BEST AUTOMOTIVES INDUSTRY R&D CENTER IN TURKEY

The Tofaş R&D Center places second in the “R&D: Big R&D Centers” category in the 2020 round of the R&D and Design Centers Performance Index Awards handed out every year by the Ministry of Industry and Technology. Tofaş is the only automotives company to make it into the ranking.

ONE OF TURKEY’S TOP 3 IN R&D EXPENDITURES

In Turkishtimes’ “R&D 250” survey of companies in Turkey ranked according to their R&D expenditures, Tofaş placed among the top three firms as measured by their R&D outlays.

OİB EXPORT PERFORMANCE AWARD

Tofaş received a platinum award in recognition of its 4th-place position in the Automotive Industry Exporters’ Association’s (OİB) ranking of its members based on their 2020 export performance.

FIAT EGEA CROSS: TURKISH CAR OF THE YEAR

The Fiat Egea Cross was designated “Car Of The Year” in Turkey for having received 3,290 points in a poll of 76 automotives-industry journalists conducted by the Automotives Journalists’ Association.

TOP AWARD GOES TO INTELLIGENT ENERGY-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT

Tofaş’s “Paint Shop Intelligent Energy-Management System” project placed first in the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources’ “Energy-Efficiency In Industry” competition.

TOFAŞ HR PRACTICES EARN FOUR STEVIE AWARDS

In recognition of the innovative employee learning/development solutions which it develops as well as of human resources practices that have an impact on the employee experience, Tofaş received a total of four awards in different categories of the 2021 round of Stevie Awards. Tofaş’s “Employee Orientation & Adaptation”, “Digital Transformation School: Get Ready”, and “Fiat Egea New Product Launch Development” programs each received gold Stevies while the company was awarded a bronze Stevie for its “Covid-19 Measures” program.

TURKEY’S MOST REPUTABLE AUTOMOTIVES BRAND

Based on its continued performance in burnishing its superior brand, Fiat was selected “Year’s Most Reputable Brand” in the “Passenger Vehicle” category of Marketing Türkiye’s “The One Awards” series for the second year in a row in 2021.

TURKEY’S MOST REPUTABLE BUSINESS PARTNER 

In the second round of its B2B Excellence Awards series, Marketing Türkiye gave Fiat top marks in the “Business-Owned Vehicle” category and cited the company as “Reputable Business Partner Of The Year”.

FYA CONNECT: MOST EFFECTIVE INSTITUTION-ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION

Fiat Yol Arkadaşım Connect, an app developed jointly by Tofaş and Comodif, was awarded third place in the “Effective Institution-Enterprise Collaboration” category of the series of Corporate Entrepreneurship Awards handed out by Özyeğin University, Girişimci Kurumlar Platformu, and Fast Company Türkiye.

AUTOMOTIVE DISTRIBUTORS’ ASSOCIATION JURY AWARD 

In the 2020 round of the Gladiator Awards handed out by the Automotive Distributors Association, Tofaş received a special jury award for “Hayat Durur Fiat Durmaz”, a video that it published explaining how the company was coming to the aid of its customers and the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.

3 EFFIES FOR FIAT AND JEEP® 

The Fiat and Jeep® brands were the recipients of three awards in the Effie Turkey Advertising Effectiveness Awards. Doblò’s 20th anniversary campaign earned Tofaş a silver Effie in the “Automotives” category, while its “Connected Fiat” campaign and its “Jeep® Compass launch” ad picked up bronze awards in the “Automotive products and services” and the “Automotives” categories respectively.

FIAT BRINGS HOME 3 FELİS AWARDS

Tofaş won three MediaCat Felis awards: one for its “Connect comprehensive” and another for its “Gear Up Analytic Project”, both in the “Data-driven product/service/experience” category, as well as a third Felis for its “Fiat Egea Cross Prelaunch” communication campaign in the “Automotives & automotive products” category.

A FELİS AWARD FOR JEEP® 

A “4x4 Day” project undertaken by Jeep® jointly with the HepsiBurada online shopping website to celebrate 4x4 Day won a “Success” award in the Felis series’ “Automotives” category.

JEEP® WINS A CRYSTAL APPLE 

Jeep® won a bronze award for its “Keyless Enter ‘N Go” ad in the “Press/Automotives” category of the Advertisers’ Association Crystal Apple awards for advertising excellence.

SAFE WORKPLACE AWARD 

In a “Strong Communication / Safe Workplace / Good Practices” competition organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security on the occasion of OHS Week Tofaş received a “Setting An Example Award” for its “Work Safety In Logistics” project.

TİSK AWARD FOR OHS TRAINING PROJECT 

Tofaş received an award in the “Occupational health & safety” category in the “Shared Tomorrows” competition organized by the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations for its “Ensuring A Safe Future With OHS Training” project.

BURSA’S BIGGEST EMPLOYER OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Repeating its 2020 performance, Tofaş is once again cited as Bursa’s biggest employer of persons with disabilities as well as the company with more projects supporting the employment of such people than any other in the province.