The high level of production capacity, good quality, wide sales services and other related activities have placed the firm second in Europe and fourth in the world. The major part of production is taken up with flat glass, including both float and sheet types. The second group of items is glass containers and the third is glass household articles, including approximately 5,000 kinds of products. Apart from these, tinted and untinted glass, sand blasted glass, safety glass, enamelled glass, oven glass, glass tiles and bricks, glass tissue, laboratory equipment and the like are produced by the industry. Glass household articles constitute the main part of exports.
Flat glass ranks second and glass containers group ranks third in the total exports of the industry.
Turkish glass industry products are exported to about 100 countries in the world. The major destination countries are Germany, Italy, Egypt, UK, France and Greece. Ceramics Industry Ceramics are among Turkey's oldest and best-known products. The first notable ceramics from Turkish lands were the tiles and bricks covered with coloured glazes made in Anatolia for architectural purposes in the 13th Century. The history of Turkish ceramics can be traced back several thousand years.