Polisan Kimya, subsidiary of Polisan Holding, is preparing to open its new factory in April 2022 and increase its exports. Polisan Kimya General Manager Selçuk Denizligil, said that with the implementation of the new factory, there will be an increase of 30 percent in their annual production capacity of 150,000 tons.
Since its establishment in 1964, Polisan Kimya has achieved many firsts for the development of the Turkish chemical industry, and makes a strong entrance into 2022. Polisan Kimya, the first company to produce in the formaldehyde and resins group and to bring the said technology to Turkey, is going to increase its capacity due to the increasing demand for chipboard, MDF, plywood, formica resins, glass wool and stone wool resins, melamine, urea, and phenolbased formaldehyde resins. Polisan Kimya General Manager Selçuk Denizligil announced that the new factory, of which the foundations were laid this year, will start operating in April 2022 and that annual production capacity of 150,000 tons will increase by 30 percent.
Denizligil pointed out that Polisan Kimya, a subsidiary of Polisan Holding, also has a significant production power in the field of construction chemicals and said: “We own 40 percent of the market in the formaldehyde and resins group. We are the biggest producer in this product group. Our power will increase even more with the new factory. We also increased our market share in construction chemicals to 20 percent. Here, too, we are one of the top three most important manufacturers. We will continue to add qualified value to the sector with our sales and production activities in this field.”
Value-added preparation for growing demand
Denizligil added that chemistry is an extremely strategic sector and is the main input of many industries, explained the situation of the sector and the reasons for increasing domestic investments as follows: “The chemical industry is the main input of many industries. In addition, the production of specialty chemicals with high added value is still a problem. This increases the share of the chemical industry in the foreign trade deficit. Today, the Turkish Chemical Industry is 80 percent foreigndependent in terms of raw materials. Polisan Kimya is an expert in construction chemicals, formaldehyde and resins and wants to use its expertise to provide more benefits to the country by increasing its production capacity. The share of new products in our total turnover is 17.5 percent, which we want to increase. Our R&D center works on new products to be manufactured in our new factory. With new innovative products with added value, we want to both respond more to domestic demand and get a larger export share.”
They want to increase the export to 20-25 percent
According to Denizligil “Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Greece, Kosovo, Israel, Egypt, and Australia” are the countries they are exporting to and have the main market and said: “Export revenues of Polisan Kimya took a 12 percent share from its total revenues in the nine months of 2021. In 2021 we focused on the domestic market, and on exporting, so we tried to root ourselves in the markets with new strategies. Everything goes according to plan. Our goal is to increase our export to 20-25 percent in the coming years. Being active in the Balkans and European markets, that is, in developed country markets, is among our priorities.”
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Denizligil added that Polisan Kimya is one of the first AdBlue producers in Turkey, and gave information about Polisan Holding’s partnerships in the field of chemistry and its foreign investment. He said that Polisan Holding has a partnership with Dow Chemical, one of the world’s giant chemical companies, that in the field of paint, a business line of the chemical industry, Polisan Kansai Boya is a business partner with Japanese Kansai Paint, one of the top 10 paint manufacturers in the world, and that these create synergy for the group.
