Çukurova Holding In the first half of the 1980s, Kaplamin A.Ş. entered the corrugated cardboard box sector, and became the leading company in its field in Turkey by increasing its capacity in the following years. Towards the end of the 1980s, Selkasan A.Ş. and corrugated cardboard paper (such as flutting, test liner, imitation kraft) production. In the mid-1990s, it strengthened in the sector with Ova Oluklu in Tarsus and Yalova Ambalaj in Yalova in order to get a larger share from the corrugated cardboard box market. In the early 1990s, Selkasan A.Ş. Çukurova Holding, which entered the paper production with the company, established Atkasan A.Ş. in 1996, solely on the subject of scrap paper, taking into account the inadequacy in the scrap paper market, which is the main raw material. Çukurova paper group became a partner in the first half of the 90s with SCA Packaging International BV, the leading paper group in Europe, in order to be more effective in the global market. Depending on this partnership, Atkasan A.Ş. has gradually increased its market share and has become a leading company in the sector. In 2012, SCA sold its shares in the global market to DS Smith Plc., Europe's leading company in the sector. In this context, the shares in Turkey also passed to DS Smith. DS Smith withdrew from the Turkish market as of mid-2015 and all of the shares were transferred to Çukurova Holding. As of the beginning of 2016, Atkasan A.Ş. continues its activities. has gradually increased its market share and has become a leading company in the sector. In 2012, SCA sold its shares in the global market to DS Smith Plc., Europe's leading company in the sector. In this context, the shares in Turkey also passed to DS Smith. DS Smith withdrew from the Turkish market as of mid-2015 and all of the shares were transferred to Çukurova Holding. As of the beginning of 2016, Atkasan A.Ş. continues its activities. has gradually increased its market share and has become a leading company in the sector. In 2012, SCA sold its shares in the global market to DS Smith Plc., Europe's leading company in the sector. In this context, the shares in Turkey also passed to DS Smith. DS Smith withdrew from the Turkish market as of mid-2015 and all of the shares were transferred to Çukurova Holding. As of the beginning of 2016, Atkasan A.Ş. continues its activities. DS Smith withdrew from the Turkish market as of mid-2015 and all of the shares were transferred to Çukurova Holding. As of the beginning of 2016, Atkasan A.Ş. continues its activities. DS Smith withdrew from the Turkish market as of mid-2015 and all of the shares were transferred to Çukurova Holding. As of the beginning of 2016, Atkasan A.Ş. continues its activities.

Turkey, which is a candidate country for European Union membership, has entered a harmonization process in which the Union legislation (including environmental legislation) will be reflected in Turkish laws and fully implemented. Especially in the 2000s, in the European Union harmonization process, new regulations regarding the environment and the criteria to be complied with have increased and the concept of an integrated waste management company has developed in the sector. Reducing waste at its source, recycling and final disposal have become issues of great importance. Depending on these developments, Atkasan A.Ş. has adopted the idea that wastes other than paper should be collected and recycled to the economy and expanded its activities in this direction. An average of 180,000 tons of paper/cardboard waste per year is collected by our group company Selkasan A.Ş. is recycled by Selkasan A.Ş. The finished papers produced by Kaplamin A.Ş., which is also our group company. It is recycled by turning it into boxes.

With the Granule and Wooden Pallet Recycling facilities investment completed in 2018, recycling processes of plastic waste and wooden pallets are carried out. Other wastes are sent to licensed recycling companies and recycled to the economy.

Developing new branches of activity for the recycling of packaging wastes as well as for an integrated waste management, Atkasan obtains a hazardous waste transportation license and ensures that hazardous wastes, which are of great importance for the industry, are transported to appropriate licensed recycling facilities.

Atkasan, which has started integrated waste management studies since 2005, has received an Environmental Consultancy Competence Certificate from the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in accordance with the Environmental Legislation and has accelerated its efforts in this direction.

Atkasan, which operates with its professional team, equipment and vehicle park in waste collection; It provides service to every region of Turkey with its İzmir and Manisa facilities.

Within the scope of the Packaging Waste Control Regulation, it carries out the projects for the separate collection of packaging waste at the source, as a licensed collection-separation company, with many municipalities and authorized institutions.

With its understanding of quality service, Atkasan A.Ş. It continues its activities with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, OHSAS 18001:2007 documents.

Contact Detials

Manisa – Center

Address OIZ II.Part Keçilikoy OSB Mah. Mustafa Kemal Bulv. No:8 Yunusemre/MANİSA 45030

Telephone 0(236) 213 00 17

fax 0(236) 213 00 17

E-mail atkasan@atkasan.com.tr