Aksa is a Turkish company manufacturing carbon fiber, natural white and solution dyed acrylic staple fiber, tow and tops for yarn spinning and nonwovens. Established in 1968 in Yalova, Turkey, the company is the world's largest producer of Acrylic fiber under one roof, with an annual production capacity of 308,000 tons. Aksa is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. Together with Dow Chemical, the DowAksa joint venture was established in 2012 to produce carbon fibers. The company was given the Environment Award of 2005 by Istanbul Industrial Association. This was considered ironic by some because of the company's controversial past with a large environmental disaster. Wikipedia