Chemicals

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​About 3M3M has been developing new ideas for over 110 years, transforming these ideas into ingenious products. The company's knack for innovation is evidenced by the more than 55,000 products it has introduced over the years.On a global scale, 3M consists of five main business groups: Consumer Products, Electronics and Energy, Health Care Products, Industrial Products, and Safety and Graphic Solutions. The company has 26 active sales and marketing divisions under these groups. With annual sales of more than USD 30 billion and operations in 70 countries, 3M has over 91,000 employees worldwide. In Türkiye, where 3M has been operating since 1987, the company employs around 500 people.3M in The WorldHeadquarters: St. Paul, Minnesota, USASales: USD 30.1 billionNumber of employees: 91,500Offices in 70 countriesNon-US sales: 60%R&D laboratories in 36 countries3M in TürkiyeHeadquarters: IstanbulNumber of employees: 500Production: Çerkezköy, ÇorluHistory of 3M Türkiye1987: Entrance into the Turkish market1988: Scotch-Brite™ was introduced to the Turkish market1992: Production in Türkiye started2000: Production area moved to Çerkezköy2001: Production of personal protective hardware products began2002: Production of industry/filter product groups started2005: Production of personal care products began2008: Production of automotive products started2009: Production of health products commenced2011: It was among top 1,000 exporters in Türkiye2012: Super Hub (regional production base) was founded2013: It ranked among the top 400 exporters in Türkiye.2015: Çorlu regional production hub went into operation.2017: 3M Türkiye recognized to be one of the GPTW (Great place to Work) in 2017, also gaining addition recognition with a special award for «Employee Health and Safety»3M and R&DInvestment in R&D and innovation has been the key to 3M's current success. To stimulate growth, 3M, being aware of the value of R&D, allocates nearly 6 percent of its annual revenue to R&D operations. More than 35 percent of 3M's annual sales are derived from products developed in the last five years. 3M has over 40 Customer Innovation Centers dedicated to performing innovation processes in collaboration with customers. The Customer Innovation Center in Türkiye was commissioned in March 2015. In order to engage with customers, these centers utilize 3M's global power in the field of R&D and 46 technology platforms, constantly innovating to address the needs of customers.3M Türkiye to be the regional production base with Super Hub3M celebrated its 30th year in Türkiye in 2017. 3M Türkiye, which already had a production facility on 60,000 square meters of land in Çerkezköy, Tekirdağ broke ground in Çorlu, Tekirdağ for the Super Hub investment in 2012. At the time this was 3M's third Super Hub globally, and the facility became operational in 2015. 3M chose Türkiye for a Super Hub as the country's strategic location provides unfettered access to the Middle Eastern, North African, Russian, and European markets. ​

​​​​​​​​​​BASF has a long history in Türkiye, having made its first sales in the country in 1880. As one of the pioneers in the chemicals industry, for many years BASF has supplied chemical products for various industrial sectors and has contributed to the Turkish economy since the foundation of the republic. BASF operates six production facilities in Türkiye (Dilovası, Çayırova, Gebze, Trabzon, Adana, and has recently acquired the Chemetall Türkiye manufacturing site in Çayırova) and has offices in Istanbul, Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, and Izmir. Product sales fall under four main categories: industrial chemicals, functional products and solutions, performance products, and agricultural solutions. The company offers services to many key industries, including automotive, electric-electronics, construction, leather-textiles, detergents, cleaning, medical devices, cosmetics, animal feedstuff, agriculture, and food. BASF carries out its activities in Türkiye while adhering to the mission “We create chemistry for a sustainable future". As part of this mission, BASF signed a protocol in 2010 with the Ministry of National Education to renew chemistry laboratories of 81 high schools in 81 cities. This initiative became known as the “81 Chemistry Labs in 81 Cities" project. BASF also initiated a global education project called “Kids' Lab" to encourage children to take an interest in chemistry. Kid's Lab was rolled out in Türkiye in 2011 in three different shopping malls and is currently hosted in the Istanbul Modern museum. Kids' Lab was given the “Social Impact Practices" award by the Corporate Social Responsibility Association of Türkiye in 2012, and as of 2017 the project has touched the lives of over 14,000 children. A virtual game in Kids' Lab called Sanalika also recently took home the Gold Mixx award for the in-game integration category at the IAB Mixx Awards. ​BASF's renovated Dilovası Facilities Management Center building has been awarded the “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold" certificate. Meanwhile, the company's newly built Construction Chemicals, Logistics and Technical Development Center facility in Gebze, Kocaeli received the LEED Platinum certificate and became the first industrial building to be certified with the highest level-LEED level in Türkiye.​​

​​​​​​​​​​​Unilever, one of the oldest global corporations in the world, is a one-hundred percent publicly held company that operates in more than 190 countries. The company is one of the world's leading suppliers in the home care, personal care, and food and beverage categories, reaching 2.5 billion consumers everyday with its products. The company has 169,000 employees and generated sales of EUR 52.7 billion in 2016. Over half (57 percent) of the company's footprint is in developing and emerging markets. Attaching great importance to innovation, Unilever has been leading scientific research with an annual budget of approx. EUR 1 billion earmarked for R&D. This commitment to R&D allows Unilever to provide high-quality products to its consumers. Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan underpins the company's strategy and commits to ​helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being by 2020, halving the environmental footprint of the making and use of its products by 2030 as the company grows its business, and enhancing the livelihoods of millions of people by 2020 as the company grows its business. The Unilever Sustainable Living Plan creates value by driving growth and trust, eliminating costs, and reducing risks. The company's sustainable living brands are growing over 50 percent faster than the rest of the business and delivered more than 60 percent of the company's growth in 2016. Unilever was ranked number one in its sector in the 2016 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In the FTSE4Good Index, it achieved the highest environmental score of 5. It also led the list of Global Corporate Sustainability Leaders in the 2016 GlobeScan/SustainAbility annual survey for the sixth year running. Unilever has pledged to become carbon positive in its operations by 2030. While it made its first investment in Türkiye in 1952 with the Sana factory established in Bakırköy, Istanbul, Unilever has been creating added value in Türkiye for more than 100 years with its products. Unilever's products in Türkiye include OMO, Rinso, Yumoş, Domestos, Cif, Sunlight, Elidor, Dove, Dove Men, Toni&Guy, Signal, Clear, Rexona, Lux, Axe, Sana, Lipton, Knorr, Calve, Becel, Algida, Carte d'Or, Cornetto, Magnum, Max, UFS, Hellmann's and Vaseline. These brands can be found in 9 out of every 10 houses in Türkiye today. Unilever continues to invest in Türkiye, an important regional base, in order to increase its sustainable growth capacity. After a EUR 95 million investment made for the Algida ice-cream factory in Konya, which started its operations in June 2013, the second investment in Konya was made for a home and personal care products factory in May 2017. Thus, Unilever has created a strong supply chain eco-system in Konya with its suppliers and has implemented the largest factory investment of the last decade in the Turkish FMCG sector with an integrated investment value reaching EUR 350 million in total. This is also the largest investment ever made in Konya across all sectors.​