Petkim

Established on April 3, 1965, as Türkiye's first and only integrated petrochemical company, Petkim has been the indispensable raw material supplier of the industry since 2008 under the umbrella of SOCAR Türkiye. Today, Petkim continues its journey with its 15 main production facilities, 6 auxiliary facilities, and a team of 5000 employees that it employs directly or indirectly.

Leading supplier of Aegean Region

Petkim crowns its 58 years of expertise with nearly 60 different types of petrochemical products in its portfolio. Petkim is providing input to industries such as plastics, chemistry, packaging, pipes, paints, construction, agriculture, automotive, electricity, electronics, textiles, pharmaceuticals, detergents, and cosmetics. At the same time, Petkim exports to 50 countries worldwide and has been the largest exporter of the Aegean Region for many years.

Increasing its annual gross production capacity up to 3.6 million tons, Petkim contributes to reducing Türkiye's current account deficit and continues to add value to our country with its human-friendly and environment-friendly production technology.

Operations Beyond Borders

As a domestic and reliable supplier, Petkim serves numerous sectors and provides raw materials to more than 1500 customers in almost all branches of the industry. It has a comprehensive service portfolio with more than 350 customers from various sectors globally. Petkim has proven its superiority in the sector being placed first in the 'Stars of Export' list, which evaluates all sectors according to Aegean Exporters' Association data in 2022.

The Power of Synergy

With the refinery-petrochemistry integration implemented by SOCAR Türkiye, STAR Refinery offers uninterrupted raw material support to Petkim today. Petkim provides high-quality naphtha from STAR Refinery via pipeline, thus saving logistics costs at the maximum level. The synergy arising from the two companies' cooperation today leads to higher quality production, efficiency, and safe raw material supply within the value chain.

Petkim is proud to be the only company from Türkiye to be selected for the Global Lighthouse Network, where the World Economic Forum (WEF) chose the facilities that best use the Industry 4.0 standard in 2020.