Corporate communication publication of AGT. Published quarterly. Free of charge. March - April May 2019

OUR PASSION IS BIGGER THAN THE WORLD

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AGT will be one step closer to its goal of ranking among the Top-50 Industrial Enterprises in 2023 with its second MDF Project, the first production of which will be started very soon, and its other investments in the future.

Distinguished Members of the AGT Family, Dear Friends,

We are delighted to leave behind the first represent our country also the Interzum quarter of 2019, which we started with Fairs during which we will introduce our ONUR GÜVEN high goals, by going beyond these goals. new decorations to representatives from We, as AGT Brand, continue to contribute the sector in May. Successfully finalizing Executive President and to the reduction of the current account the campaigns which we have set up for Board Member deficit of our country by continuously our stakeholders and flooring masters, we producing and increasing our export are proud to have received five prizes at volume, despite the stagnation in the the ceremony where the Export Stars of domestic market. our region were awarded. In parallel with these developments, we are constantly 01 With the start of our MDF production at the developing and following new projects beginning of 2014, we have managed home and abroad in terms of new to become the most active and most investments. followed brand of our country within such a time period we could say very short I would like to share with you the happiness for an industrial enterprise. In 2015, we that we have started the project work of included Laminate Flooring in our product our wood-based panel investments that will range and commissioned our first and create an added value and expand our second Laminate Flooring production product portfolio in the 60-hectare industrial lines, respectively. Becoming one of the land we purchased in a region close to actors that dominate the market in just two Antalya and that we will soon start the years with its innovative brand approach, construction of the project. AGT will be one step closer to its goal With these developments, I wish you of ranking among the Top-50 Industrial have a peaceful Ramadan, the month of Enterprises in 2023 with its second MDF blessing and spiritual kindness, and wish Project, the first production of which will be all the esteemed female members of the started very soon, and its other investments AGT Family a happy March 8 International in the future. Women’s Day once again. We represented our country at the Domotex Fair where we established Sincere regards, important export connections in the period Three-dimensional colors we have left behind and will continue to ONUR GÜVEN High Gloss Panels that impresses everyone with its three-dimensional colors is a correct choice for glamorous houses. Quarterly periodical Publisher on behalf of AGT Ağaç Sanayi ve Tic A.Ş.: Onur Güven, Chief Editor: Tolga Dumrul, Editorial Coordinator: Mehmet Efe Süyek, Editorial Board: Burcu Dündar, Emrah Akpınar, Ezgi Selçuk, Halit Çınar, Management Office: Antalya Organize Sanayi Bölgesi 3. Kısım, 35. Cadde 07190 Döşemealtı Phone: +90 242 249 17 17 Fax +90 242 249 17 27 İstanbul Kısıklı Mh. Alemdağ Cad. No: 36 Çamlıca Phone: +90 216 344 82 48 Fax: +90 216 344 82 48 Content and Design: Dilara Irmak, dilarairmak.com Printing: Umur Basım San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Dudullu OSB Mahallesi 2. Cadde No: 5 P.K. 34776 Ümraniye / ISTANBUL Phone: +90 216 645 62 00

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Colour Alternatives for Children’s Rooms White and soft tones together with grey colour can be well used to create a neutral perspective. For example, you can choose a grey wall paint and create a perception of higher ceiling using AGT baseboards of a few shade lighter or darker than the shade you have chosen. When we go into more details, we can say that soft and matt green tones, purple and mustard changeovers are one of the newest trends.

You should always choose a universal shade particularly when choosing a wall paint. To make a difference, choosing a single- colour and patterned wallpaper or wall stickers that fit the changes you will make will be sufficient. With AGT panels, you can also meet your storage needs for your child’s stuff and make the area more colourful. You can decide the colour taking into account the children’s room decoration you want to apply.

WELCOMING SPRING: POINTS TO CONSIDER WHEN RENEWING CHILDREN’S ROOM?

02 Responding to your child’s changing interests and needs with 03 alternatives you have is directly proportional to your imagination. When renewing your children’s room: First of all, the changes you will make using different colour options will allow you to have fast and decisive results. • You should first consider the health and heat conditions as You can use different small stickers not only on wall decoration, well as the appearance of the floor you will choose. You can but also on furnitures, and make the children’s room furnitures more check AGT Effect, Effect Exclusive and Effect Premium flooring colourful. You can enliven the room decoration using different collections that fit your decorative combinations with their natural patterns that have a good heat insulation and are wooden and stickers after the colour change. easy-to-clean. You can also make a small, but effective change using cabinet • Second, you should check the technical specifications of the doors and handles. Without changing the cabinets, you can paint that you prefer for your walls. You can consider water- change your cabinet doors and handles and thus, achieve a whole based, breathable paint options that can be easily cleaned Balancing and Close to Natural Get Away from the Crowd with the Montesorri new look. against scratches and paintings. Method You should also consider functionality for your furniture preferences It is also possible that you achieve integrity in the room using a • Illumination products are a must for a balanced light. You can which you need to make sure that they are stylish and durable. Playgrounds in children’s rooms are quite important. For this dresser and bedside stand of similar colours. create illuminated environments you will enjoy to sleep using wall- Expandable beds and roof-shaped bed designs that can be used reason, the items you will put in your child’s room should not For a major change, it is better that you do not ignore some steps. mounted wall lights as well as local lights. as a playground can help you create a pleasant atmosphere. As be too large, and you should leave a balanced space for the So, what are those steps? • Heat insulation is of vital importance in children’s rooms your child grows, you can shift to designs that will not require you playground. Indispensable stuffed toys, baby dolls, wooden dolls rather than in other parts of the house. You can check the to change the room. and cars, are important for them than all other details. insulation alternatives in order to create a balanced heat in the floor, window and wall sections and to be less affected by the Speaking of natural materials, you should, of course, choose A peaceful getaway area not only for children, but also for adults, changing temperatures during mid-seasons. wooden materials. Using materials identified with nature plays a children’s rooms will allow you to create a distinctive and specific balancing role in the personal development of children in a world character with personalized details. You should create a happy dominated by technology. bedroom by choosing a bamboo rocking chair, big and small mattresses and beanbag chairs of soft fabric alternatives. When you tend towards natural materials as much as possible, Boy or Girl? A Common Look in Children’s Rooms you can also consider chairs, tables and other children’s furnitures There is also a common practice in this area: The Montesorri First of all, we can say that the ‘’gender equality in decoration’’ trend produced using nestable materials without any metal brackets, Method, meaning ‘’the less, the better’’. With this perspective, in recent years also includes children’s rooms. The colours and themes which are the most popular products of recent years. it is important that you complete this area with wood toys and that are not reserved specifically for girls or boys and that apply to both accessories in moderation and away from the unnecessary crowd. genders are considered as the first step in decorating children’s rooms. Easy-to-clean and healthy wooden laminate floorings come first The trend colour in the rooms shaped accordingly is of course grey. as usual in floor preferences. Natural, easy-to-clean, functional If you want to use bunk-bed furnitures, you can choose products and durable AGT floorings are your service when it comes to with its bottom part that can be turned into a playground unit or However, small details are, as usual, allowed in order to personalize flooring! You can complete your floors with a thin carpet or rug of a second bed. This type of furniture options is an example of a the room. For example, you can create beautiful wall accessories by antibacterial properties. functional design that is often preferred in Scandinavian countries framing clothing products of your child that you like and are no lon- and saves you space. ger used. AGT Multi-Purpose Profiles can help you with frameworks. DECORATION March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 DECORATION

2019 Exhibition Notes from AGT Nihal Cip, Architect and AGT’s Product Development IMPRESSIONS Manager, examined four different points of view in this special exhibition: IN THE MILAN ‘’The decoration trends in the exhibition are very diversified. In addition to the designs that are shaped by indispensable details, multiple-usages also stand out. Marble patterns, DESIGN WEEK decorative stone, black-white, grey-white and mustard coloured alternatives come to the fore in pattern trends. The carrera marble pattern and the specific pattern of oak tree look well paired. Both dark and light walnut colours appear in their most modern forms. One of the innovations in the exhibition is that some oak patterns are polished with a What is new in 2019 in decoration and design? Which designer walnut tree shade to give them a brand-new appearance. and world brand has come to the forefront with what works? Black colour on surfaces, tables and coffee tables is used in What are the most stunning installations? Which chair is this year’s combination with wood texture. Glossy surfaces leave their favourite? We have briefly noted the information we collected from places completely to matte alternatives. The majority of them the streets of Milan for answers to all these questions. include marble materials. Thus, problems, such as fingerprints, The ‘’Milan Design Week’’, the most prestigious and important event are eliminated. Linear sheet metals are used in lean wood as accepted by the design world circles every year, revived the spirit materials and are preferred especially in inner sides of of the design squirting from all corners of Milan. The design event, cupboards.” held April 9 to 14, 2019, brought together the names of world- famous brands and designers.

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Following Vivid Colours ‘’Living coral’’, the pantone colour of the year, appears especially in textile products and accessories. Grey colour and its shades lead this year as every year and are followed by colours like soft blue, reseda green, A Simultaneous Design Journey with Salone mixture of red and brown. Del Mobile Milano In the field of changing furniture trends, circular forms, considered as the continuation of the retro style, carry Held integrated with the application ‘’Salone Del Mobile Milano’’ this as every year, the event offered the opportunity to see the streets the traces of the 70s with fine furniture feet. of Milan with design and event priority. Visitors who downloaded the application onto their smart-phones had the chance to see how an Furthermore, profile covers are among the rising trends. event was being enjoyed by such a big city. This is just one of the beauties that technology brings to our lives. Multi-coffee tables and coffee tables with different The event, organized simultaneously with the Salone Del Mobile 2019 Exhibition attracted a great deal of attention with the furniture materials and round form are one of the popular exhibition, the world’s largest in the field of living spaces. Visitors both took part in the events in different parts of the city and had the materials used. Their geometric wood patterns also opportunity to see the latest furnitures and accessories of the exhibition with visitors from all over the world! stand out on tables, floors and floorings. Eylül - Ekim - Kasım 2018 March - April - May 2019 R&D Convenience to AGT Business Partners WE ARE DIGITALIZING OUR MEASURES and innovation to the FOR A BETTER FUTURE... industry again from AGT! E-transformation has begun with bayi.agt.com.tr, no need to place orders by phone anymore.

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Our RTLS project in our digital transformation roadmap is important in terms of ensuring that the instant data of the factory are monitored, estimated and optimized. The implementation of many solutions, such as increasing occupational safety warnings and measures with innovative solutions, optimization of logistics processes and vehicle usage, analysis and pre-estimation of data to be obtained from sensors, at the factory site using new technologies provided by the Real Time Position Tracking > Place your order Systems will strengthen the decisions of our employees and increase our > Inquire the stocks operational efficiency. > Access all your information INTERVIEW March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 TRAVEL INTERVIEW/BUSINESS PARTNER IN ANKARA INTERVIEW WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNER IN ANKARA

A UNIQUE UPLAND BEAUTY:ANKARA

08 09 When explaining the reasons for As a matter of fact, the Ulus Square PRAISED AS ‘’A UNIQUE the election of Ankara as the capital - Çankaya axis housed important in 1923, Atatürk used this concise structures in the following years, like UPLAND BEAUTY’’ BY metaphor. Dating back 3000 years the State Theatre, the Radio House, BC, Ankara was born with a whole the Faculty of Languages, History and ATATÜRK 67 YEARS different identity as a result of the birth Geography, ministries, the Grand pains it had suffered during the War National Assembly, embassies, trade AGO, ANKARA HAS of Independence. When we climb the centres and major hotels. famous castle of Ankara overlooking First of all, could you please tell us about result of the efficient visits of AGT Parke’s sales team. NOW BECOME A Ankara competes with Istanbul in terms almost the entire city and watch the yourself and your company? We hope that our cooperation and work will continue. of educational and cultural institutions. scenery, we can right away see the old The company was founded by Ali Rıza Onat who started in MODERN CAPITAL Universities, such as Ankara University, and the new Ankara in intertwined and business 1982 and was the founder of Ali Rıza Onat İnşaat Could you please share with us your evaluation WHERE TURKEY HAS Middle East Technical University, Malzemeleri A.Ş., established in 1987, and has grown up mixed into each other. of 2018 and your expectations from 2019? Hacettepe University, Gazi University, to today. ITS PULSE. The Augustus Temple, the Roman Bath, Bilkent University, have made the capital I think 2018 was a very successful year for both our the Column of Julian, the Ahi Şerafeddin a city of universities. company and AGT. Thanks to AGT’s sense of quality in and Ahi Elvan Mosques in the city, the Due to the unexpected death of our father in 2015, I, as the market and the ever-growing sales network of ARO, I The National Library, the State Theatres, Alaeddin Mosque in the old-town, the the oldest child of our family and continued trade, assumed can say that 2018 was a successful year for our company the State Opera and Ballet, the Cenabi Ahmet Paşa Mosque by Mimar the duty of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Together despite the contraction in the last quarter of 2018. We, Presidential Symphony Orchestra and Sinan are among the most important with my brothers, we continue our work with full strength to as ALİ RIZA ONAT A.Ş., started 2019 with the same numerous private theatres can be listed historical buildings of Ankara, if we do level up our company with the logic of the new generation, excitement and enthusiasm. among the cultural and art institutions. not count Gordion, the famous ancient which has a 37-year history and employs hundreds of The Anatolian Civilizations Museum, We continue our work with the same excitement. city located near Polatlı, the Gavurkale people. the Ethnographic Museum, the State Hittite Rock Tombs in Haymana. Art and Sculpture Museum, the Natural Could you share your views and expectations Could you tell us your story with AGT? The development of the new Ankara History Museum, the Çankaya Atatürk about AGT? We have sold and been a distributor in Turkey of laminate started on the road that connected the Museum and the First Grand National We wish that our harmonious and productive cooperation flooring products in many provinces of Turkey since old city to the station, clustered around Assembly of Turkey Museum are among with AGT will continue for many years. We hope that the 2000. However, we have decided to work with domestic the castle. All important buildings, the worth-seeing museums of the city. contributions of AGT to our company and our business especially the building of the former producers in order to support domestic production due The modest steppe city, praised as ‘’a partnership with AGT growing every day together with us Grand National Assembly of Turkey, to rising exchange rates in the market and the fact that unique upland beauty’’ by Atatürk 67 will be continuous and lasting. We proudly sell AGT, the gathered around Ulus Square. However, domestic producers have increased their qualities and years ago, has now become a modern domestic brand of our country. Çankaya, where Atatürk lived, was the production capacities. In 2017, we decided to continue our capital where Turkey has its pulse and messenger of the direction of the future journey with AGT Parke by taking into consideration the has added many more beauties to its developments. brand’s full of success history and branding mindset as a beauty. INTERVIEW March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 TREND INTERVIEW/BUSINESS PARTNER IN KIBRIS INTERVIEW WITH OUR TREBAX BUSINESS PARTNER IN CYPRUS

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a UNIQUE DESTINATION WHERE YOU CAN EXPERIENCE SUMMER DURING ALL SEASONS

Nicosia, the capital of the TRNC, is 25 kilometers to Kyrenia. Housing the TRNC Parliament, the city is surrounded by the star-shaped walls, built by the Venetians in the 15th Century. The neighbourhood behind the 10 Selimiye Mosque is like an open-air museum that exhibits 11 First of all, could you please tell us about yourself and your company? the surreal synthesis of the Lusignan, Venetian and Ottoman architectures. The Arasta Street is one of the oldest shopping In my childhood, I had the opportunity to work in and learn about the furniture business, our family business since centres in the city. You should at least have one day for a 1975. In 1997, we took over the business from our father and started off as a two-person staff business. In 2003, me trip covering important venues of the city like the Grand and my brother established Ciddi Mutfak Ltd. Today, we are the largest kitchen and modular furniture manufacturer Bazar, the Dervish Pasha Mansion, the Sultan Mahmut in the market with our professional staff consisting of 170 employees in our factory with 10.000m2 closed area, Library and the Bedesten. established with our own equity. In addition to Ciddi Mutfak, our main brand, we are a distributor of various import furniture brands. Operating in a show-room in Girne in the beginning, Ciddi Mutfak Ltd. then opened branches in The most important tourist place of Güzelyurt, famous for its Nicosia and Famagusta and developed its sales points. Currently, we have a total of four (4) stores together with ‘Ciddi citrus gardens, is the Nature and Archaeological Museum. Home’, the island’s largest furniture store located in Nicosia. Trebax, our other company, supplies raw materials and Housing the oldest copper mines in the world, Lefke is accessories to furniture manufacturers. In addition, with ‘Mobilfix’, our other company, we provide installation services known and famous for its Soli Ruins and Vuni Palace. in the furniture industry. In addition to my duties in our companies, I am the Vice-President of a sports club in Kyrenia One of the settlements where the medieval architecture is and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Turkish Cypriot Furniture Manufacturers. best preserved in the Eastern Mediterranean, Famagusta carries the traces of five thousand years of history. In Could you tell us your story with AGT? addition to the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, the Othello We met AGT when we were looking for innovations which we could bring to the sector in Cyprus in the first years we Castle, mentioned in William Shakespeare’s work, and the entered the sector. We started to work with AGT in 1998 in order to import ready-to-use membrane covers. We have dungeon where Namik Kemal was imprisoned are worth- developed and grew together with AGT we have been working with more than 20 years. seeing places of the city. The Salamis Ruins, located five historical sites of the island. One of the most exciting parts of the kilometres north-east of Famagusta, is one of the largest island is the Karpaz Peninsula, stretching from the eastern end of the Mediterranean to Anatolia like a forefinger. Could you please share with us your evaluation of 2018 and your expectations from 2019? The 20-kilometer road from Yeni Erenköy to Dipkarpaz is home It is obvious that 2019 will not be an easy year for our country. Despite the increase in virtual demand in the past years, to unspoiled Caretta caretta beach, abandoned monasteries and the sector has invested heavily in capacity expansion. However, due to the lack of investment in marketing activities, free-wandering Cypriot donkeys. The mosque and the church in there has been a serious hardship arising from the decrease in demand. We have taken measures against this situation Dipkarpaz, the last settlement on the tip of the Karpaz Peninsula, with our investments we made in order to increase our marketing capacity at the end of 2018. In return for increasing face each other. When you are in the deserted cove of the our marketing capacity, we have achieved our target of order receipts for 2019. We recommend other companies Apostolos Andreas Monastery accompanied by the Greek tunes in the sector to take similar measures in times of crisis. We are currently developing our marketing and production rising from the Nikos’s Coffee House in the village square, it feels strategies and conducting our promotional activities by focusing on 2020. like you have reached the end of the world. Every corner of Northern Cyprus speaks of a deep-rooted history. Could you share your views and expectations about AGT? The Bedesten in Nicosia, used as a bazaar during the Ottoman AGT has always been able to thrill and surprise us with the innovations it offers to us every year during exhibition times period, was converted from an old church built in Gothic style. or visits. Our expectation from AGT is that AGT further invests in technology and R&D and maintains its innovative approach it has developed. Karaman (Karmi) village in Kyrenia has been living in peace for centuries with its European inhabitants. HUMAN ASSETS March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 HUMAN ASSETS

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Happy March 8 Mr. Münir Karaloğlu, the Governor of International Women’s Antalya, visited our facility! Day to Women Who Encouraging and always supporting us about new Beautify our Lives with investments, Mr. Münir Karaloğlu, the Governor of Antalya, visited our facility. their Labour! We came together with all our Women Employees on March 8 International Women’s Day with the participation of Mr. Mehmet Semih Söylemez, Board Member.

We welcomed little visitors at our facility! The awareness training, organized for the children of our Company’s employees within the scope the Occupational Health and Safety Week and provided to the children by Çisem Çetin, our Occupational Health and Safety Specialist, was followed by a painting event. Our AGT Running Club participated in Runatoli! little ones brought fun and different comments to the subject matter. Thank you to all our friends who shared this excitement at the event where we had the pleasure of being together. A Great Interest in Our Brand The intense interest in our brand and stand continued on the second day of the Güney Kariyer Fair.

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Akdeniz University Students Visited Us! The students of Akdeniz University, Vocational School Business Administration visited our facility. The guests came together with our Human Resources Team after the production site tour

We came together in the ‘’We are Talking about Business’’ event we hosted and organized by Peryön Akdeniz! We came together with Human Resources professionals and students of Antalya Science University in the event ”We are Talking about Business’’, which we hosted and was organized by Peryön Akdeniz. In the event where Mr. Onur Güven, Chairman of the Executive Board, made the opening speech, Mr. Mehmet Occupational Health and Safety Management Semih Söylemez, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, System Internal Assessment Training shared his thoughts during his speech themed ‘’Achieving Completed! Together’’. We hold an Occupational Health and Safety Management We had the pleasure of being together in our event, which System Internal Assessment Training under TS ISO 45001 in our was completed with the speech of Mr. Yasin Öztürk, Company. The training was provided by Sevgi Kocabas, Lead Human Resources Director, named ‘’An Experience of Assessor and Training Expert, with the participation of TSE. Short Journey to the Real North of Human Resources’’. INTERVIEW March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 NEWS FROM AGT

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RECEP KENDIRCIOĞLU AGT HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

Could you tell us about yourself briefly? I was born in Konya. I completed my primary, secondary and high school education in Antalya and I graduated from SÜLEYMAN İSTİ Anadolu University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative FOREMAN OF AGT MELAMINE PRESS Sciences and completed my master’s degree on Human Relations at Ankara University. Finally, I completed the Could you tell us about yourself briefly? Executive Development Program at Bilkent University within I was born in 1974 in Antalya. I completed my primary and the scope of Turquality. I started my career in the Human Resources Department of a private company operating in secondary education in Ekşili, a pleasant village of Döşemealtı. agricultural sector in Antalya and then, I continued my career I graduated from Antalya Industrial Vocational High School. I in various managerial roles in Human Resources departments worked as a pharmacist assistant for four (4) years after school in the Woodwork sector and the Energy sector in which our and then, I worked at Anteks, a company operating in Antalya Company operates. Organized Industrial Zone, for 15 years. Happily, I have been in the AGT family since 2013. How did your paths cross with Human Resources Departments and then, with AGT? 14 How did your story with AGT begin and in which 15 I had the opportunity to attend a number of courses related positions have you worked so far? Our brand introduced its to the different departments of a business thanks to the I heard from my immediate circle about the new investment of department I studied in my student years, and the courses AGT when the company I worked for was about to close, and new products to sector I was interested in the most were marketing and human made an application to AGT. I started to work in June 2013. professionals at Domotex resources. So, after I graduated, I sought a job on marketing First, I was employed in MDF Press installation and switched and human resources, and I had the opportunity to work as a to Melamine Press installation when it was commissioned. I 2019. Human Resources Assistant Specialist in a company operating worked as a Melamine Press Operator between 2015 and in the agricultural sector. We had the opportunity to exhibit our new flooring 2018 and I have been working as a foreman since April series at DOMOTEX 2019, the international carpet As a result of my quest of working for a company that 2018. and flooring exhibition held in Germany between approaches Human Resources strategically, values its January 11 and 14. We had the opportunity to employees’ ideas and offers individual development What is your most unforgettable memory in AGT? introduce our new innovative collections, attracted a opportunities, I met AGT at the end of 2012 and had the We were so happy as a team when we produced the first great interest during the exhibition, in the market and chance to work with AGT. melamine board with the Melamine Press Line I. That moment aimed to expand the same with new business contacts What do you think what are the greatest was so beautiful. established. strengths of AGT? Could you tell us about your position, how does it The greatest strength of our Company is definitely the human feel to work on a large production site? value it attaches to its employees. In the corporate culture of AGT, everyone can freely express their ideas in line I am currently working as a production manager at the with the philosophy of ‘’achieving together’’, achieve their Melamine Press. We have three press machines and fifty-five objectives together with common working groups, capture the employees. I can say that our job is to cover paper on and add opportunities for development and have the environment where colours to MDF materials. Our Company is growing very fast in they can do their job with passion. the sector, and it is proud to be a part of this growth. What is your biggest dream and project about What is your biggest dream and project about AGT? AGT? As one of the employees working on Human Resources AGT has an innovative vision with a very broad horizon and processes, my biggest dream about our Company is that our makes new investments. There are investments made abroad, innovative work in the field of Human Resources is crowned and it is our hope that this momentum is always up. I hope with an award we will be given in the national arena. In this that our Company will continue to operate as a large family in context, I would like to point out that we are preparing hard which we will retire and our children will work in the future. for the award programs of organizations such as PERYÖN, Great Place to Work. NEWS FROM AGT March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 NEWS FROM AGT

THE PEACE OF NATURE IS IN YOUR SPACES AGT WILL CONTINUE ITS INVESTMENTS

Ranking among Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises, AGT A.Ş. continues its investments. According to the information given by Mr. Onur Guven, the CEO, the Company will commission its biomass plant in 2019 and generate electricity from waste materials.

16 17 Producing MDF, acrylic MDF, MDF LAM, boards, Adding that they made their second MDF production profiles and laminate flooring materials in its production line investment of € 120 million in Antalya in 2018, facilities in Antalya since 1984, AGT ranked 162 Mr. Onur Güven underlined that have doubled among Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises with their MDF production capacity with this investment. the growth it achieved. Building an extensive business Stating that the energy project with the second MDF partner network throughout Turkey, the Company also investment will bring along a biomass plant that brings its products together with customers with more generates 5 MW of electricity by burning 145,000 ffect Flooring Series, which will bring the peace than a thousand sales points in five continents. Stating tons of biomass per year, Mr. Güven said. ‘’With offered by nature to your homes, allows you to that there were problems experienced both in Turkey this power plant, we will use waste materials Ecreate a remarkable space by combining the and the world economy in 2018, Mr. Onur Güven, produced in the production process as fuel and surface structure with perfect design. The series is the CEO of AGT, said that these problems affected thus, we will generate electricity and heat energy. available in two collections: Effect and Effect Premium. the Company as well as the sector. Stating that they We aim to complete these investments by August Consisting of 8 mm thick floorings, Effect offers a 15- have overcome these challenging conditions as a in this year. Furthermore, we have started the year warranty period. Having a thickness of 12 mm company and the sector, Onur Guven said: ‘’Ranking project work of our wood-based panel investments and offering a 20-year warranty, Effect Premium helps 21st in the world among 139 exporting countries, that will create an added value and expand our you to have a comfort space as well as visual quality our sector will continue to increase its capacity product portfolio in the 60-hectare industrial land with its sound and thermal insulation properties. AGT this year in line with export demands. Turkey’s we purchased in a region close to Antalya. After Effect Series is available in 8 colour alternatives. furniture, paper and wood products exports rose to the completion of the project work this year, we will The Alps with the peace of snowy mountains and $ 5.7 billion with an increase of 12.5% in 2018. start the construction of the said project next year. clouds of cotton; the Pamir Mountains that will bring In 2019, we, as the sector, aim to increase our the atmosphere of mountain ranges with their texture and colours to your living space; the Ural Mountains export to $ 6.5 billion. AGT produces about 10% that will make your space look more alive; the Fuji of the 5.5 million cubic meters of MDF produced Mountain that will make you feel like you are watching in our country. In our 400 thousand square meter the sunset in its most elegant form; the Tibet Mountains production complex in Antalya, which claims to be that will add a mystical atmosphere to your space; the the cutting-edge and innovative production facility Altay Mountains that will bring aesthetic to your floors; in Europe, we produce 540 thousand cubic meters the Everest Mountain that will make you feel on top of of MDF and 30 million square meters of laminate the world and the Taurus Mountains that will offer you flooring annually. We ended the last year by the different shades of nature...Effect Series with no realizing our budget targets and growing by 30%. doubt has a colour that will reflect you! NEWS FROM AGT March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 NEWS FROM AGT

Onur Güven pointed out that the sector We came together with needs to be digitalized sector representatives

Pointing out the problems of the sector, Mr. Onur Güven underlined that new business in Kharkiv and profitability models should be created together with digitalization. Stating that one of our priorities is to follow the technology closely and seek solutions to the changing The training we organized with Foks, our demands of consumers in order to move our market share to the top worldwide, Ukrainian business partner, attracted a Mr. Güven said: ‘’We, as AGT, aim to provide more convenient and fast operation great deal of interest. In the event during opportunities to our business partners with our digital transformation projects. With which we had the chance to transfer the digital platform that we have built, our business partners can follow their processes detailed information about our new online, such as order creation, stock tracking. With our AGT mobile application, products and our brand to the regional we direct online users to our nearest sales point and inform them about the current sector representatives, we created our future decoration trends. targets specific to the region. The wood-based panel sector in Turkey has such a production capacity above the demand in the domestic market. Companies in the sector are better to direct their excess capacities to export in terms of the domestic market balance and economically, rather than creating an intense competition in the domestic market. A great interest in AGT by our Tunisian customer

Deputy Minister is in Antalya Our Tunisian business partner visited our facilities. We welcomed at our facilities the official of Societe Hasan Büyükdede, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology, Maghreb Decor that visited our stand who visited the region upon the invitation of Antalya Organized at the Domotex Fair we had attended. Industrial Zone, came together with the industrialists of the region and held consultations on the problems of the industrialists and Accompanied by our Sales and the sector. Coming together also with Mr. Onur Güven, CEO, Marketing Team, the company’s official, who received information Büyükdede received information about our new investments. about our brand and products, and 18 the company joined in our business 19 partners following its order of all Our Chinese Client flooring series. Uzbek Delegation visited AGT is at AGT Trend Centre We Continue to Meet Uzbek delegation visited our production facilities. During the visit with Our Business organized by the Regional Directorate of Antalya Organized Industrial Shanghai Home Legend, our Chinese Zone, Ferhod Ermanov, Governor of Kharezm, Şavkat Tulyaganov, business partner, visited AGT Trend Partners and Their Deputy Governor, Alişer Azghamhadjev, Ambassador of the Republic Centre. Visiting us at the Domotex Representatives of Uzbekistan, and a team of regional businessmen received detailed Fair, receiving information about information about the production process. Showing close interest in our our products and joining in our brand and products, the delegation suggested us to invest in Uzbekistan. business partners, Shanghai Home We continue to meet with our domestic Legend visited AGT Trend Centre. business partners and their representatives. Accompanied by our export and We have the chance to assess our sector, domestic teams, our client received brand and new products with representatives We welcomed our new business partners detailed information about our from the Mediterranean, Central Anatolia showrooms and innovations. and Black Sea Regions. Our events will at our facilities continue until next week. Sector representatives from Palestine, Morocco and Dubai paid a visit to AGT. Raed Nakrouh, added among our Palestinian business partners with the Domotex Fair, visited our facilities this week together with our business partner from Dubai in the panel. The team receiving information about the production facilities and Agt Products at Woodex Fair in Egypt products was accompanied by our Sales and Marketing Team. We represented our brand and products at the Woodex Fair, held between November 30 and December 3. Kronosol, our new Moroccan business We attended the Woodex 2018, the International Furniture Production partner, visited our facilities this week Technologies, Accessories and Raw Materials Fair held in Cairo every to obtain detailed information about year. We, together with our business partners in the region, informed new products in flooring, and placed its the participants about the new products and decorations of our brand orders. at the Fair during which the sector representatives of the region showed a great interest in our products. NEWS FROM AGT March - April - May 2019 March - April - May 2019 OHS

Prizes of ‘’İhracatın Yıldızları 2018’’ A JOINT SYMPOSIUM FROM (Export Stars 2018) Were Awarded ANTALYA OIZ AND AGT

An Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Symposium was organized in Antalya OIZ within the scope of the Occupational Safety and Health Week. We are delighted to return with 5 Prizes An Occupational Health and Safety Awareness Söylemez, Board Member of AGT, Mrs. Elçin Ekici from the Award Ceremony ‘’İhracatın Symposium in Production Sector was organized within Öztürk, President of Young Organized Industry 20 Yıldızları 2018’’ (Export Stars 2018), the scope of the Occupational Safety and Health Week Association, academicians, OHS experts and regional 21 held by the West Mediterranean with the partnership of the Directorate of Antalya industrialists participated in the symposium held in Exporters Assoc Organized Industrial Zone, AGT Ağaç Sanayi Ticaret the Administrative Service Building of the Regional A.Ş. and Akdeniz University OHS and Occupational Directorate of Antalya Organized Industrial Zone. Prizes of ‘’İhracatın Yıldızları 2018’’ (Export Stars 2018) Were Diseases Practices and Research Center. Awarded We, as AGT, were awarded the First Prize for Export in the Wood and Forest Products Sector, the First Prize for ‘’We, as a brand, address the Occupational Health and Export in the Machine Parts Sector, the Second Prize for Export Mr. Ali Bahar, Chairman of Antalya Organized Safety processes from past to today carefully with all the in the Association, the Third Prize for Export in the Electric Industrial Zone, Prof. Dr. Erol Gürpınar, Vice details and AGT’s new investments are in progress with Electronics Sector, and the Prize of Innovation of the Year. Chancellor of Akdeniz University, Mr. Mehmet Semih zero occupational accidents.’’ said Mr. Mehmet Semih Söylemez, Board Member of AGT.

AWARDS TO LITTLE PAINTERS The winners of the painting contest on occupational health and safety, organized among the children of AGT employees within the scope of the symposium, received their awards. The awards of the little painters, aged from 5 to 7, were given by Mr. Ali Bahar, Chairman of Antalya OIZ, Mr. Mehmet Semih Söylemez, Board Member of AGT, and Prof. Dr. Erol Gürpınar, Vice Chancellor of Akdeniz University. Inspiring Wooden Solutions...

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