A GLOBAL LEADER IN CEMENT A member of the Sabanci Cement Group, the Turkish company Cimsa Cimento is one of the world’s most well-known producers of cement and ready-mixed concrete. It has a presence in more than 50 countries and continues to invest in modernisation and sustainability in order to enhance its international reputation. Industry Europe looks at the success it has achieved over the past few years.
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hen Industry Europe last featured Cimsa Cimento in 2007, the company had completed an extensive domestic investment programme and was turning its attention to international expansion. In the years since then it has been successful in this aim, increasing its exports, although it continues to invest in modernisation both at home and abroad. In 2007, Cimsa already had several manufacturing sites in its domestic market of Turkey, including cement production facilities in Mersin, Eskişehir, Kayseri and Niğde, and grinding-packaging facilities in its Ankara, Malatya and Marmara terminals. Added to this, it was also running international terminals in Spain, Germany, Cyprus and the Middle East.
In 2009 it added to this with the establishment of production in Russia (Novorossysk) and Italy (Trieste). In 2011, it commenced operations at a new plant in Alicante, Spain. Cimsa has been active in the cement industry since 1975 when it was founded in Mersin, Turkey. Three years on, its production volumes had already risen to one million tonnes and it is now the national leader in cement production. Today 41 per cent of its shares are traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange and the past five years or so have seen some excellent financial results. Its annual turnover is in the region of 600 million TL and its clinker production has reaches 5 million tonnes per year. In 2012 cement exports reached 16 million tonnes.
