R&D Hub
Mercan Kimya R&D Hub officially become R&D Hub in 2018 and is supported by the Turkish Ministry of Industry & Technology.
We exploit R & D so that we can understand the needs of our customers, make production more efficient (performance and cost-wise), create products that have high added value, and come up with user- and ec0-friendly solutions to various problems.
Since 2008, all our R&D projects have been being supported by national as well as our own capital sources:
- Two of our projects have been approved by TUBITAK,
- Two of our projects have been approved by the KOSGEB,
- Sixteen of our projects have been completed – 12 of which with our own capital.
We’re (still) actively working on 3 projects.
Our expert team of engineers, chemists, and technicians are busy working away on developing:
- Nano and micro emulsions for the forestry, textile, isolation, and construction industries
- Paraffine-based 3D Printing Cartridges (3D Design)
- Paraffine-based phase changing materials
- Polymers & polymer emulsions
- Biocidal Products
- Paraffine-based surface conditioner chemistry for the leather/hide and textile industries
- Paraffinic materials for the cosmetics industry
- Water-repellents.
To do our work, we benefit from the following technology:
- GC/MS (identifies carbon dispersion in wax products)
- FT/IR (for developing new products and for analysing their molecular structure)
- DSC (identifies phase changes against the temperature of materials containing a wax/polymeric structure)
- PSA (measures the particle sizes of liquid-liquid and solid-liquid materials)
- Rheometer (for measuring the viscosity of raw materials and other products against such variables as temperature and pressure)
- Viscometer (measures the kinematicity and dynamicity of viscosity resistance)
- UV spectrophotometer (identifies aromatic components in various materials)
- NMR/23 Mhz (measures fast moisture and oil)
- Ultrasonic homogenizer
- High pressure homogenizer
- Moisture tester
- General chemistry equipment