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Şişecam ranks as one of the top three largest soda producers and top four chromic acid producers worldwide, with facilities located in Türkiye, the U.S., Italy, Bulgaria, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, exporting chemical products to over 100 countries around the world.

Soda Ash

Soda ash, known chemically as sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), has been in use for thousands of years. Soda ash occurs in many kinds of mineral waters and in mineral deposits of certain springs and lake brines.

History Of Soda Ash

About 50 million years ago, volcanic activity, decaying plant matter, and climate change caused the evaporation of a large lake, leaving behind the world’s largest trona deposit located in Green River, Wyoming.

Natural vs Syntethic

Synthetic soda ash is made using either the Solvay or Hou process and contains a number of different chemicals. Both methods leave behind byproducts and require either seaside discharge or waste beds to catch leftover impurities.

ABOUT ŞİŞECAM
Founded in 1935 by İşbank at the directive of Atatürk, the founder and first President of the Republic of Türkiye, Şişecam is one of the most established industrial enterprises in Türkiye with a corporate history spanning more than 88 years.

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“Today, Sisecam ranks among the world’s most prestigious manufacturers thanks to its exceptional expertise and highly competitive operations.”

SISECAM
Founded in 1935 by İşbank at the directive of Atatürk, the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey, Sisecam is one of the most established industrial enterprises in Turkey with a corporate history spanning more than 86 years.

1962

Stauffer Chemical opened its Big Island Mine and Refinery plant in Green River, WY, USA and started producing soda ash from the mined trona.

1984

Stauffer Chemical converted its manufacturing process from conventional “drill and blast” mining to “continuous mining.”

1985

Stauffer Chemical was acquired by Chesebrough Ponds.

1986

Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), who was in turn acquired by Unilever, took Stauffer Chemical over from Chesebrough Ponds.

1987

Rhone-Poulenc took over Stauffer’s industrial chemicals section (soda ash business) from ICI.

1996

OCI Company, Ltd. took over the soda ash business from Rhone-Poulenc, renaming the new North American subsidiary as OCI Chemical Corporation.

1998

Unit 6, OCI Chemical’s first automated unit, reached production levels of about a million tons per year.

2009

Decahydrate (DECA) plant started recovering soda ash from the tailings ponds which then increased the plant’s overall efficiency.

2013

OCI’s soda ash business was listed on NYSE as a Master Limited Partnership under ticker symbol OCIR, following an intitial public offering.

2015

OCI Chemical corporation was acquired by Ciner Enterprises Inc., a Ciner Group subsidiary, to be renamed as Ciner Resources Corporation.

2016

The soda ash venture was rewarded “2,000,000 Safe Man Hours Without a Lost Time Accident Award”.

2019

Şişecam entered into an equal production partnership contract with Ciner Group for natural soda production in the U.S.

2021

Şişecam has made an investment in the U.S. that will change the structure of its partnership with Ciner Group, taking over the soda ash business and renaming it as Şişecam, while changing its ticker symbol on the NYSE to SIRE. With this investment, Şişecam has become one of the top soda producers in the world.

2023

Şişecam successfully took the company private when it delisted SIRE from the NYSE.

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