Form Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. · since 1996
From importer to button maker.
We manufacture and trade all kinds of buttons and fashion accessories in our 6,000 m² factory in Istanbul, and we are the button supplier of several internationally recognised fashion brands.
01What does not change
Our foundation is built on three things that will never change.
- 01Continuous high quality and innovation
- 02Competitive pricing, for our customers’ benefit
- 03Proper service
02Our story
Thirty years, as the papers told it.
Every step below is from articles in our press archive; follow the links to read them.
- 1996
Mustafa and Ahmet Oktay found Form Dış Ticaret and start importing buttons, working from a family flat in Florya.
Source ↗ - 1998
An agreement with the Italian button maker Bottonificio Fossanese; its buttons become the core of our imports.
Source ↗ - 2000
The first step into manufacturing: a 200 m² workshop in Merter.
Source ↗ - 2003
Five machines bought from Italy; production grows to 800 m².
Source ↗ - 2009
A 5,500 m² factory in Hadımköy. Importing stops: from now on we make what we sell.
Source ↗ - 2011
Bottonificio Fossanese’s machines and formulas move to Istanbul, and Italian technicians train our team.
Source ↗ - 2012
350 million buttons produced in a year.
Source ↗ - Today
A 6,000 m² factory in Esenyurt, a showroom in Merter, and new collections twice a year.
03Worldwide
Offices and agents in Europe, Africa and Asia.
Our worldwide distribution channels put a Form contact close to the factories and brands we work with. We show our general and capsule collections at fairs such as Première Vision Paris, Munich Fabric Start and Shanghai Intertextile.
Europe
- Spain
- Portugal
- England
- France
- the Netherlands
- Italy
- Germany
- Poland
- Romania
Africa
- Morocco
Asia
- Bangladesh
- India
- China
- Vietnam
04How we produce
Production that values health as much as fashion.
We produce high-quality buttons with sustainable, natural and recyclable materials, and serve domestic and global brands with corozo, coconut, bone, mother-of-pearl, metal, leather and polyester buttons.
- Quality and trust
- We offer reliable products by adhering to quality standards at every stage of production.
- Sustainability
- We prefer environmentally friendly materials and a production approach that respects nature.
05Inside Form
The showroom, with buttons displayed by material 
The open-plan office 
The seminar room 
A turning machine fed with button blanks
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or write to info@formdis.com · +90 212 886 17 00