Arkem

Arkem Chemicals
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 IncreaseUS$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 ;

  • 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
  • Arkem Germany

See also

List of companies of Turkey

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  5. ↑ http://www.icis.com/Articles/2010/11/01/9406026/news-focus-turkeys-arkem-outlines-global-chemical-distribution-growth-ambitions.html
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