Goldas > Corporate >

Milestones

1993	1994	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

1993

• Goldas Jewellery was established in Istanbul by the Yalinkaya Group.

1994

• Internally-developed jewellery production software began to be used.
• The US office was founded.

1998

• The UK office was launched.
• The Ataturk Airport Free Trade Zone Branch of Goldas was founded.

1999

• Goldas Jewellery was offered to the public and became the sole listed jewellery company on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

 

2000

• The first Goldas retail stores were opened in Turkey.
• Goldas opened the first R&D laboratory in the Turkish jewellery sector.
• Computer-aided design software programs (such as Jewelcad) began to be utilized.

 

2001

• Licensed agreements were signed with Walt Disney and Warner Bros for jewellery production and marketing rights.
• Goldas's ADR program was undertaken and the ADRs were quoted on the US-OTC Market and Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
• The internally developed Manufacturing Resource Planning Program took effect.

 

2002

• A licensed agreement was signed for the rights of producing and selling the Lord of The Rings main object ring.
• Licenses were obtained for jewellery design and production with leading sports clubs in Turkey: Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce.
• Rapid Production Technology and 3D Computer Aided Design began to be used in Rapid Prototype Modeling.
• Goldas was evaluated by COFACE, a leading credit, insurance, rating institute and was given a @@@ rating.
• Offices were lauched in Germany, UAE, Russia and Thailand.
• The first overseas Goldas stores were opened.
• Yalinkaya Holding, the main shareholder of Goldas, reassigned its shares to the newly-established Goldart Holding.
• Goldas then took its place in a group of specialty on gold and precious metals, with its features of design and production as well as brand name.
• Goldas participated with a mining company, B.T.C.Sarl, in Mali.
• The State University of California prepared a case study about Goldas to be used by more than 200 universities in America and other countries.
• Goldas joined the International Precious Metals Institute.

 

2003

• In addition to Goldas's ADR program undertaken in 2001, the company completed its GDR program in the first days of 2003.
• The South Africa representative office was launched.
• Goldas created Silver D'sign, a new brand consisting of only silver products. w Goldas stores were opened in Russia. In Turkey, stores were opened in Profilo and Capitol shopping centres were opened.
• Expanding its licensed products portfolio in 2003, Goldas renewed license agreements with New Line Cinema (Lord of the Rings), Walt Disney and Warner Bros (Looney Tunes, Superman) and concluded a licensed product agreement with ANS Productions (Asmali Konak). Garfield and Hasbro's Action Man were also added to the product portfolio in 2003.

 

2004

• Goldas Jewellery became the first and the only Turkish company to became a member of London Bullion Market Association (LBMA).
• Chelsea FC., NBA, Trabzonspor, Clup Brugge, Hugo, PSV Eindhoven and Pink Panther were also added to the licensed products portfolio.
• Renewing its license agreement with Walt Disney, Goldas took out the licenses for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in addition to Turkey, Middle East and Russia.
• Gold bullions were launched under the name of ChipGold.
• A representative office was opened in China, and two new stores were opened in Russia.
• Goldas Jewellery established Goldas Precious Metals Trade Inc. in order to have more shares in the international gold trade and still has 99.99% of the shares in that company.
• Goldas Precious Metals Trade Inc. became a member of Istanbul Gold Exchange soon after its establishment.
• The results of a case study organized jointly by California State University and University of Baltimore in USA were published by Ivey Publishing.

 

2005

• Goldas was authorized to produce, sell and distrubute silver jewellery for Betty Boop in Turkey, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Thailand, Japan and all the countries in the Middle East.
• Goldas became the only authorized company in Turkey, United Kingdom (Britain) and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for the design, production, sales and distribution of silver jewellery and accessories of the The Simpsons and its characters with a license agreement with Twentieth Century Fox Inc.
• Goldas was authorized for the jewellery and accessories production and sales of the colors of Arsenal, Liverpool and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
• In addition to the 4 big teams in the Turkish Football League, Goldas added Bursaspor to its licensed product portfolio. Goldas took out the license for Turkey, United Kingdom, Russia, Germany and United Arab Emirates by signing an agreement with the English National Rugby Team.
• Goldas signed a leasing agreement for 8,684 square meters in Istanbul Gunesli for the new factory investment. The Jewellery Design Summer School project was held for the second time in Antalya Olympos between 27 June and 4 July 2005.
• Goldas held the 132nd rank in the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce's "Turkey's Top 500 Industrial Companies" and 122nd in the private sector classification. w Goldas Jewellery reached 56th rank in Capital 500, a list of Turkey's biggest private companies in the monthly economics magazine Capital.
• C type shares of Goldas traded in Istanbul Stock Exchange were quoted in the Frankfurt and Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchanges.
• Cetin Binatli, a Goldas board member, was selected to serve on the board member of the Istanbul Gold Exchange.
• A case study about Goldas, prepared by Gebze Advanced Technology Institute Faculty of Business Administration, was published in Strategic Management and Operation Policy, a university textbook, written by Prof. Dr. Erol Eren.
• The Goldas 2004 Annual Report won a silver medal in International ARC Awards, the world's most prestigious annual report competition. Goldas Group became a member of Dubai Gold Exchange.

 

2006

• Goldas became a member of The Silver Institute and the Tokyo Gold Exchange.
• License agreements were signed with the German and Belgian national football teams, valid in Europe.
• New stores were added to the international store chain.
• The number of stores carrying Goldas and Assortie logos continues to increase in Turkey, Russia and China.

 

2007

• The 26th International Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, and recognized as a specialized competitive event by FIAPF, took place on 31 March - 15 April 2007. Goldas was one of the sponsors of The Festival, whose aim is "to encourage the development of cinema in Turkey, to help Turkish cinema attain international recognition and to promote films of quality in the Turkish market".
• Goldas was chosen with other 33 firms for the Turquality project of the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade. The Turquality project has been created for the successful Turkish brands to promote their quality image in international markets. Turquality has the notion of being a support program that provides financial and managerial contribution to value added Turkish products, to provide them competitive edge against internal and external competition. The project aims to introduce 10 Turkish brands in the coming decade.
• Goldas Jewelry has signed a new license agreement with AC Milan, famous Italian football team. The agreement is valid in all European countries, China, Israel and South Africa.
• Nielsen chooses Goldas Jewelry as a leader in the evaluation of brand monitoring solutions. According to the Nielsen's "Brand 2006" Research, Goldas is the "first" brand name comes to mind in the category of "gold".
• Goldas was one of the sponsors of the 12th International Islamic Finance Forum held in Dubai.
• Goldas ranked 21st among "The Most Powerful Brands of Turkey" research of the Capital; a leading Turkish business and economy magazine, together with the famous brand consulting company BrandFinance. Goldas takes 33rd place among "The Most Valuable 100 Brands of Turkey" research of May 2007 edition of the Capital Magazine. Goldas is also the leader of its sector among other companies in 31 industries according to the same research results.
• Goldas Jewelry ranked 66th in "The Largest 100 Turkish Companies" by Forbes. Goldas ranked 14th in terms of its Net Sales 2006 results, in the "Global 2000-Turkey's Stars" research of Forbes in May 2007 edition.
• Goldas ranked 45th in "The Real Sector Performance 200" list of the Turkishtime, a monthly business and economic culture magazine. The research is a result of 2006 profit, asset growth and sales results of the publicly-traded companies.
• Focusing on business in Turkey, student executives from Georgetown University's International Executive MBA (IEMBA) program presented a case-study to the management of Goldas Jewelry at its Headquarters in Istanbul in March 2007. The topic of the study was "US Market Entry Analysis for Goldas". In the study, the team has explored the US jewelry market in order to provide a framework for strategically assessing market entry forms and provided recommendations.
• Goldas Jewelry ascended 10 steps in rank to the 74th place in the list of "Turkey's Top 500 Industrial Enterprises – 2006" according to the production out of sales figure.
• Goldas is amongst the "30 leading Companies in Turkey in terms of Design" list, which was made up on the basis of a survey conducted by Capital, monthly business and economics periodical. Goldas is one of the first companies to apply an exclusive design concept with its 15 designers.
• Among Turkey's 500 largest companies, Goldas has been ranked 17th in Capital Magazine in August 2007 edition.

 

2008

• The 4th Annual DS100 ranking continues to benchmark the corporate environment of the 57 OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) member countries. Goldas (Turkey- Jewelry manufacturing) ranked 87th as a first time entrant on the DS100 List.
• Goldas became the 1st jewellery brand name in the “brand” category in “The Patent Rewards of the Year 2007” of the Turkish Patent Industry.
• Goldas ranked 17th and became the leader of its industry among the “Largest 50 Turkish Companies” list of the “Fortune Turkiye 500”.
• Goldas ranked 54th in terms of its Net Sales 2007 results, in the “Largest 100 Turkish Companies” list of the “Global Giants 2008” research of Forbes in May 2008 edition.
• Goldas Jewelry held the 60th rank and 53rd in the “private sector” classification in the list of “Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises –2007” according to the production out of sales figure.
• Goldas ranked 16th in the “Largest 500 Private Companies of Turkey” list of the Capital Magazine with USD 3.58 billion turnover in 2007.  (2006: 17).  Goldas is also the leader in the jewellery sector among other companies according to the same research results.
• Goldas became the 2nd brand name after Atasay Jewellery in its industry in the “Turkey’s Most valuable Brands” of the Capital and Brand Finance research in the May 2008 edition.
• 24 students from Duke (The Fuqua School of Business) University, which is shown among the “Best 20 Business Schools” by Forbes magazine, have been making visits to different countries as a part of their education program. Visiting significant companies in the countries they have been visiting, the students preferred to visit Goldas in September 2008, because of its leader position and success in the sector during their visit to Turkey.