The results of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry’s (ISO) 2018 survey of Turkey’s Second 500 Largest Industrial Enterprises have been announced. Yorglass, one of the leading companies in the glass sector in Turkey for 45 years, ranked 50th on the list of Turkey’s Second 500 Largest Industrial Enterprises, moving up 70 places compared to 2017.
The results of the 2018 Second 500 Largest Industrial Enterprises of Turkey, prepared annually by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, have been announced. In the research that determines the largest industrial enterprises based on sales from production, Yorglass, one of the strong players of the glass sector in Turkey, ranked 50th, moving up 70 places compared to 2017. The company was ranked 120th in the same research in 2017. Increasing its position year by year among the 1000 largest companies in Turkey, Yorglass has stepped into the league of giants with its growth performance.
Having achieved great success by rising to 502nd place in the list of Türkiye’s Top 1000 Exporters announced by the Turkish Exporters Assembly last month, Yorglass entered the ISO Second 500 list in 50th place with its revenue from production sales, success in exports, investments in R&D activities and high technology. Reflecting the rise it achieved in exports to the ISO Second 500 list, the company has moved up 70 places in one year from its 120th place in the ISO Second 500 2017 list.
Innovation creates added value
Yorglass, which has been producing in Turkey for nearly half a century, increased its export performance by 25 percent in 2018 as one of the leading companies in the glass sector. Yorglass CEO Semavi Yorgancılar, who stated that they have entered the top 1000 industrial establishments of Turkey with their value-added production power as well as their successful export performance, said, “We are very proud to be ranked 50th in the 2018 Turkey’s Second 500 Largest Industrial Establishments survey, moving up 70 places compared to the previous year. This success is the common success of the Yorglass Family, from our business partners to our customers, together with all our employees. The results of this important survey show that industrialists who produce value-added production, invest in R&D and focus on exports, even under the most difficult conditions, increase their contribution to the national economy with their investments. We also crowned our 45th year in the sector by ranking 50th among these industrialists this year. The main focus of our activities is always to meet the needs and expectations of our customers by producing sustainable and innovative solutions. Because innovation and new generation production technologies also bring added value. In 2019, we aim to contribute more to our entire ecosystem and our national economy, where we work and provide service.”
45 years of experience in the glass sector
Yorglass, which operates in the decorative glass, commercial refrigerator and white goods branches of the flat glass trade and industrial glass processing sector, provides services with its Yorglass Trade, Yorglass Satina, Yorglass Commercial Cooler and Yorglass White Goods brands under its roof, with 4 production facilities in Manisa, Gebze, Bolu and Eskişehir and its Trade Enterprise in Izmir. The company, which exports to more than 60 countries on 5 continents, is the second company that exports the most in the flat glass sector with an export revenue exceeding 40 million dollars in 2018.
