BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct.30
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Petkim petrochemical complex of Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR in Turkey produces nearly 60 different types of products with an annual production capacity of 3.6 million tons, Head of the SOCAR Turkey Refinery and Petrochemicals Business Unit and General Manager of Petkim Anar Mammadov said, Trend reports citing Turkish media.
He pointed out that Petkim’s products are consumed by 6,000 manufacturers, primarily SMEs in Turkey and are exported to 78 countries.
“Petkim accounts for 18 percent of Turkey’s petrochemical products’ export and is the largest exporter in the Aegean region. In 2019, we broke a historical record with 3.4 million tons of production at Petkim,” added Mammadov.
Petkim Petrochemical Complex, which is the first and only integrated petrochemical plant of Turkey, is of strategic importance for Turkey’s economy and industry with its 55-year history.
Petkim played a crucial role in supplying of plastic, medical and raw materials for the packaging industry as part of the fight against COVID-19. It uninterruptedly supplied raw materials needed in this difficult period in Turkey. Petkim once again showed that it is the safe supplier of the Turkish industrialist.
In order to turn Petkim into the most digitalized company of Turkey and Azerbaijan, we launched the “digitalization period” in 2018. The digitalization team at Petkim has up to now implemented more than 40 projects and financial implementation was ensured with 20 active projects within the digitalization program. All those projects were implemented with such technologies as machine learning, artificial intelligence, image recognition, robotic process automation.
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