Safic-Alcan TURKEY (Interplast A.S) Information

Safic-Alcan became majority shareholder at Interplast A.S. in 2011 with the intent to expand the company´s business and product portfolio in order to serve our kind customers more effective and on a broader scale. We started immediately afterwards to add a rubber division to be able to transfer the strength from Safic-Alcan as European leader in that field also into Turkey .There are existing synergy effects between the Rubber and the Engineering Thermoplastics and EPDM & PU Flooring Systems businesses within Interplast. The next expansion step was the establishment of our Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals, Food & Nutraceuticals, I&I, Household and Car Care, Perfume & Fragrance Ingredients and Veterinary & Agriculture departments under the overall hood of the Life Science division in October 2012 followed by the foundation of the Coatings and Adhesives, Pigments and Fillers departments in November 2012. Safic-Alcan was established already in 1847. The headquarters are in Puteaux, France and has offices in more than 25 different countries including China, India and the USA. Safic-Alcan Group is one of the leading distributors for specialty chemicals in Europe and active in rubber, thermoplastics, coatings, adhesives, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals,detergents and other industrial chemicals. Interplast, the Safic-Alcan company in Turkey, was established in 2004. Interplast is in an ongoing process to operate its product portfolio on a broader scale. Currently Interplast employees around 30 people and is planning to add more human resources to ensure a continuously effective sales and service network. Interplast has more than 50 different suppliers from 20 different countries. Our business activities are not only limited to the Turkish market, we also serve our customers located in Balkan,Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa regions which are in the natural gravity of our export zone and on the ancient ‘’Silk Road’’.