We know that sectoral success and quality in production is possible through investments to R&D activities. 
Due to our business principle, we place significant importance on research and development, and we conduct significant investments in this field.
Our R&D center holds 16 % of our employees carrying out activities such as product development, troubleshooting and product design for customer requests. Technology transfers from both intragroup and third-party companies as well as technology centers are also among important activities of our research laboratory.
We manufacture about 5 thousand different products for 6 different sectors in 8 production facilities designed with contributions from our R&D center and we ship these products to our customers in Turkey as well as abroad. According to the Contract Manufacturing Agreement of which we are a signatory, all production for all activity areas of AkzoNobel Kemipol is ongoing at the Kansai Altan facilities.
There are five different laboratories at our center serving different fields of activity with the aim of designing products either demanded or required by the customers.
There are five different laboratories at our center serving different fields of activity with the aim of designing products either demanded or required by the customers.
Color R&D
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Polymer R&D Laboratory |
Process Laboratory |
Analysis Laboratory |
UV and Corrosion Aging Laboratory |
Physical Chemistry Laboratory |
We spare about 3.3% of resources for R&D activities, a value that is well above the industry standards. Innovation
Sustaining the status of being a leading brand in the market is possible only through the integration of innovation ideas and technologies.Since our establishment in 1982, we have been aiming to take part in the market with innovative products while adopting a growth and development strategy based on research and development. As Kemipol Inc, we have been continuing to attract attention with our innovative products since 1985 when we started to increase our activities for automotive manufacturers and thus, we are increasingly known as a company raising the standards in automotive coatings industry. Through our R&D investments we support the growth of not only our company but also of our sector.
Sustainability
R&D activities of profit-oriented private sector industrial establishments are in accordance with market/customer expectations and demands. The developed technologies should be transformed into products that are marketable and that generate added value. Otherwise, it will be difficult to ensure the sustainability of R&D activities. In this regard, we as Kansai Altan take into consideration the demands and expectations of our customers while planning and conducting our investments.
Our R&D based technical employees have always been active in management and decision-making processes. This team that responds to the demands and expectations of the sector with innovative solutions has played a key role in the orientation of the company towards R&D and innovation activities.
Our R&D Center is continuing its research activities with internal work groups to contribute to sustainability while also taking an active part in various national and international platforms for conducting activities to increase product development capabilities.
We are also continuing our efforts at our R&D Centre to put into effect the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software for the digitalization of corporate memory and the improvement of project management processes.
The EU Project NoVOC is an initiative aimed at eliminating Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) from battery manufacturing through dry or wet processing methods. This project follows a strategy to address environmental and health concerns associated with VOC emissions during battery production. The NoVOC brings together a capable and experienced team in the fields of active materials development, formulation, cell manufacturing, cell testing, process modeling, digitalization, recycling, and life cycle analysis to achieve this goal, collaborating on various battery projects such as ECAIMAN, Li-PLANET, 3BELIEVE, GRAFREE, HemKoop.
We are pleased to contribute to this project with our expertise in the electrical, chemical, and physical resilience of binders.
Leading the Sector with New Products and Continuous Innovations
In addition to the current demands of the customers, innovative companies should also foresee and take into consideration the future product requirements.
Thanks to our medium- and long-term R&D strategy, we follow global advancements and base our activities on providing pioneering technologies. We give importance to polymer design as the building block of organic coatings.
At our Polymer Research Laboratory, we not only work with polymers for large-scale production but also on development activities for polymers that require different production technologies while sparing the greatest resource within the scope of our R&D activities to product and process development.
As part of our R&D activities, we also carry out physical chemistry studies and mechanical analyses regarding the formation of organic coatings and their curing processes. We conduct product development activities in four main groups.
