Katmerciler gets the Activity Report Awards as “Most Innovative” of the World and the “Best” of Europe
Katmerciler achieved a world class success
“2012 Activity Report” of Katmerciler won three platinum awards at once from League of American Communications Professionals. In the evaluation made between more than 6000 company reports from 800 companies in various categories, the report of Katmerciler was chosen as the “Most Innovative” in the world and Europe, and as the “Best” activity report in Europe, Middle East and Africa region. As the most successful one among the Turkish companies who participated in the event, Katmerciler won three consecutive “Platinum” awards in its own sector category.
Results of the international “Best Activity Reports” competition, the largest of its kind in the world, traditionally organized by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) were recently published.
Katmerciler (KATMR), who became the only representative of Turkish vehicle mounted equipment sector in the stock market by going public in 2010, repeated its success with 2010 and 2011 activity reports and achieved new international successes with its 2012 activity report, thus raising the bar of success even more.
Katmerciler’s “Year 2012 Activity Report” got 99 points out of 100 from the jury, and thus was chosen as the “Most Innovative in the World” as well as the “Best” and the “Most Innovative” in Europe, Middle East and Africa region in the evaluation made between more than 6000 company reports from 800 companies in various categories, thus winning “Platinum” awards in three categories. Katmerciler also achieved the extraordinary success of taking the seventh place in general worldwide listing.
On the other hand, as in the two previous years, the company was chosen as the best in the world in its own sector of “Machinery, Vehicles and Vehicular Equipment”, winning its third consecutive “Platinum” award. Thus, Katmerciler won three platinum awards in total from LACP.
As a participant of the event for this past three years, Katmerciler took the 59th place in the world and 29th place in Europe, Middle East and Africa Region with its Year 2010 Activity Report in the LACP competition two years back. In the last year’s competition the company enhanced its success by taking the 18th place in general worldwide listing, and 10th place in Europe, Middle East and Africa Region with its Year 2011 Activity Report.
This year, the company took the first place in the world in the “Most Innovative Activity Report” category, following its rankings in the same category of last year as the first in Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, and the second in the world.
LACP: “Impressive, innovative, exceptional”
In this year’s event where more than 800 companies have participated, Katmerciler left many participating important Turkish brands and achieved the status of the author of the best activity report in Turkey.
Many experienced and sector leading companies from Turkey like Akbank, Aktifbank, Arçelik, Aygaz, Ford Otosan, Garanti Bankasi, Garanti Emeklilik, Gübretas, Halkbank, İs GYO, ISU, TAV Havalimanlari, Teknosa, Turkcell, Türkiye Finans, Vakifbank and Yapi Kredi participated in the event.
Katmerciler’s Year 2012 Activity Report was described as “innovative, exceptional, impressive, striking, effectively conveying the messages, has extraordinary visual quality” in the notes of the jury members, as well as in the official evaluation of LACP. As in the last year, the report of Katmerciler got 99 points out of 100 in the evaluation of the jury. The report was prepared by a team under coordination of CC Iletisim, who also acts as the communications advisor of the company.
Katmerci: We are proud on behalf of our country and our sector
In the statement he gave upon publication of the results Mehmet Katmerci, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Katmerciler, stated that they have pushed the bar of success even further each year of their participation in this event in the three years since the company went public, and added “We are proud of our three years of consecutive successes, not just as a company, but also on behalf of our country and our sector.” Reminding that the company went public in November 2010 and started to be traded in Borsa Istanbul, Katmerci went on to add:
“In the vehicle mounted equipment sector we are the only publicly traded company in Turkey, and only the third one in the world. As a publicly traded company we always placed great importance in our communications with our shareholders. Especially, we show great care to ensure an open and transparent relationship with our investors. In preparation of our activity reports we did not contended ourselves with meeting a legal obligation; rather, we try to develop works which will reflect our corporate culture, present our vision, carry our message and add value to our brand in national and international scale. In the past three years following our company’s going public, we continuously participated in “LACP Vision Awards” event, the biggest activity report competition of the world with the largest participation numbers. Our consecutive successes in these three years show that our efforts in this regard are on an internationally appreciable level. We pushed the bar of success higher every year. This year we managed to carry the bar to the top, taking the first place in Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, and the seventh place in the world. In our own category, however, we didn’t leave the first place of the world to anyone else. In addition, the fact that we received the award of the most innovative activity report not just in Europe, but also in the world has a special meaning for us in proving the innovative and creative character of Katmerciler. In conclusion, we achieved an extraordinary success in winning three platinum awards at once with our Year 2012 Activity Report, leaving many large companies from Turkey and around the world behind. I heartily congratulate all members of our team who made this success possible.”
