaluated by the jury.

Within the scope of the company’s “Reinforcing the Future” theme, Kordsa Global CEO Cenk Alper met with students from Yaşar University, followed by members of the Manisa Young Business People Association. 

Kordsa shared its history of transferring its competence in the tire reinforcement market into composite technologies at the “Innovation Week” event held by the Turkey Exporters Assembly (TEA). Kordsa CEO Cenk Alper and INSEAD Technology Management Academic Prof. Ben. M. Bensaou spoke on a panel preceded by a musical recital with cellos produced using carbon fiber reinforced by Kordsa

Kordsa CEO Cenk Alper spoke at the “Future of Manufacturing Summit” organized by the Financial Times in London. Addressing the session on “Remaking Manufacturing – Circular Economy Opportunities”, Alper explained the link between maintaining a sustainable brand, the manufacturing process, and the value created for customers.

After being selected as the best R&D Center of the Year in 2014, Kordsa was ranked among the best R&D Centers nationwide in Turkey in 2015 as well, according to the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology’s Performance Index for R&D Centers.

Representatives of the Employers’ Union and the Bogor Region Union have been introduced to Kordsa’s “Safety Experience Center” project, realized within the scope of Total Productive Maintenance in Indonesia. Kordsa leader who realized the project was named “Best Employee”.

Every year, Kordsa holds a Global Leadership Summit (GLS) where it takes leaders from its production facilities all over the world. Once again, this year’s leaders did their bit to reinforce the future. Kordsa’s reinforcers this year renovated a school in İzmit, renewing the pre-school and elementary school heating systems and whitewashing the school’s walls.

Reinforcement professionals have not wasted their energy this year either and have been running for good. Kordsa reinforcement professionals took part in the Vodafone Istanbul Marathon on behalf of The Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Turkey. 35 people from the company ran in the marathon, with five people participating by pushing wheelchairs

Kordsa has participated in the Istanbul Airshow held at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport. Its innovative tire products and examples of composite reinforcement technologies were showcased to visitors to the fair.

A representative of one of the most prestigious MBA schools in the world, INSEAD, has paid an innovation visit to Kordsa.

Kordsa has gained a place in the BIST Sustainability Index. The Index lists 43 companies traded at Borsa İstanbul that boast high level corporate sustainability performances.

Kordsa participated in the 35th Annual Conference on US-Turkey Relations. The theme of the conference organized by the American-Turkish Council and Turkey-US Business Council in Washington was ‘‘Shaping the Future: Business,

Kordsa held the opening of the “Reinforcement Center” established to maintain and improve standards of work excellence, with the participation of Kordsa CEO Cenk Alper and the top management.

A New Safety Experince Center, established in accordance with the principles of Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM), has been opened at the Kordsa plant in Brazil.

Kordsa continues to support university students who realize innovative projects. Kordsa Composite Technologies provided carbon fiber fabric for the wind vehicle Pardus16 produced by Yıldız Technical University’s Wind Energy Club.

Kordsa reinforcement professionals carried out their final excellence tour of the year at the İzmit plant. During the visit, they

“The New Normal” was the theme at the Quality Congress, at which Kordsa CEO Cenk Alper was a panelist. Kordsa was the event sponsor for this year’s Congress.

Kordsa factories in Thailand and the USA reached their second accident-free man hours goals at the same time.

Kordsa’s Deputy Director General responsible for the Middle East and Africa regions, Ali Çalışkan, participated in the “Export Under The Stars” summit.

Kordsa has attended Composites Europe, held in Germany. Kordsa participated in Composites Europe, the most important meeting in Europe for the composite materials and equipment sector, attended by thousands of visitors every year.

Invited to attend a workshop organized by the Turkish Quality Association (KalDer), Kordsa shared the details of the suggestion system it has been applying for years.

The Composite Technologies Center of Excellence, established in collaboration with Sabancı University, received the Leed Gold Certificate, which is considered the most important certificate issued to energy efficient and environmentally friendly buildings.

Kordsa Publishes Its 2015 Sustainability Report

Participating in the “Research & Development Centers Information Meeting” hosted by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology, 

The conductor of Kordsa’s Asia-Pacific operations, Indo Kordsa, has received the Indonesian Export Award, which is given to companies thought to have contributed to economic development.

For the seventh time, Kordsa, which carries out its activities in Thailand as Thai Indo Kordsa, was granted the accolade

Kordsa achieved seventh place in the Best Employers list for Bahia region, by Great Place to Work Institute.

Kordsa has undertaken two corporate social responsibility projects in the USA.

The İZBURS scholarship established by Kordsa Reinforcement Professionals and overseen by the İzmit Scholarship Association has completed its selection process for the 2016-2017 educational period.

Kordsa employees in Brazil and the U.S. joined their little friends as part of new year celebrations.

"Kordsa products should answer the necessities of our customers. My job is to ensure the quality of our products to reach the customer satisfaction. In order to do this, I have to know my product and my customer very well. And make agile and attentive decisions."

"I'm working in construction sector. Building are at the center of life. Finding a shelter and being safe... I believe reinforcing construction is to reinforce the life itself. Providing safer buildings with increased durability is the key point. That's why we highly associated with reinforcing life itself."

Kordsa, which was recently analyzed as a success story by INSEAD Professor Ben Bensaou for his book "Innovation Machine" due to its R&D and innovation practices, closed 2016 with a record number of patent applications.

Supplying reinforcement technologies around the world from the U.S. to Thailand, Kordsa created 32 inventions and filed 103 patent applications in 2016 alone. With its business processes based on R&D and innovation, Kordsa maintains its leadership in innovation in the global reinforcement market with 411 patent applications and 128 inventions in total.

Kordsa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding and a global player in the tire, composite and construction reinforcement technologies market, had had a second R&D center approved by the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. The Composite Technology Excellence Center, where R&D and production processes for composite technologies are brought together under a single roof, has officially quallfied as an R&D Center.

The Kordsa plant in Brazil has once again been listed among Brazil’s best employers for the second consecutive year. According to a survey conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW) that included 33 companies, Sabancı Holding affiliate Kordsa, renowned globally as "The Reinforcer", ranked 3^rd in the list of the best employers in Bahia, Brazil with an 86 percent Trust Index.

"The use of composite materials in vehicles improves the environment in many ways. Composite materials enables our customers to produce much more lighter vehicles, which helps reducing the fuel consumption"

Kordsa participated in the Tire Technology Exposition in Hannover, where the latest tire industry technologies and trends are shared. While displaying its tire reinforcement technologies, Kordsa also shared information on its product Monolyx for heavy construction equipment with participants at the conference as part of the exposition.

Kordsa, strives to attain sustainable growth in every country it operates and to provide products and services that will bring value to its customers, and has been rewarded for its efforts with numerous prestigious awards. In being counted among the top 100 fastest-growing companies in Indonesia, world's reinforcement leader Kordsa has added a new award to its global successes. Kordsa, listed among the top 100 companies by one of Indonesia's biggest economics magazines, Infobank, received the award from Indonesian Economy Minister Darmin Nasution.

"As a member of composite team, i'm strongly believing that Kordsa will keep and further improve its success story by touching every aspect of life, listening their customers and employees thanks to its open innovation culture."

Listen out the reinforcing story of Neslihan Gülbeycan, R&D Project Leader

Kordsa earned the ISO14001:2015 Environmental Management System certificate in Indonesia, following Turkey. 

Kordsa, a global player in the tire, composite and construction reinforcement market, participated in JEC World, the largest composites show in the world. The exhibition has been held in Paris since 1956 and took place between March 14-16 this year. 1,250 companies from more than 100 countries exhibited at JEC Composites World this year. The show attracted more than 35,000 visitors from all around the world. Kordsa, attending the most significant gathering of the industry for the fourth time, also hosted a group of journalists from Turkey.

Laboratory Supervisor Çiğdem Soybeyli, shares her own reinforcing story!

Reinforcers Meet at All Stars Award Ceremony

Kordsa got listed among the most ethical companies in Turkey for the fourth time. Working in line with its principle of respecting laws and ethical values in the countries it operates, Kordsa won the ETIKA Turkey's Most Ethical Companies Award for the fourth time, given to create awareness about ethics and business morals by the Center for Ethical Values Association. Operating in a wide geography from Americas to Asia Pacific, Kordsa's commitment to "ethics" as one of its 7 values is rewarded once again.

"Being a Reinforcer makes you reliable as well. Reliability gives a priceless position in life." Reinforcers work in the backstage to provide you a safer and more sustainable life in your living quarters. Discover the story of one of these heroes, Serhat Sarıkaya, Sales Engineer, Construction Reinforcement Technologies:

Kordsa, a Sabancı Holding affiliate, attended Techtextil 2017, the leading trade fair and platform for the technical textiles industry. The fair connects today’s technical textile technology to the future, and Kordsa presented its most innovative products in the composite and construction reinforcement technologies sector to visitors.

Kordsa organized an excellence visit to its plant in Brazil. Operating in a wide geography from Americas to the Asia Pacific, Kordsa aims to extend good practices to all its plants through Excellence Visits. During the visit, good practices in manufacturing and technology were shared with the participants, and Kordsa's latest awards were celebrated. Korda Brazil team won the 1st place in the Efficiency Category at the Golden Collar Award Ceremony, and was identified as the 3rd best workplace in the Bahia region according to the Great Place to Work list

Kordsa has been listed among the "Global 100 Companies" by the prestigious economics and business life magazine Platin, working together with Ipsos Research and Consultancy, and ranked in first place in the textile industry category. 

Kordsa got listed among the most ethical companies in Turkey for the fourth time. Working in line with its principle of respecting laws and ethical values in the countries it operates, Kordsa won the ETIKA Turkey's Most Ethical Companies Award for the fourth time, given to create awareness about ethics and business morals by the Center for Ethical Values Association. Operating in a wide geography from Americas to Asia Pacific, Kordsa's commitment to "ethics" as one of its 7 values is rewarded once again.

Kordsa won the platinum award in a ceremony by Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters' Association (ITHIB) that rewards the performance of companies' exporting their manufacture. Exporting its reinforcement technologies to 42 countries, Kordsa earned its place among the leaders of export.

Kordsa, a global player in tire, composite and construction reinforcement technologies, has supported its existing investment in the U.S. market with a new purchase. Kordsa's subsidiary in the U.S.,

On January 16, 2017, we held an event to mark the end of our Vocational High School Internship Program. From October 16, 2016 to January 17, 2017, 36 students participated in the 3-month internship.

Aiming to reinforce communities in the countries it operates, Kordsa visited a school in the Bahia region of Brazil, within the scope of an Excellence Visit to its Brazilian plant. Entertaining the little ones with various games and activities at the school it supports through its social responsibility project, Kordsa will continue to reinforce the future with the help of its social responsibility projects.

Kordsa North America professionals came together for a fresh round of "Leadership Training." Leaders joined various workshops during the three-day program that was built to develop operational excellence, and lean and e‑ective management. They worked on team building skills, and methods for personal leadership development and effective ways of working.

Sabancı Holding affiliate Kordsa, known as "the Reinforcer" in the tire, construction and composite industries, has participated in the 40th Turkeybuild Exhibition held at TÜYAP Beylikdüzü exhibition center between May 23–27 and shared its innovative concrete reinforcement synthetic fiber product KraTos with construction industry professionals.

Kordsa, a global brand from Turkey, has attended a meeting held as part of Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s official visit to Turkey as a special invitee of Joko Widodo. 

Kordsa left the Golden Collar Awards, organized for the 8th time this year, as the winner of four categories – including the "Creating Value" category –, an honorable mention, and a special award. Exporting technology to global markets with its mission to reinforce life, Kordsa celebrated once again its sustainable success and pioneering good practices with its employees. Kordsa will continue to reinforce the Sabancı Group with its novel technologies.

Reinforcement technologies professional Kordsa are supporting projects at Yıldız Technical University and Trakya University in an e‑ort to introduce young people to composite technologies. In order to engage youth in composite technologies and to encourage them to be involved in technology, innovation, R&D and engineering, Sabancı Holding affiliate Kordsa introduced university projects powered by the company to the students of Kocaeli University. 

Mechanical engineering students of the Gajah Mada University paid a visit to Kordsa's Indonesia plant. The students had a busy agenda with presentations from Kordsa reinforcers and a tour of the plant, and they ran simulations of Kordsa's manufacturing and management processes. Kordsa aims to raise brand awareness in the minds of the future reinforcers through such get-togethers with engineering students.

Sponsored by reinforcement leader Kordsa in an e‑ort to encourage young people to participate in technology, innovation, R&D and engineering, Yıldız Technical University student team YTU Racing has produced its fourth vehicle and took part in Formula Student East, one of the biggest student engineering competition.

Kordsa Indonesia plant organized a blood donation campaign at Indokordsa. With its "Give Blood, Save Lives" slogan, Kordsa reinforcers invited other companies in the area to join them. The campaign served to create awareness among Kordsa reinforcers as well as throughout the whole organization and the companies involved.

Kordsa has announced that in furtherance of its efforts to strengthen its already strong global leadership in reinforcement technologies, it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire two advanced composite technology companies in the United States. Following its Composite Technologies Center of Excellence investment, Turkey's first industry–university collaboration investment, Kordsa plans to acquire Fabric Development Inc.

Discover how Kordsa develops its innovative and unique intermediate products and applications in the field of composite reinforcement for a variety of industries, notably aviation and automotive 

Kordsa has been awarded the Grand Award in the category of quality circles at the 20th Quality Circles Sharing Conference organized by KalDer (the Turkish Quality Association). Group Flex...

Kordsa had provided composite material support to the production of the vehicle designed by Kocaeli University Türk Mekatronik team. The team won first place at the TUBITAK Efficiency Challenge Electric Vehicle Race’s Design Category with its vehicle...

Kordsa Sponsored the 26th Quality Congress for “Leadership in Transformation

Kordsa Continues to Reinforce a Sustainable Future

Kordsa held a groundbreaking ceremony for an additional factory line in Izmit, Turkey to increase polyester yarn capacity by 7,000 tons. In addition to this new polyester yarn line investment, Kordsa also held a groundbreaking ceremony for the "polypropylene monofilament" line in the field of construction reinforcement.

Kordsa received the third prize in the Innovation Strategy category at the Inovalig Awards held within the scope of Turkey Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week. Kordsa CEO Ali Çalışkan received the award from Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi and the president of the Turkish Exporters Assembly, Mehmet Büyükekşi.

Kordsa participated in the Textile 4.0 Conference, which took place in Amsterdam on October 25–26, to share its practices in tire, construction reinforcement and composite technologies.

Kordsa participated in the 39th Istanbul Marathon for the fifth time. Kordsa, continuing its corporate social responsibility initiatives in an eort to reinforce the future, running for TOÇEV...

Kordsa was awarded first prize in the textiles category at a prizegiving ceremony carried out at the 6th Private Sector R&D and Design Centers Summit. Kordsa CEO Ali Çalışkan was given the prize by Turkish Science, Industry and Technology Minister Faruk Özlü.

Operating in tire and construction reinforcement and composite technologies from America to the Asia Pacific, Kordsa has once again renovated a school in Kocaeli, which is a reflection of its mission to reinforce life.

The tire divisions of Kordsa, a leading international supplier of textile reinforcing materials for the tire industry, and technology company Continental are working together on a new, sustainable adhesion system standard for bonding textile reinforcement materials to rubber based compounds.

Ali Çalışkan, Kordsa’s CEO, participated in the "Agility and Innovation" panel at the Third Excellence Summit organized by KalDer Kayseri, on October 18 at Kayseri Chamber of Commerce.

Kordsa, participated in the Composites Europe 2017 fair held in Stuttgart, Germany between September 19–21 this year. Kordsa presented its efficiency solutions for the automotive and aviation industries, which are two of the most common areas of usage for composite materials.

Kordsa, has released its annual sustainability report, which highlights the company's social, economic and environmental performance in 2016. Striving to “Reinforce Life”, Kordsa’s third sustainability report has been prepared in accordance with new standards released by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in 2016. Kordsa is one of the first 100 companies worldwide to comply with these standards.

"The Reinforcer" Kordsa attended ITEC in Focus, which was held on September 13–14 in Akron, Ohio. This year, ITEC focused on reinforcements for tire performance. Kordsa was one of the sponsors of the conference, showcasing their brand and solutions to attendees.

The Composite Technologies Center of Excellence, jointly established by Kordsa and Sabancı University, is positioned as a technology hub that brings together R&D, innovation and production under one roof in composite technologies.

Kordsa participated in Turk Kompozit 2017, organized by the Turkish Composite Manufacturers Association between 5-7 October in Istanbul. Kordsa participated in the event with a booth and two presentations, and shared its latest innovations and solutions in composites technologies with participants.

Kordsa continues its organic growth with R&D and technology investments while seeking for inorganic growth opportunities in composite business globally. Recently, Kordsa announced the acquisition of Fabric Development Inc. (FDI) and Textile Products Inc. (TPI), which provide advanced composite materials to the commercial aviation industry, with an investment of USD 100 million. Kordsa sees this opportunity as a very important step towards reinforcing its composite market position in the US as well as becoming a strong player in the growing aviation industry supply chain.

Kordsa strives to attain sustainable growth in every country it operates and provide products and technologies that create value to its customers. As an output of these efforts, Kordsa is once again among the top 100 companies out of 355 publicly listed companies by Infobank, one of Indonesia's prominent economics magazines.

In line with its vision to encourage young people to engage in technology, innovation, R&D and engineering, Kordsa has been recently included in the R&D Staff Training Program for the Textile Industry which is carried out by Uludag University Career Application and Research Center. Within the scope of this training program, Kordsa started to give training to the students. The first training was held at the Kordsa Izmit facility on February including a training session on project management and special fiber production technologies, and a visit to the production lines of Izmit facility. The second training on composite technologies was on March at the Composite Technologies Center of Excellence. Approximately 25 students took part in the program, nearly all of the students are studying textile engineering.

Reinforcement technologies’ leader Kordsa’s manufacturing facility at Composite Technologies Center of Excellence, a technology hub inaugurated in cooperation with Sabancı University to bring industry and university together under the same roof, received BS EN ISO 9001:2015 ve EN 9100:2016 (AS9100D) certification, which is an international standard for quality and risk management in the aerospace and defense industry.

Kordsa, reinforces its success and continues to establish its "Reinforcer" reputation through the awards granted in many countries as well as in Turkey. Kordsa’s facility in Brazil has been listed amongst the best employers for the third time in Brazil by the Great Place to Work Institute (GPTW). Kordsa has been ranked 4th place in Bahia, Brazil. Kordsa Brazil was the only industrial company to be included on the list.

Kordsa Reinforcers participated in the 13th International Antalya Marathon for the third time. Kordsa, continuing its corporate social responsibility initiatives in an effort to reinforce the future, ran for Make a Wish Foundation, an organization that strives to grant the wish of every child diagnosed with a critical illness.

BizBize management dialogue meetings, where all factory workers come together with the top management in Kordsa Turkey, started. In the meeting, while sharing information about goals and investments of Kordsa, on the one hand, activities were organized that bring creativity and teamwork at the forefront, on the other hand.

Kordsa was ranked in first place in the industry category by the Instituto Euvaldo Lodi in terms of Best Practices in Internship Programs in the Bahia region, where it conducts its operations in Brazil. Encouraging trainees to participate in important projects, the opportunities it provided and, most importantly, an egalitarian approach to employees and trainees can be counted among the most important factors leading Kordsa to receive this award.

Kordsa cooperared with Kocaeli Reading Art Book Club (Okuma Sanatı) by putting book collection bins to 11 different locations in Izmit plant and Composite Technologies Center of Excellence, thus contributed to the donation of books and reinforced the future of the future of the youth.

Held on April 18-19 at Fairmont Quasar Istanbul, this year's theme of the Sustainable Brands was "Redefining the Good Life." Kordsa's Business and Market Development Director and Construction Business Leader Murat Oğuz Arcan participated as a panellist together with fashion designer Arzu Kaprol in a panel organized as part of Sustainable Brands 2018. The panel topic was "Designing the Future with Technology".

Global Human Resources & IT Director of Kordsa, Nazan Keskin, is listed among Turkey’s most effective “Top 50 Chief Human Resources Officier (CHRO)” by Fortune Turkey magazine and DataExpert.

The Sports and Arts Week (PORSENI) is an event held in Indo Kordsa every year with the aim of encouraging the employees to do sports and attend arts. In addition to the sports competitions which have been organized all week long, a painting contest themed “water and electricity saving” has been organized among little Reinforcers.

Kordsa, supporting university projects with the mission of reinforcing the future, provided training on composite sector and areas of usage at Yıldız Technical University. 

Kordsa Reinforcers visited the villages in the vicinity of Bogor region where the Indonesian factory of Kordsa was located and distributed donation boxes to people in need. Kordsa will continue to reinforce societies of all regions in which it operates.

For its contributions to the foreign trade in the Turkish economy, Kordsa was awarded in the textile category at the "TIM 25th Ordinary General Assembly and the 2017 Export Champion Award Ceremony" organized by the Turkey Exporters Assembly and with the participation of Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on the June 30, 2018 Saturday held at the Istanbul Halic Congress Center. 

Kordsa attended JEC World 2018, the biggest composite technology show in the world. The reinforcement leader shared its expanding product portfolio and new technologies with the visitors. Kordsa’s CEO, Ali Çalışkan, was one of the jury members evaluating a total of 30 projects in 10 different categories at JEC Innovation Awards Ceremony, which took place as part of the JEC World 2018 to celebrate and honor the outstanding innovations of the industry.

Kordsa attended the Movin'On Conference in Montreal. At the conference, formerly known as Michelin Challenge Bibendum, held by Michelin for more than 20 years, Kordsa made a presentation that emphasizes the need to lighten vehicles for efficient and sustainable mobility. Kordsa’s presentation also covered the differences that they could make in mobility with their composite technologies developed through their open innovation approach.

The 2017 All Stars Awards in Kordsa, have found their owners for the 12th time. The rewarding system aims to recognize the improvement and innovation efforts within the company, as well as encourage and inspire other employees. The ceremony was hosted by Kordsa’s Izmit facility with live connections to Kordsa companies in USA, Brazil, Thailand and Indonesia.

Kordsa exhibited its innovative products and tire reinforcement materials at the Tire Tech Expo 2018, in Hannover, Germany on February 20-22, which hosts world’s leading suppliers to tire manufacturing as one of the world’s premier tire technology showcases.

Kordsa visited the school in the Bahia region within the scope of the Excellence Visit made to the factory in Brazil. Organizing a variety of games and activities with the little students of the school it supported within the scope of social responsibility project at the end of the day, Kordsa will continue to reinforce the future with its social responsibility projects.

Kordsa has initiated a restoration project for a school in the Bogor region, where it carries on its operations in Indonesia. Kordsa, laying the foundations for restoration works within the scope of the project, will continue to reinforce the future with its social responsibility activities.

Kordsa reinforcers participated in the “Read across America” awareness project initiated by the U.S. National Institute of Education to motivate children to read. Reinforcers held reading sessions in four different classrooms at their sister school, Dupont Elementary School.

Kordsa Reinforcers attended the Community Night event organized by their adopted school, Dupont Elementary School. Reinforcers served food and drink to students and their parents and had fun together.

Kordsa provided training on the composite sector and its areas of usage during Sabancı University Summer School. Sharing details of composite technologies with high school students, the composite technologies business unit of Kordsa then informed the students about the Composite Technologies Center of Excellence, an open innovation hub, which is the first and only example of the university - industry collaboration in Turkey.

Kordsa sponsored the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, amongst the most important summits of the global entrepreneurship ecosystem. At the "The Fourth Industrial Revolution” panel, Kordsa shared with participants its global collaborations and technologies, which reflect its open innovation mindset.

Inaugurated in December 2017, Kordsa’s new production line of polypropylene monofilament fiber reinforcement, which is based in Kordsa's Izmit plant, became operational in June 2018. With this new investment in construction reinforcement technologies, Kordsa does not only increase its production capacity but also expands its product range.

Kordsa’s dedication to carry out its operations and projects with people and nature at the core, is standardized with respect to the ISO 14001: 2015 Environmental Management Systems Standard, which results in efficient use of natural resources like energy and water, conservation of biodiversity and combatting climate change for all Kordsa plants. 

What we do for our loved ones, we do it in Kordsa.

Kordsa has launched the Taks+ project in Indonesia to increase quality and productivity in its manufacturing processes. The project, which is an outcome of operational excellence approach, has allowed transferring the data collection, monitoring and tracking systems in manufacturing sites to digital media.

Within the scope of the “Improvement Awards”, Kordsa awarded the best individual proposals and projects of 2017 presented by Kordsa Reinforcers.

Together with Sabancı University, Kordsa hosted the Consulate General officials of the United States, Brazil, the Netherlands, Austria, Australia, France and Italy at the Composite Technologies Center of Excellence. 

Kordsa met the representatives of Holland Innovation Network at the Composite Technologies Center of Excellence. 

Kordsa met with analysts within the scope of Sabancı Industry Day. Kordsa shared information about the developments in tire, construction reinforcement and composite technologies, as well as its investments and objectives in 2018 and answered the questions of analysts.

Kordsa, reshaping the industry with its innovative technologies, has developed a new generation fast press curable resin called CM14, which eliminates waterspot and whitespot problems thus providing high visual clarity.

Kordsa’s outstanding 2016 Sustainability Report received Platinum Award in 2018 Inspire Awards organized by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) and ranked 21st among top 100 companies.

Kordsa, committedly continues to carry out corporate social responsibility projects in line with its “We Reinforce Life” vision. In this regard, Kordsa once more made a contribution to reinforce the future of the children in İzmit, the town in which Kordsa’s story started 45 years ago. 250 volunteers from Kordsa sites around the world renovated a primary and secondary school in İzmit, Kocaeli.

Kordsa, acquired US-based Axiom Materials. This acquisition of USD 181 million paved the way for Kordsa to be the only worldwide qualified manufacturer of Oxide-Oxide ceramic matrix composites.

Indo Kordsa participated in the National Career Fair organized by the Indonesian Ministry of Labor. During the fair, Kordsa Reinforcers came together with high school and university students and informed the participants about the tire reinforcement sector and business opportunities at Kordsa.

For the third consecutive year, Kordsa has been listed among the “100 Fastest Growing Companies" in Indonesia. The list, prepared by Info Bank, recognizes the outstanding performances of the top 100 companies among the 355 public-listed companies on the Indonesian Stock Exchange.

Sabancı Holding Chairman Güler Sabancı visited Kordsa's new composite manufacturing facility in the United States. Within the scope of the visit, she was informed about the advanced composite materials that Kordsa has provided to the aerospace sector. The visit was completed with a tour of the production site.

In the 14th International Antalya Marathon Runatolia held in March 2019, Kordsa Reinforcers ran on behalf of the Koruncuk Foundation, to reinforce the lives of children in need of protection.

In 2016, Kordsa announced polyester yarn investments in both Indonesia and Turkey, which would enable 7000 tons of additional capacity in each plant. 

Kordsa among the Leaders in Exports Kordsa received a platinum award at a ceremony that paid tribute to the successful performances of exporting companies that are manufacturers belonging to the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters' Association (İTHİB).

Kordsa Brazil Reinforcers produced furniture for the little children at the school which they support within the scope of their social responsibility project. Kordsa reinforces the society in which it operates and continues its social responsibility projects in all regions.

For the fourth consecutive year, Kordsa has been listed among the best employers in the Bahia region of Brazil within the “Great Place to Work” competition. The fact that Kordsa has won this award for the fourth year in a row proves how important employees are to Kordsa, how Kordsa reinforces relationships and values its people.

In an evaluation of the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) Turkey Climate Change Program, Kordsa raised its score in Climate Change and Water Security and attained one of the highest scores in Turkey. Kordsa continues its eorts to increase its score in line with its Sustainability Roadmap

Kordsa Reinforcers got together with the students of Dupont Elementary School in the USA, which they had declared their sister school. Within the scope of the company’s social responsibility project, Kordsa Reinforcers spent the day doing various games and activities with the little students of the school, enjoying a very pleasant time with the children.

Kordsa Receives Certificate of Achievement for its Energy Efficiency Practices

Continental and Kordsa have together developed a new sustainable adhesive technology standard for bonding textile reinforcing materials with rubber compounds. Reinforcing materials of this kind are used in the tire industry, as well as in the production of mechanical rubber goods like hoses and conveyor belts.

Kordsa Reinforcers participated in the “Read Across America” awareness project, which was initiated by the National Education Agency of America with the aim of motivating children to read. The Reinforcers organized reading sessions in four classes at the Dupont Elementary School, which they had chosen to be their sister school.

The results of a survey to find “Turkey's 50 Most Effective Finance Managers”, conducted through cooperation between Fortune Turkey and DataExpert, have been announced. Kordsa CFO Volkan Özkan was chosen among Turkey's 50 most influential CFOs and received the award at the ceremony.

Kordsa sponsors many university projects, to encourage young people to be involved in technology, innovation, R&D and engineering. Fabric Development Inc., one of Kordsa's composite companies in the United States, provides composite material support to Temple University’s Formula Racing Team.

Kordsa introduced its new light weighting technology in heavy duty vehicle chassis system including structural health monitoring systems, developed together with Ford Otosan at Jec World 2019. Among all the products and technologies showcased by Kordsa during the Expo, the light weighting technology in heavy duty vehicle chassis system, developed in co-operation with Ford Otosan, caught the most attention. Kordsa and Ford Otosan also presented this new light weighting technology at “Composites Exchange” conference on March 13th within the “Automotive & Transportation” track.

Kordsa took part in the Sustainable Brands Conference 2019, the main theme of which was “Redesigning the Good Life”. As part of the Conference, Kordsa CEO Ali Çalışkan participated in a chat session with Sustainability Academy Board Member Semra Sevinç on the subject “Redesigning the Good Life”. Çalışkan said: “To make transportation more eicient...

For the third time, Kordsa has been recognized in the category "Corporate Awareness" at the Awareness Award Ceremony organized by the Institute of Internal Auditors. This year, Kordsa received the award for its work “airplane model”, which promotes awareness in the areas of strategy, innovation and creativity.

Kordsa participated in the 20th Excellence Symposium organized by KalDer Izmir. It received the bronze award in the private sector category of the “Most Successful Team Awards of the Year” section, which was taking place for the 19th time.

2019Kordsa participated in the World Tunnel Congress held in Italy on May 6-8 2019, showcasing its innovative concrete reinforcement product, KraTos Synthetic Fiber Reinforcements. Kordsa informed visitors to the fair about the technological features and advantages of KraTos. The fair is attended by leading engineering and technology development companies from the tunneling and infrastructure sector.

Kordsa has received an award for projects developed within the scope of Sabancı University’s “Industry-Oriented Projects Program”. Kordsa participated in the program with two projects —“Image Classification with Deep Learning” and “Analysis of Hysteresis Curves of Fiber and Cords” — both of which had been developed by undergraduate students under the supervision of Sabancı University.

Kordsa attended the 2nd Industrial Workshop organized by Sabancı University’s Data Analytics Research and Application Center. In a panel on the latest developments in science and technology related to data analytics, Kordsa shared its research on digitalization and advanced data analytics.

Kordsa successfully completed the environmental management system audits at its tire reinforcement facilities in Chattanooga and received ISO 14001: 2015 certification. The environmental management system certification includes commitments related to the efficient use of energy and natural resources, conservation of biodiversity, and the fight against climate change.

Kordsa participated in the 10th International Concrete Congress. With a presentation on “Use of Synthetic Fibers in Permeable Concrete”, Kordsa informed about its eorts to extend the life of environmentally-friendly waterproof concrete through its KraTos synthetic reinforcement fibers.

Representatives from Boeing visited the Center of Excellence in Composite Technologies which is a joint work between Kordsa and Sabancı University. Within the scope of the visit, information was given about the thermoplastic prepreg operations performed at the Center.

The Public University-Industry Cooperation Working Group, which was established by the Ministry of Industry and Technology with the aim of producing technology through effective collaboration between public universities and industry, visited Kordsa's R&D center in İzmit. Visitors were informed about the reinforcement technologies that Kordsa exports from Turkey to the whole world.

A workshop on wearable sensors in the health sector was held at Sabancı University’s Nanotechnology Research and Application Center, led by Kordsa's new R&D platform, “Thin Films and Flexible Electronics Technologies”. Participants exchanged information and opinions on different products and joint project opportunities while discussing next generation technologies.

Kordsa has joined TÜSİAD’s Digital Transformation Accelerator Program for the second time. This year, Kordsa aims to reduce operator downtime and increase productivity by integrating an automatic product extraction system and the use of IoT into twisting machines.

Kordsa was one of the speakers at the 2nd Smart Production Technologies and Digitalization Conference. A representative from Kordsa informed participants about Kordsa's use of digitalization and robots according to its industry 4.0 roadmap. The presentation also covered sensor technologies and advanced data analytics.

IATF 16949: 2016 Automotive Quality Management System trainings continue at Kordsa. The quality management system, framing globally-valid technical requirements for the automotive industry, aims to increase profitability by reducing problems and risks in the supply chain.

In Turkey, Kordsa quality teams organized a day to discuss customer complaints and analyze supplier quality-development projects. Within the scope of the event, presentations were given on improvement projects that could be realized with the aim of eliminating quality problems and preventing the recurrence of all kinds of failures.

Kordsa has become a member of the Additive Producers Association (KÜB), a pioneer in sectoral coordination and developments, where concrete, mortar and cement admixture producers come together under one roof. The Kordsa Construction Reinforcement Business Unit aims to contribute to the KÜB’s sector development activities with respect to concrete reinforcement applications.

Kordsa will support 9 students with 3 projects in cooperation with Sabancı University within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 2244 Industrial Doctorate Program. The program aims to use university-industry cooperation to train qualified human resources up to the doctoral degree required in the industry, to encourage the employment of doctoral researchers in the industry and to develop universities’ research infrastructure.

At its facilities in Thailand, Kordsa has managed to reach the target it set itself of 4500 working hours without a work accident. Reinforcers got together to celebrate having met their objectives by bringing working practices in line with standards for work safety and occupational health.