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.

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 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.

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".

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 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 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 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.

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

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.