| 1995
Founded in İnegöl |  | |
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| 1996 Registered the trademark “Çilek|”. Attended a fair for the first time. Exported for the first time to Ukraine |
| 1997
Launched its website “www.cilek.com”. | | |
| | 1998
Opened its first outlet in Turkey in Bursa. Aired its first national commercial. |
| 1999
All Çilek furniture were covered by the Çilek Warranty for 2 years. Founded Çilek Academy. | | |
| | | 2000
Opened its new production plant in İnegöl |
2001 Opened its first overseas outlet in Malta. Became the first brand
in Turkey to be awarded the GS Certificate of Quality by LGA in Germany
for high safety and quality standards. | | |
| | | 2002 All Çilek furniture were covered by the Çilek Warranty for 5 years.
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| 2003
Started to operate its production plant in İnegöl in two shifts. | | |
| | | 2004 Moved its head office to Istanbul. |
| 2005 Became the first furniture brand in Turkey to be awarded the status of “Superbrands” by Superbrands International. Recognized as a “Well-Known Trademark” (Notable Brand) by Turkish Patent Institute
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| 2006
Prepared the Family Constitution. |
| 2007
Became entitled to
join the TURQUALITY Program on August 12, 2007 and thus became a pioneer
in the furniture industry in this respect. Awarded the ISO 9001 Certificate of Quality. Announced by the Istanbul Exporters’ Association to be the export champion for 2007 in the furniture industry.
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| | | 2008
Granted the Turkey’s Most Admired Company Award. Adopted the Toyota Lean Manufacturing Philosophy. Commenced lean
manufacturing, which means just-in-time manufacturing in smaller batches
and in a broad array with zero error in its İnegöl production plant.
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2010
Awarded the ISO 14001 Certificate of Environmental Management System.
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| | | 2012
Put the SAP ERP System into practice to manage all processes under a single roof. Announced by the Istanbul Exporters’ Association to be the second most successful exporter for 2012 in the furniture industry.
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| 2013 Signed the United Nations Global Compact Communication on Progress. Reached 444 outlets scattered over 66 countries in 5 continents. Became the most successful company in the furniture industry in terms of after-sales service on Şikayetvar.com.
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| 2014
Published first UN Global Compact Report. Launched wooden toy sales with Hape Germany. Launched E-Commerce in Turkey. Awarded as the ''Most Inovative Brand'' by InovaLig.
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