Arkem
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| Private | |
| Industry |
Chemicals, petrochemicals, fuels and oils |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Levend Kokuludağ |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
Area served | Europe, Middle East, United States, Far East |
Key people | Levend Kokuludağ (President) , Tezel Kökdemir (VP) |
| Products | Solvents, Monomers, Alcohols, Aromatics, Aliphatics, Esters, Glycols, Glycol Ethers, Ketones, Surfactants, Acrylics, Acetyls, Ethanols, Isocyanates, Phosphates, Amines, Titanium dioxide |
| Revenue |
 US$380 million (2011)[1][2] |
| Website | http://www.arkem.com |
Arkem Chemicals (Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a family-owned chemical distribution company based in Turkey. It was established in 1992 in Istanbul. The company sells approximately 230,000 metric tons of chemicals(2009) in various chemical product lines including:
Arkem is the 27th largest chemical distributor in its field(2010) according to "The Top 100 Chemical Distributors" by ICIS.[3][4] 2009 sales $248m .[5]
The company owns the Altintel Port and Tank Terminal, with a capacity of 60,000 cubic meters of storage area in Kocaeli/Gebze, Dilovası area. It is supplied by international chemical producing companies such as ;
- Millenium Petrochemicals USA ( a Lyondell Company )
- BP Chemicals Ltd., UK
- Eastman Chemicals USA
- Arkema, France
- Petrogal S.A., Portugal
- Sasol Solvents, South Africa
- Sasol Surfactants, Germany & Italy
- Shell Chemicals, Europe
- Ineos, UK
- Kuraray, Japan
- Related companies
- Altintel Port and Tank Terminal ( Altıntel Liman ve Terminal İşletmeleri A.Ş.)
- Gökbil Logistics (Gökbil Nakliyat ve Depolama)
- Gökbil Tank Container
- Arkem Industrial
- Arkem Europe
- Arkem China
- Arkem USA
External links
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
- ↑ http://www.icis.com/Articles/2010/11/01/9406026/news-focus-turkeys-arkem-outlines-global-chemical-distribution-growth-ambitions.html
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