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: Arkem is the 27th largest chemical distributor in its field (2010) according to "The Top 100 Chemical Distributors" by ICIS. 2009 sales $248m.
 * Monomers
 * Alcohols
 * Aromatics & Aliphatics
 * Esters
 * Glycols
 * Glycol Ethers
 * Ketones
 * Surfactants

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