Overview
Akçansa, a joint venture of Sabanci Holding and HeidelbergCement, was founded in 1996. The company is the leading cement and ready-mixed concrete producer in Turkey.
| Turkey |
|---|
| Cement plants |
3 |
| Grinding plants |
1 |
| Cement terminals |
5 |
| Aggregates |
4 |
| Ready-mixed concrete |
36 |
(Data as of 2012)
The market
Akçansa operates in both the cement and ready-mixed concrete sectors in the Marmara, Agean, and Black Sea regions. The company has three cement plants in Istanbul, Çanakkale, and Ladik. In addition, the grinding plant Karçimsa in Karabük, a joint venture of Akçansa and a steel company, produces blast furnace slag cement.
At the Çanakkale plant, a facility for generating electricity from kiln waste heat was commissioned at the end of September 2011. The installation covers around 30% of the entire electricity requirement of the plant and will also cut CO2 emissions by 60,000 tonnes per year.
Akçansa produces ready-mixed concrete at numerous locations in the Marmara and Agean regions and distributes it under the brand name Betonsa. Aggregates are sold under the brand name Agregasa.