We Reinforce Life

Founded in 1973 as a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, Kordsa is as a global frontrunner in its sector, supplying premier tire companies worldwide with reinforcement materials for half a century. With time, Kordsa has broadened its reinforcing expertise, venturing into the composite market.

With the vision of "Reinforcing life," Kordsa continues to produce and invest in this direction by developing new technologies in its business lines, transforming sector standards with more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives. While reinforcing its position in existing business lines, Kordsa continues to invest in different areas that will create added value for the industry of the future, especially advanced material technologies with its technological infrastructure and innovation culture.

The history of Kordsa, which began in 1973 by manufacturing cord fabric for automobile tires, continues today as an "Advanced Materials Company" that has expanded to 6 countries on 4 continents.

1096 Patent Applications
619 Approved Patents

A global player in the tire reinforcement and composite technologies markets, Kordsa operates in 6 countries— Türkiye, Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, Italy and the USA under the mission of «Reinforcing Life

Europe

Nylon 66 and Polyester Yarn, Tire Cord Fabric, Single-End Cord, Hybrid Cord Products, Composite Technologies

Asia-Pacific

Nylon 66 and Polyester Yarn, Tire Cord Fabric, Single-End Cord, Hybrid Cord Products

North America

Nylon 66 and Polyester Yarn, Tire Cord Fabric, Single-End Cord, Hybrid Cord Products, Composite Technologies

South America

Nylon 66 and Polyester Yarn, Tire Cord Fabric, Single-End Cord, Hybrid Cord Products

Tire Reinforcement Technologies

Kordsa delivers top-tier, end-to-end solutions customized for manufacturers crafting tires for various vehicles — from automobiles and agricultural machinery to industrial vehicles, lorries, buses, motorcycles, and airplanes. Kordsa reinforces 1 in every 3 automobile tires and 2 in every 3 airplane tires globally.

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Composite Technologies

Kordsa is committed to reinforcing life by developing innovative intermediate products such as prepregs, prepreg adhesive and surface films, and phenolic honeycombs for the aerospace and automotive industries through its composite technologies.

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History
  • 1973
    1973 Kordsa Tire Cord Fabric plant in İzmit
  • 1976
    1976 First exports to Yugoslavia
  • 1987
    1987 Dusa, Sabancı-Du-Pont Nylon Yarn Plant.
  • 1990
    1990 Initiation of "Quality Culture" studies and implementation of Total Quality Management
  • 1993
    1993 The first textile company in the world to receive ISO 90001 Certification
  • 1996
    1996 Tüsiad-Kalder Quality Award
  • 1998
    1998 South America Investment
  • 1999
    1999 Merger of Dusa yarn plant and Kordsa fabric plant.
  • 2000
    2000 Investing in North America
  • 2005
    2005 Merging with Sakosa
  • 2006
    2006 Expanding in Asia; Indonesia, Thailand, China
  • 2008
    2008 Launching the Global Technology Center
  • 2010
    2010 Member of the TURQUALITY Global Brand Program
  • 2015
    2015 Innovation Strategy Champion
  • 2016
    2016 Composite Technologies Center of Excellence
  • 2017
    2017 Second R&D Center
  • 2018
    2018 AS9100 certification for the production facility at Composite Technologies Center of Excellence
  • 2018
    2018 Acquisitions of Fabric Development Inc. and Textile Products Inc.
  • 2018
    2018 Acquisition of Advanced Honeycomb Technologies
  • 2019
    2019 Acquisition of Axiom Materials
  • 2019
    2019 Development of a new sustainable adhesive standard to bond rubber-based compounds and textile reinforcement materials in collaboration with Continental
  • 2020
    2020 Kordsa increased its score given by Ecovadis to the “Gold Medal” category.
  • 2021
    2021 Kordsa became one of the three companies from Turkey that entered the "A" List in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) 'Water Program Evaluation.'
  • 2022
    2022 Acquisition of the majority shares of the Italian firm Microtex Composites Srl.
  • 2022
    2022 Launch of the first Solar Energy Panel project in Indonesia
  • 2023
    2023 Kordsa received Türkiye’s best R&D Center award for the 4th time from the Ministry of Industry and Technology.
  • 2023
    2023 Thai IndoKordsa took an important step in energy production and saving by placing solar panels on the roofs of its production facilities.
  • 2023
    2023 The world-famous JIPM Institution awarded Kordsa Izmit Factory the TPM Excellence Award in Category A for the successful Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) approach.
  • 2023
    2023 Launch of the Asia-Pacific Technical Center at IndoKordsa in Indonesia
  • 2023
    2023 Opening of Kordsa's second technical center in Munich
  • 2024
    2024 Opening of new prepreg line at Microtex Composites Srl.
  • 2024
    2024 Opening of Kordsa’s third technical center in North America
  • 2025
    2025 The acquisition of all shares of Microtex Composites S.r.l.