We are expanding with new investments.
Our Kilns
The recipe of bentonite, which is dried through 4 rotary kilns, each with a capacity of 60,000 tons/year, is then calibrated through crushers and sieves to produce cat litter of the desired size. The product range is then expanded through coloring and perfuming processes. Established in 2009 with a capacity of 35 thousand tons/year, our first facility was completely renovated in February/March 2022 and the capacity of 4 facilities reached a total of 240,000 tons/year.
Our Packaging Warehouse
Our company has nearly 30 domestic and more than 120 international customers. A large warehouse was needed for approximately 1000 barcodes of packaging for all existing brands. For this purpose, in 2019, we opened the highest and largest warehouse in the Black Sea with a packaging stock capacity of 220 trucks 200 meters from our production facility. We also have a final product stock area for online sales on 1 acre at the entrance of the warehouse.
Our Box Packaging Facility
In 2016, we started with 100,000 boxes and today our adventure in Germany market chains has reached 13 million boxes. The number of lines, which we initially filled with 1 horizontal box machine, has been increased to 4 today and has the capacity to fill 20 million boxes. In 2021 and 2022, thanks to the robots coupled to these lines, fully automatic packaging can be done quickly and accurately.
Our Packaging Facility
There are 9 vertical and 6 horizontal fully automatic packaging lines in our packaging facility, which is filled untouched. These lines have a packaging capacity of 40 trucks per day.
Fully Automated Facility
We have 4 fully automated plants, the first of which was established in 2009 and renovated in 2022. Each plant has a capacity of 60,000 tons. In this sense, we can produce 240,000 tons of granules.
Raw Material Storage Area
We have storage facilities in 4 different locations with an open area of 45.000 m², each of which is at most 1 km away from our plant. In each area, bentonite with various elemental structure is classified and formulated. The mixtures formulated in these open raw material storages are brought to the plant and production is carried out.
We are expanding with new investments.
Our company, which produces products that touch the lives of millions of cat owners every day in more than 75 countries, continues to grow on a global scale. In a rapidly changing and evolving world, the growth in the sector over the last 13 years is expected to continue exponentially and we are strengthening our strategic position every day by investing in four important areas.
We create value with our R&D and innovation power.
We continue to develop sustainable products of high added value for our customers with our pioneering practices and solutions in R&D and innovation. Thanks to the ideas developed in the R&D and design center, we were granted the global brand of the year award and registered our pioneering position in this field. With the vision of digitalization in production technologies, we aim to be among the respected companies in Europe. As Bentaş Bentonit, we also aim to spread the smart processes and algorithms we have developed in our factory to the entire production network and further develop our activities in digitalization. We adopt sustainability as a business model and are moving forward without deviating from our principles to become a brand that “Respects the World, Globally Reputed” with zero waste efforts.
Our turnover continues to grow.
Despite the challenging conditions in the world and national economy, Bentaş Bentonit managed to complete 2021 with a high turnover increase as targeted. Our turnover increased by 70% in 2021 compared to the previous year. We target to increase our turnover by 200% in 2022 In the second quarter of 2022, we have exceeded the previous year’s sales revenue by 50%. More than 80% of our sales revenues are generated from the international market and nearly 20% from the domestic market. Being aware of the importance of value-added product exports, we believe that our sales and revenues will grow at the same rate in the coming years.
We continue our successful performance in global markets.
In the light of the developments in global economy and in the industry, Bentaş Bentonit has a successful performance in our target markets and has significant market shares in countries such as Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Greece, and is among the leading brands especially in Turkey, Russia, Greece, Ukraine, Malta. Our global brand VanCat® continues to reinforce our presence in these markets. In Europe where the company is the strongest in international markets and Turkish market, we achieved 50% growth as of the first 6 months of 2022. We continue to increase our sales in this region in response to consumer price sensitivity and competitive approaches, especially in the highly competitive European markets.