The production of the construction materials were rooted with Haddat Yapı Kimya San. Tic. Ltd. Şti. which was founded by M. Kürşat Haddat in Mersin in 1989, pioneered the formation of many new products in the region and in Turkey, which also advanced in the sector by constantly developing their investments and innovations.

Following this start, the first ready-made plaster and construction chemicals were produced in Mersin region. In 1990, it became the first company to produce ready-made coloured plaster, interior and exterior emulsion paint, plaster and mortars with the TSE certificate in Mersin region.

In 1994, the first plaster factory of the region was established with a daily capacity of 150 tons. In this facility, in addition to the the products such as gypsum plaster, satin plaster and plaster, fertilizer manufacturing from gypsum (GYPS) was carried out for the first time in Turkey. With the fertilizers manufactured, Çukurova’s high PH values became productive. This project in this field is still ongoing.

As a result of the observations of the developments and changes in the chemistry of cement in the globalizing World, KİMYA ENDÜSTRİ MERKEZİ was established in 1998, which bases its production on cement and powder chemistry. Consequently, another milestone in the region was established. KEM is the first manufacturer in the region of mortar cements and cement-based products, which also produced the first white cement-based insulation plaster in Turkey by joint R&D with ÇİMSA. KEM and KEMİKOL branded products are served to both domestic and foreign markets professionally.

As a result of these positive developments, KEM established strategic partnerships with the sector leader companies and moved its factory located at the center of Mersin to Mersin-Tarsus Organized Industrial Zone in 2002. For this purpose, KEM has started manufacturing at world standards in a closed area of 2,500m2 within 22,000m2, using full equity capital. With these investments, it gained an annual production capacity of 10.000 tons of special cement and cementitious powder products, various powder mortar and plaster, as well as 80.000 tons of micronized calcite and 30.000 tons m3 perlite per year.

KEM is a part of Technoscope which is one of the first technoparks in Turkey.

KEM, developing with its technical infrastructure, capacity and increasing market share and with the corporate structure, it offers continous quality products to the customers. KEM holds ISO 9001-2000 certificate provided by the UK’s inspection and certification body of SIRA and TSE certificates for its products.