Ak-Kim Kimya
Turkey’s pioneer chemicals company Ak-Kim was established in Yalova, in 1977 and in time started to play an important role in the chemicals industry. Today Ak-Kim is a global player serving customers in 5 continents with its broad product portfolio including Chlor Alkali and derivatives, Methylamines, Persulfates, Hydrogen Peroxides, Bisulfites, Textile auxiliaries, Paper and Water treatment chemicals, Cement and concrete additives. Ak-Kim uses state-of-the-art and environmentally friendly technologies to produce more than 500 chemicals with a total capacity of 600 thousand tons. Sodium metabisulphite, Ammonium persulphate, Potassium persulphate, Dimethylacetamide, Hydrogen peroxide, Sodium percarbonate are amongst other chemicals that are in the product portfolio of Ak-Kim. These chemicals are produced using our own technology and they are first time ever products in Turkey.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Chemical Water Treatment
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1977
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
In line with its growth strategy, Ak-Kim established Akferal Company as a 50/50 partnership with Feralco, the second biggest water chemicals and coagulant producer in Europe, in 2013. Having purchased Gizem Frit company, one of the biggest enamel and ceramic frit producers in the world, Ak-Kim penetrated into a new market in 2015. The Company targets to become a global chemical company with a turnover of USD 1 billion by 2023.
Ak-Kim has been exporting its know-how of technologies and providing engineering services to investors abroad since 2002. Ak-Kim has been operating its own plants for many years thus gaining vast and valuable experience in plant management. Ak-Kim shares this inhouse operation experience with the clients along with modernisation and innovations which also exist in its own plants; therefore providing great advantages to customers.
Ak-Kim extended its operations in Water Solutions field in 2015 with the Hollow Fiber Based Ultrafiltration Module made of high quality PVDF manufactured with the Company's own formulation.
The hollow fiber based ultrafiltration module produced by Ak-Kim performs advanced physical treatment without changing the chemical properties of water. As the cutting edge treatment method, Ak-Kim Ultrafiltration Module can be used in the treatment of waste water in the water treatment plants of municipalities and industries, and enabling conformance to receiving environment discharge standards. Ultrafiltration modules are also used in waste water recovery systems, process water and drinking water treatment, and preferred in sea water desalination.
Leading the ultrafiltration module production sector with its pioneering investment in this field within Turkey and surrounding countries, Ak-Kim manufactures the hollow fiber based ultrafiltration modules in Yalova plant with a covered area of approximately 2.800 m2.
Ak-Kim Water Solutions Directorate plans to continue its activities with the innovations to be introduced in Turkish and global water treatment industries in near future.
Our Group
Akkök Holding: “We Invest in the Future”
Founded in 1952 by the late Raif Dinçkök, Akkök Holding has 17 actively operating commercial and industrial companies, one of which is located abroad, and 18 manufacturing facilities engaged in different sectors. Globalization, international competition and integration process in the world economy have steered the Holding into certain sectors; the chemical, energy, and real estate sectors have been specified as the areas of focus.
From firsts in chemistry to the most strategic product in the world...
Ak-Kim, the pioneer chemicals manufacturer of Turkey and a subsidiary of Akkök Holding, manufactures inorganic and organic chemicals, textile auxiliary substances, paper and water chemicals, and cement grinding, concrete admixture and foundation chemicals, which are held in high regard in the international market, in its manufacturing facilities equipped with advanced technology located in Yalova and Çerkezköy. Having manufactured more than 500 different chemicals, Ak-Kim has launched its diverse products in the world market and realizes turn-key projects abroad.
Aksa Akrilik, which is a subsidiary of the Holding, is the first Turkish manufacturer of acrylic fiber classified within synthetic-based fibers as the main product and serves the world's textile and industrial textile sectors in more than 50 countries on five continents. Aksa, now a world leader, has played a key role in transforming Turkey to become the second largest acrylic fiber manufacturer after China.
Aksa has manufactured carbon fiber with the work of Turkish engineers and in 2012 founded DowAksa, a 50/50 joint venture with Dow Europe Holdings B.V., a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company. Today, DowAksa aims to contribute to the Turkish economy by manufacturing carbon fiber, which is manufactured by only 8 countries in the world and is positioned as a critical product for many strategic sectors mainly including, but not limited to energy, automotive, aviation and aerospace industries.
Growth in every field of the energy sector
Akenerji, one of the biggest private sector power generation companies in Turkey, has an active installed capacity of 1,551 MW in total together with its generation capacity of 388 MW based on renewable power generation as well as a 198 MW installed capacity in the project stage. Akenerji provides electric power with many corporate enterprises on a continual basis with its expert team and resource diversity based on its generation capacity and market projection.
Supported by Akkök Holding and CEZ Group, SEDAŞ has been rendering its power distribution services successfully in Kocaeli, Sakarya, Bolu, Düzce and Gebze for 5 years. Sepaş Enerji, which is a new player in the electricity sales sector, was incorporated on January 1st, 2013 after its split from the distribution company SEDAŞ according to the decision of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority. Operating within the joint venture AkCez formed by Akkök Holding and CEZ Group, Sepaş Enerji serves 1.5 million subscribers.
Akkök moves from one success to another in the real estate sector
Akkök Holding has been engaged in the real estate sector since 1993 and has pioneered in the shopping mall construction business with the Akmerkez project in Turkey. Akiş Gayrimenkul Yatırımı A.Ş. was founded in 2005 to operate in the Shopping Mall investment and management sector. Akiş was granted the title of Real Estate Investment Trust last year. The Holding maintains its investments in the real estate sector with its Akkoza, Akasya and Akbatı projects. KidZania Children’s Republic, opened in the first quarter of 2014 in Akasya Shopping Mall, is an important social platform to teach children while entertaining them.
Akkök works for a sustainable future
Akkök Holding is an enterprise investing not only for today, but also for a future based on trade and industry, by creating employment and adding value. The objectives of sustainable growth and social responsibility have been the determining factors in setting a road map for the Holding. At the same time, the corporate governance concept which is defined with fairness, transparency and accountability and has gradually gained vital significance today is an indispensable value for all activities of the Holding companies.
By signing the United Nations Global Compact in 2007 which takes the lead in spreading the universal principles of the private sector in the sustainable development journey, Akkök Holding took its first step to transform its corporate responsibility understanding into universal norms. Within this framework, Akkök Holding reports its efforts in the fields of economy, environment and society such as environment, human rights and labor in line with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) under the scope of the Ten Principles.
Mission, Vision and Values
Our Mission
Being a dynamic solution partner that offers innovative products and services and that generates value for the industry and stakeholders.
Our Vision
Becoming a globally-acknowledged and Turkey’s largest specialty chemicals company with a turnover of USD 1 billion by 2023.
Our Values
- In all processes, we abide by our sustainability strategy and principles.
- We act in conformity with our ethical principles in our relationship with business partners both inside and outside the company.
- We prioritize human health and safety in all operations.
- We place our customers in the center of all processes; we protect their rights and create added value to them.
- We increase our company’s value by developing new investments, ideas, projects and products.
- We add value to our employees and create loyalty by offering new career opportunities.
- We establish transparent, open and trust-based communication.
- We attach importance to entrepreneurship; we support new ideas and changes.