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[MESSAGE FROM GROUP CEO]

ue our investments in innovation and we panies in acquiring technology throughout with programs we organized under Boru- In this context, in 2016 we maintained the

plan on launching at least two new start- 2016. To reach our goal of establishing R&D san Academy, to develop and improve support of Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation
up companies and three new products over centers in Borusan companies, in 2015 we each level of employees. We continuously to education institutions; gathered thou-
the next year. In 2016, we prepared a digi- applied to found the Borusan Lojistik R&D improve our occupational health and safety sands of music lovers with many prominent

tal transition strategy and roadmap for the Center and, with Ministry of Science, In- performance with regard to our priority to musicians from Turkey and from around
Group, reviewing the experience we offer dustry and Technology approval, the center create safer and healthier workplaces for the world via Borusan Sanat, presented
our customers, the productivity of our inter- became operational in April 2016. We have our employees, customers and suppliers; original examples of modern art to art lov-

nal processes, newly developing techno- made TÜBİTAK TEYDEB applications for and our zero-accident objective. ers through Borusan Contemporary and
logical solutions, and business models. We 10 of the 17 R&D projects we launched in worked for a more equal and fair communi-
will further expand our companies’ com- 2016, and the two projects with complet- We continue our projects that will contrib- ty through our women empowerment prac-

petitive power by executing this roadmap. ed assessments have become eligible for ute to the global sustainable development tices. In the reporting period, we allocated
TÜBİTAK funding. We have completed pre- goals of United Nations. Detailed infor- USD 11 millions funds to community proj-
In accordance with the Group’s strategic liminary studies and formed time, resource mation regarding these projects is given ects.
goals, Borusan R&D, founded to develop and project plans for the 37 projects we throughout the report. We give back to

innovative, high added-value, competitive have planned for 2017. community through our activities regarding We hereby thank all our stakeholders, pri-
products and processes that enable our education, arts and culture, environment, marily to our employees, for their efforts
companies to attain the required compe- We continued the training activities to sup- human rights and empowering women during our sustainability journey of creating

tency and proficiency, supported our com- port career development of our employees along with our volunteer staff. value.

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