Sönmez Çimento improved its export capability by constructing a new port at the Yumurtalık TAYSEB Freezone in Adana, Turkey. Designed with both high loading rates and the environment in mind, using the new facility the company expects to increase its cement and clinker exports to the rest of the Mediterranean, Africa and South America. By Mert Arikan, Sönmez Çimento, Turkey.
With a 5000tpd clinker and 2Mta cement production capacity, Turkey-based Sönmez Çimento is a key producer in the eastern Mediterranean region. Its plant enjoys a seaside location at Yumurtalık TAYSEB FreeZone, Adana, which enables the company to export 85 per cent of its output to the rest of the Mediterranean as well as Africa and South America.
