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, 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.,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 is a global company, operating in 5 continents. Due to cultural and environmental differences, Quality has the utmost importance in order to provide the same product and the same service to all our customers all over the world.

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.

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.