In spite of the economic crisis, AK-KIM Chemistry Industry reached at the growth rate of 30% in European Market on the basis of tone. It recorded a turnover of 144 million Dollars in 2012. The firm aims at the growth rate of 11% in 2013. Also, the firms would like to reduplicate the net sales in 2017. The firm managed to increase the textile chemical sales of 22% and also the paper and water chemical sales of 49%. AK-KIM Chemistry has been carrying on a business within AKKOK Companies Group since 1977. In Yalova and Cerkezkoy, the firm is serving with 3 factories and nearly 20 production facilities, which are founded on the area of approximately 300 thousand square meters. The firm carries out the production of organic and inorganic chemicals, construction chemicals, paper and water chemicals, admixture, by-products of textile and cement grinding. The firm carries out the production of five hundred different chemicals and it has a production capacity of six hundred thousand. AK-KIM Chemistry has textile, metal, cleaning, food, water treatment, corrosion, scab prevention, paper, and medicine and building industries. The firm exports to nearly 55 countries on 5 continents. 50% of exports are to the countries of EU and %50 of exports are to Pakistan, Israel, Persia, USA, Canada and Korea.
We Developed Fifty New Products by R&D
Review meeting of 2012 was held in Yalova on 12th June, 2013. Fatih TANRIVERDI, The General Manager of AK-KIM Chemistry, made a speech in the meeting. He stated that they had a budget of 90 million dollars totally for the investments, according to their strategic plans between 2013/2017. ''The development of the chemical industry shows the development of the country. Now we have the benefits of Innovation investments and R&D. We invested 5 million Turkish Liras on R&D. And we developed fifty new products for performance chemicals."Tanriverdi said. "We will have a new building for R&D in June. We are planning to invest with the competitive power of R&D." Mr. Tanriverdi said. He also told that they had invested 1,4 million Turkish Liras for Quality Control Laboratory Modernization and 1,6 million Turkish Liras for the development of R&D process and production .
He added that, in 2012, they had completed the investment of 7million Turkish Liras on Storage and Logistics center and by the way they had prevented the risks of logistics within the factory. He added that they had managed to reduce the costs of safety and good conditions on storage and transportations. He stated they would continue the investments on R&D in 2013. "We invested of 5 million Turkish Liras on our new R&D building. I hope we will have our new R&D building in June."
Tanriverdi stated that "sustainability" has always been important for them. "Sustainability is important for the company and for the individuals to have a liveable world in the future. We think that preserving the environment goes with social and institutional sustainability. With waste back hydrochloric acid which comes from the facilities, we produce iron(III) chlorur which is used for water treatment .By the way, we had and recovered nearly 5000 tone of hydrochloric acid from our facilities "
