Kordsa received the 'Best Supplier Award' from Pirelli which assesses its suppliers in terms of quality of products and services, speed, sustainability, innovative approach, global presence and service level criteria. Kordsa CEO Ali Çaliskan received the award from Andrea Casaluci, general manager operations at Pirelli, at an award ceremony held recently.

Kordsa received 'Pirelli Supplier Award' for global presence and service level based on its criteria in selection and evaluation of its own suppliers, labour and human rights, health and safety, environmental protection, ethics, and management practices, said Kordsa in a press release.

Kordsa requires its suppliers and business partners to operate in accordance with the principles in its statement on Code of Business Ethics and assess their environmental and societal effects.

"At Kordsa, on our journey based on our 'Inspired from Life, We Reinforce Life' motto, behind each and every decision and investment of ours lies the goal to produce sustainable technologies. That's why we see ensuring our own sustainability as the first step of sustainability. But it is not enough to focus on our own sustainability. It is crucial that our suppliers also move forward parallel to our sustainability roadmap. This award indicates that we are on the right track regarding our supplier evaluation system. I would like to thank all our employees and the suppliers who join us on our sustainability journey," said Çaliskan.

Kordsa is the global player of tire, construction reinforcement and composites technologies market. As the worldwide leader of the tire reinforcement technologies market, it carries out production through a vast area from US to Asia Pacific and supplies its reinforcement technologies to the whole world. With its business processes all based on R&D and innovation, Kordsa has 786 patent applications world-wide.