Fırat was established to carry out production in the field of plastic building materials in the year 1972. Fırat, which always sets out with the principles of quality production and product diversity, has succeeded in becoming both the leading establishment of the sector and the export leader of the sector as a result of significant enterprises that have taken years.
In its production Fırat targets various sectors such as construction, agriculture, automotive, medical, domestic appliances sectors with its plastic-based products. It realizes its production targeting those sectors in its modern factories in Büyükçekmece-İstanbul and Sincan-Ankara which have a total area that reaches 650,000 m2. Fırat owns one of the three biggest plastic production complexes in Europe.
According to the survey carried out by İstanbul Chamber of Industry in the year 2010 Fırat ranks as the 57th among the 500 largest industrial establishments of Turkey. In the private sector ranking of the same list Fırat holds the 51 st place. According to the 2010 Corporate Tax Listing of Revenue Administration of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Finance, Fırat is the 72th among the top tax payer companies in Turkey.
As of 2012 the number of personnel working in the constitution of Fırat is 1700. Fırat which believes that the most valuable element is human always organizes in-service trainings with the aim of enhancing work experience of its employees and building up their corporate knowledge.