Organik Kimya, a global provider of sustainable polymer chemistry, has brought a new reactor online at its Istanbul site, adding significant capacity for its water-based liquid emulsion polymers. More than a capacity upgrade, the investment is designed to give customers shorter lead times, dependable supply at the height of seasonal demand, and headroom for innovation.

“Every ton we add is measured against two customer metrics: lead time to dock and on time in full during peak season,” explained Tansel Özyönüm, COO. “This new reactor helps us ship quicker when schedules are tight and keep our partners’ lines running when the market is at full throttle.”

The new reactor offers the following advantages to customers:

• Shorter lead times: Parallel reactor trains reduce make-to-order cycle times, enabling just-in-time deliveries and trimming customers’ working capital tied up in inventory.
• Peak season assurance: Extra swing capacity absorbs the sharp demand spikes typical in architectural and functional coatings, construction chemicals, textile binders and leather chemicals, water-based pressure-sensitive adhesives, and specialty paper applications.
• Supply chain resilience: The new reactor helps to minimize disruption risk for procurement teams.
• Co-innovation bandwidth: Freed up production windows create space for pilot runs, custom grades, and rapid scale ups without queueing behind high-volume orders.

The new reactor complements last year’s launch of Turkey’s second high-tech spray dryer for re-dispersible powder polymers (RDP), which doubled powder output while cutting energy consumption by 15%. Together, the liquid and powder investments allow Organik Kimya to serve customers with integrated solutions that combine:

• Acrylic water-based emulsions for low-VOC coatings, inks, and textile finishes
• High solids, low-viscosity latexes for next-generation pressure-sensitive adhesives
• Performance engineered RDPs that boost workability and strength in cementitious construction products

All products are backed by Industry 4.0 process control, fully automated packaging, and global technical service hubs that help customers translate raw material quality into end-product performance.

Organik Kimya is a global provider of sustainable polymer chemistry, offering liquid emulsion polymers, redispersible powder polymers, adhesives and specialty additives that enable high-performance, low-carbon solutions for coatings, construction, adhesives, textiles and beyond. Headquartered in Istanbul with production and technical centers worldwide, Organik Kimya delivers to customers in more than 100 countries. Learn more at organikkimya.com. 

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