Arkem

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:

• Monomers
• Alcohols
• Aromatics & Aliphatics
• Esters
• Glycols
• Glycol Ethers
• Ketones
• Surfactants

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
• Arkem Germany

See also

• List of companies of Turkey

References

1. ^ "ICIS". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
4. ^ "ICIS". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
5. ^ "ICIS Login"

External links

• Arkem