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STRATEGIZEChemOrbis was first established in Turkey in March 2001. Turkey was chosen because of its status as the world's third largest spot importer of plastics raw materials, following China and Italy. Therefore, it was the perfect starting point for introducing trading tools and market intelligence vital to the spot market. ChemOrbis also launched naturally into the international trade of plastics because of Turkey's great reliance on imports from around the world.
Having achieved its mission to become a reference for the plastics industry in Turkey, ChemOrbis intensified its presence globally by establishing local offices located in key polymer markets of the world. Having launched its international expansion plan in 2005, ChemOrbis now reports the East Mediterranean from its Istanbul Office, North & West African Markets from its Cairo Office, the Italian market from its Milan Office, while covering the Far & South East Asian Markets from its Shanghai & Kuala Lumpur Offices.
ChemOrbis has long prided itself on its personal touch with members the world over. ChemOrbis has made enormous progress in establishing an international community under its umbrella, and has become a unique hub for global market players.
ChemOrbis is a subsidiary of iLab Ventures (“iLab”), the venture capital arm of AccessTurkey Capital Group which is focused on early-stage through late-stage growth equity investments primarily in on-line consumer services companies and technology driven business services companies.
iLab’s objective is to create value by building lasting partnerships with exceptional entrepreneurs. iLab provides its portfolio companies with the capital, industry expertise, and a broad network of industry specific relationships to help build its portfolio companies into industry leaders. To achieve this goal, iLab invests in companies with compelling growth opportunities and partners with talented management teams who are looking for more than just capital.
iLab’s early focus on the internet in Turkey and subsequent successes across its portfolio companies has earned iLab the reputation for being a powerhouse of investments in on-line businesses in Turkey. iLab’s incubation experience and subsequent success coupled with the synergy, strength and market defining characteristics of our portfolio companies has cemented iLab’s place as the premier venture capital firm in Turkey.
For more information, please visit http://www.accessturkey.com/EN/VC_overview.htm
ChemOrbis is not involved directly or indirectly in any kind of trading activity. Therefore it is a 100% independent party providing market information and trading platforms without any commercial interest on either side of trading activities.
Our neutrality is what contributes most to the superiority of our market intelligence: It allows us access to all market players, and to report to our subscribers with insight from all sides.
Our Team is comprised of professionals with expert knowledge in the field. From the best technical skills to the best management intellect, ChemOrbis has it all, to ensure that your company gets the best service extended over the internet.
About Management
ChemOrbis Managers are professionals with a rich knowledge base.
Mustafa Erhan Say, Chairman
Founder of iLab Ventures, Mustafa E. Say has 16 years of global trading experience in petrochemicals. He started his career at GE Trading, a subsidiary of General Electric Co. in New York,, where he held a variety of positions. Mr. Say then moved on in his career as a Senior Vice President for Petrochemicals at Vinmar International, Houston, a well known international petrochemicals and plastics trading company. At Vinmar, Mustafa E. Say established and managed the petrochemicals trading division. During his tenure, he built a petrochemicals business with a volume in excess of US$300 million per year in sales and in excess of 1 million tons per year in physical product trading globally.
Alp Özdenler, General Manager
Alp Özdenler is a seasoned executive with in-depth plastics industry and technology expertise. With over a decade of experience in plastics industry before starting at ChemOrbis in 2002, Alp Özdenler worked for Egeplast Ege Plastik Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S. (Izmir, Turkey), a leading firm in Turkey's plastics sector. He is well versed in global trends in the plastics industry, and in transacting business worldwide.
Mirza Kadic, Overseas Operations Director
Mirza Kadic has been working as part of the ChemOrbis team almost since its establishment in 2001, first in Supplier Relations and later as Sales Manager. Since 2003, he has been involved in the company's international expansion and overseen key International Accounts. Mirza Kadic has vast experience in the fields of International Commodity Trade since 1992 and polymers processing and trade since 1996.
Kim Yasa, Market Intelligence Director
Kim Yasa joined ChemOrbis from the start, after years of experience in the technology sector as a Business Analyst developing solutions for the financial industry at Thomson Financial Services, Boston, MA, USA. In Turkey she worked as a consultant researching the growth of the internet at IBS Research & Consulting, Istanbul. At ChemOrbis, she oversees the Market Intelligence division keeping members on top of global price trends.
Seda Arat, Business Development Director
Seda Arat has been involved in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce for the last 8 years. After spending three years in an Internet start-up as Business Development Coordinator and Channel Marketing Manager between 1997 and 2000 in Beijing, China, she was instrumental in setting up the first e-B2B applications in Turkey which included e-marketplaces for plastics and chemicals (www.chemorbis.com) and steel (www.steelorbis.com) industries where she was in charge of product and business development. Ms. Arat later ran the operations of Chemorbis in Greater China as the Chief Representative from July 2005 to October 2008. She currently works as the Business Development Director based in Istanbul overseeing all business development and marketing activities. Ms. Arat has delivered papers and has publications in mobile technologies, m-commerce and m-government. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in International Relations from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey and a M.B.A. from International University of Japan, Niigata, Japan. She speaks Turkish, English, Mandarin Chinese and basic Japanese.
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