Turkey

Cementir Group has been operating in Turkey since September 2001, with the acquisition of Çimentaş SA and Çimbeton SA.

Cement

With four cement factories (Izmir, Kars, Edirne and Elazig) and an installed capacity of 5.4 million tons per year, Çimentaş is among the first international cement producers in Turkey. The company is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

The plants, strategically located to cover the entire domestic market, are:

• Izmir (2.6 million tons capacity) on the Aegean Sea;
• Edirne (1.3 million tons capacity) in the Marmara region, near Istanbul and on the border with Greece and Bulgaria; 
• Elazig (0.9 million tons capacity), acquired in September 2006 in Central Anatolia;
• Kars (0.6 million tons capacity) in Eastern Anatolia.

Although production is mainly distributed in the domestic market, the plants location near the sea and on the border with other countries makes export feasible both to neighboring countries and into the Mediterranean.

Ready-mix concrete

The subsidiary Çimbeton, also listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange since 1977, is the main ready-mix concrete production company in the Aegean region, with 16 concrete plants located mainly in the western part of Turkey.
 

Waste

Since 2009 Çimentaş, with the aim of contributing to the circular economy and increasing the Group's environmental footprint, invested in a business model based on sustainability: through its sub-holding Recydia started operations in residues treatment, to produce recyclable materials and alternative fuel to be used in the cement factories as a substitute of fossil fuel.

In the Aegean region, Sureko is the subsidiary focused on industrial facilities waste management, providing onsite service to customers, collection and treatment of industrial residues in Kula (Manisa) factory, where recyclable materials (PET, HDPE, PP, paper, glass, wood, metals) are selected and Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) is produced.

The production of energy from renewable sources and the progressive replacement of fossil fuels with alternative fuels is one of the Group's strategic priorities.

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