Company Profile

Alkim was established in Istanbul in 1948 by Chemical Engineer Vedat Kora as a small manufacturing workshop operating as a sole proprietorship. In 1957, it was converted into a limited liability company under the name Alkali Madencilik Ltd. The company began to expand in 1962 with the participation of Pharmacist Cihat Kora. In 1963, Alkim entered into a partnership with Essex Interore Inc., a subsidiary of Exxon (one of the world's five largest companies and an American oil giant), to develop sodium sulfate operations in Turkey. Due to the great significance of this matter for Turkey, Alkim Alkali Kimya A.Ş. was established on May 8, 1963, by a special resolution of the Council of Ministers, numbered 6/1728, in accordance with the laws in effect at that time.

Subsequently, in 1971, the American partner Essex Interore Inc. transferred its shares to the Kora Family and withdrew from Turkey.

CAPITAL

Capital Stock System is executed. The Paid-in Capital of our company is 300.000.000 TL.
Subject of Activities :
Operating of mining areas, productions and sales of chemical materials, exports and imports

Shareholding Structure: Ratio of Public Shares    57,62%
 
A Publicly Held Company 
(all publicly held and traded companises in Turkey are under supervision of SPK (Capital Markets Autority).

Alkim’s shares are traded in Istanbul Stock Exchange (BİST).
The BİST code of Alkim Alkali Chemicals Inc. is ALKIM.

 

NUMBER OF FACILITIES:

• 3 Chemical Facilities: (Afyonkarahisar, Dazkırı-Acıgöl-Koralkim Sodium Sulfate Plants, Potassium Sulfate Production Facility, Ankara-Çayırhan Sodium Sulfate Plant)
• 1 Paper Facility: (Our subsidiary, Alkim Kağıt San. Tic. A.Ş., in which we hold an 80% share, located in İzmir-Kemalpaşa Organized Industrial Zone)

At the Dazkırı Acıgöl and Cihanbeyli Tersakan Lake operations, Crystal Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, and Magnesium derivatives are produced. In the underground Sodium Sulfate mine in Ankara-Çayırhan, Glauberite and Thenardite are extracted, while Gypsum is obtained from the upper layer of the mine. Additionally, there is a lime kiln in the same area.
 

Sodium Sulphate: 420.000 tons/year 

Potassium Sulphate: 50.000 tons/year

Sodium Chloride ( Salt ) :

Raw Salt: 225,000 tons/year
Washed Salt: 120,000 tons/year
Refined Table Salt: 30,000 tons/year
Premium Quality Dried Salt: 36,000 tons/year
Magnesium Derivatives (MgCl₂, Kainite): 25,000 tons/year
 

Paper

Our product is produced at the integrated premises in Izmir - Kemalpasa with a capacity of 80.000 tons/year. Alkim Paper's 80% shares are belonging to Alkim Chemicals, and the remaining 20%, are publicly traded in the IMKB (Istanbul Stock Exchange). 

Employment  

Administrative Staff 52
Workers 337
Total 389 (full employement)

Also, 25 - 50 seasonal workers are employed in the lakes for salt harvesting from the ponds.