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This is a story of progress... Founded in 1935 by İş Bankası under the visionary leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Şişecam was established to build Turkey’s glass industry. Over the decades, we have evolved into a global player in glass and chemicals. From our origins as a local initiative, we have grown into a trusted and leading player in all core areas of glass production and chemicals. Today, we are the global leader in glassware, among the top five producers in flat glass and glass packaging, and among the top three producers in soda ash worldwide. In chromium chemicals, we are the world leader. Operating across 12 countries on four continents- including Turkey, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Georgia, Egypt, India, and the United States- we take pride in our wide global footprint. We play a pioneering role in flat glass, glassware, glass packaging, chemicals, automotive, glass fiber, mining, energy, and recycling industries. We are steadily progressing toward our goal of being among the top three global producers in our core industries, differentiating by our smart people and technologies. Supported by 90 years of expertise, over 23,000 employees, and a sales network connecting 150 countries, we are committed to driving inclusive and sustainable growth. Through our CareForNext strategy, we align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to protect the planet, empower communities, and lead transformative change. Our journey of progress is defined by a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and progress.

A family business for the past 80 years, the Swiss company Vitra collaborates with leading designers to develop innovative products and concepts for contemporary home and office environments. Joining a portfolio of furniture classics by Jean Prouvé, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Verner Panton, these products are used worldwide by architects, companies, the public sector and private individuals to build inspirational spaces for living and working. The Vitra Campus with buildings by some of the world’s leading architects and the Vitra Design Museum with its exhibitions on design and architecture, design archives and a comprehensive furniture collection are all part of Vitra. They inspire visitors, inform the design process and create an atmosphere in which innovation flourishes. Find the privacy statement at www.vitra.com/privacy

Çimsa, a subsidiary of Sabancı Holding, was founded in Mersin in 1972. Today, the company operates three integrated production plants in Türkiye, located in Mersin, Eskişehir, and Afyon. In addition to producing gray cement, Çimsa leads the Turkish cement and building materials sector in innovation, offering value added products such as white cement and CAC. Çimsa, one of the world's foremost brands in white cement and one of the world's top three producers of CAC with the latest investment completed in Mersin, manages its global operations through Cimsa Building Solutions BV, leveraging its production expertise and the financial strength of its principal shareholder, Sabancı Holding. Cimsa Building Solutions BV has emerged as a key player in the international white cement market, with a white cement production plant in Valencia, Spain, a grinding plant in Houston, USA, and terminals in Hamburg, Germany, Trieste, Italy, and Seville, Spain. Further expanding its global footprint, Cimsa Building Solutions BV acquired Ireland-based Mannok Holdings in October 2024. Çimsa, which develops new technologies that shed light on the future of the building materials industry in Türkiye through its first R&D Center, Formülhane—approved by the Ministry of Industry and Technology—operates at the Mersin Plant, the only integrated facility in the world capable of producing gray cement, white cement, and calcium aluminate cement; has at the same time extended its innovation power to Europe through the Sabancı Technology Center located on the campus of the Technical University of Munich. Çimsa ensures the complete and timely fulfillment of its customers' product and service needs through its market-focused approach and extensive distribution network. As a trusted partner to its stakeholders, the company delivers essential materials for living spaces and infrastructures designed to endure for generations to come.