# Beta Kimya breaks ground on glue factory in Kocaeli, Turkey

Beta Kimya broke ground on a glue and adhesive factory in Kocaeli, Turkey, with an investment of $46 million, expected to create 500 jobs and produce polyurethane reactive hotmelt adhesives.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-07-22
- Where: Kocaeli, Türkiye
- Value: $46.0M
- Jobs: 500
- Status: under construction
- Products: polyurethane reactive hotmelt adhesives
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Beta Kimya](https://endata.com/companies/48759.md)

## Sources

- [aa.com.tr](https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/turkey-breaks-ground-on-massive-glue-factory/1918801), 2020-07-22: "The facility, representing an investment worth 315 million Turkish liras [$46 million], will create new employment opportunities for 500 people."
- [fbcnews.de](https://fbcnews.de/ost/ost37908/), 2020-07-28: "トルコの化学企業ベタ・キムヤ（Beta Kimya）は22日、同国北西部のコジャエリで接着剤工場を着工した。"

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