AKG GAZBETON ISLETMELERI SANAYI VETICARETCARET AS

Their core work

AKG Gazbeton is a Turkish industrial manufacturer of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) building materials — the "gazbeton" in their name is the Turkish term for this lightweight, thermally efficient construction product. As an energy- and resource-intensive manufacturer, they joined H2020 consortia as an industrial end-user and validation partner rather than as a research actor. Their participation in FISSAC placed them within a network exploring industrial symbiosis — the reuse of one industry's waste as another's input — directly relevant to concrete manufacturing, which generates significant mineral by-products. Their later involvement in MMAtwo connected them to chemical recycling of acrylic polymers (PMMA), suggesting an interest in integrating recycled materials or sustainable inputs into their industrial processes.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

FISSAC (2015–2020) left no public keyword trail in CORDIS, suggesting AKG contributed as an industrial demonstrator or pilot site rather than a technical research partner — their value was scale and real manufacturing context, not IP generation. By the time MMAtwo began (2018–2022), their keyword profile sharpened dramatically around PMMA depolymerization, monomer recovery, plastic waste, and sustainable design, indicating a deliberate move toward advanced materials recycling. The trajectory shows a manufacturer transitioning from passive participation in broad resource-efficiency consortia toward more technically defined involvement in chemical recycling of specific polymer streams.

AKG appears to be moving from broad industrial ecology participation toward more specialized engagement with polymer material recovery — likely driven by regulatory pressure and market demand for recycled-content building materials in the Turkish and EU construction supply chain.

How they like to work

AKG has never led an H2020 project, always joining as a participant — a pattern consistent with a large industrial company that contributes manufacturing capacity, pilot facilities, or end-user validation rather than research leadership. Despite only two projects, they accumulated 47 unique consortium partners across 12 countries, which points to participation in genuinely large, multi-partner Innovation Actions rather than small focused consortia. This signals they are comfortable operating inside complex international projects but take a supporting rather than driving role.

With 47 unique consortium partners across 12 countries from just two projects, AKG has built an unexpectedly broad European network for a company of their profile. Their reach spans both Western European research institutions and industrial partners, giving them connectivity well beyond their immediate Turkish market.

What sets them apart

AKG is one of very few Turkish AAC manufacturers with documented H2020 participation, making them a rare bridge between EU circular economy research consortia and Turkish industrial-scale production. For a consortium needing a large-volume industrial end-user in a non-EU associated country — particularly one with construction materials manufacturing — AKG fills a gap that few Turkish firms can. Their combination of concrete manufacturing background and PMMA recycling exposure is an unusual cross-material profile that could be valuable in construction-oriented circular economy projects exploring novel or recycled-content building products.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FISSAC
  A major five-year Innovation Action on industrial symbiosis for the construction and resource-intensive industry sector — AKG's core business domain — representing their largest funded H2020 engagement at EUR 186,382 EC contribution.
• MMAtwo
  A technically ambitious chemical recycling project targeting second-generation PMMA recovery via depolymerization, notable for expanding AKG's profile beyond concrete into advanced polymer materials — an unusual pivot for a building materials manufacturer.