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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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.

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.