Esa Kompozit A.Ş.

ESA is located in the Dilovası Organized Industrial Zone in Gebze and manufactures composite materials. Producing special composite products for the Electrical-Electronics, Cable, Construction, Chemical, Defense, Marine, Automotive, Medical, Aviation and Space sectors, the company operates on 8,500 m² of open and 5,000 m² of covered area. In 1997 it started producing fiber optic central strength members by pultrusion and soon became the key supplier to all cable manufacturers; in later years it sold this product to global companies in Italy and the United Kingdom. Today it produces many different composite tubes and profiles in a variety of dies. Besides pultrusion, Esa Kompozit manufactures a wide range of composite parts using press molding, RTM, SMC, vacuum injection and filament winding, or combinations of these processes. Using glass, carbon and aramid fibers with epoxy, vinylester and polyester resins, it can produce all kinds of custom composite profiles, parts and sheets to customer requirements. Products are tested according to the relevant standards in-house or at universities and TÜBİTAK. In-house tests include mechanical strength tests (tensile, compressive and flexural strength, tensile and flexural modulus, elongation), long-term resistance to water, salt water and chemicals, UV resistance, hot-cold resistance, flammability class and water absorption tests.