ORGANIK KIMYA SANAYI VE TICARET AS

Their core work

Organik Kimya is a Turkish specialty chemicals and coatings manufacturer based in Istanbul — their name translates directly as "Organic Chemistry Industry and Trade." They produce coatings, binders, and related chemical products for industrial and decorative applications. In H2020, they joined two consecutive research consortia focused on transitioning coatings formulations from petrochemical to bio-based feedstocks, contributing the industrial manufacturing perspective that research-heavy consortia typically lack. Their role in both projects was almost certainly as an industrial end-user, formulator, or pilot-scale producer — validating that new bio-based chemistries can work in real manufacturing settings.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their H2020 participation covers just two projects between 2019 and 2024, so the timeline is short — but the directional signal is clear. Their first project, ECOFUNCO (2019), addressed multi-functional bio-based coatings at a broader, more exploratory level with no specific keywords recorded against their participation. By PERFECOAT (2021), the technical vocabulary sharpened considerably: biopolymers, renewable feedstock, UV-curable systems, and industrial biotechnology all appear, suggesting they moved from broad sustainability commitments toward specific technical specialisations within bio-based chemistry. The trajectory points toward deeper involvement in the renewable materials value chain, not just sustainability-labelled reformulation.

They are building a focused position in bio-based industrial coatings, progressing from broad sustainability goals toward specific technical capabilities in biopolymers and low-emission coating systems — a commercially significant area as European paint and coatings regulations tighten.

How they like to work

Organik Kimya has participated in two projects without ever taking a coordinator role, which is consistent with an industrial company joining research consortia as a practitioner partner rather than a project driver. With 30 unique partners across just 2 projects, they have been part of large, multi-partner RIA consortia — the kind typical of EU bioeconomy calls where a mix of universities, research institutes, and industry players is required. This suggests they are comfortable in complex consortium settings and likely contribute manufacturing know-how, industrial scale-up experience, or market access rather than leading the scientific agenda.

Despite only two projects, they have accumulated 30 distinct consortium partners spanning 11 countries — an unusually wide network for such a limited project portfolio, reflecting the large-consortium structure of the EU bioeconomy calls they joined. Their network is pan-European by design, though their own operations are anchored in Turkey.

What sets them apart

Organik Kimya occupies a rare position as a non-European (Turkish) industrial manufacturer with hands-on experience inside two EU bio-based coatings research programmes — giving them direct insight into where European R&D on sustainable coatings is heading. For a consortium looking to add industrial validation capacity or a commercial end-user from outside the EU27, they fill a gap that purely academic or Western European partners cannot. Their size (non-SME private company) also means they have production infrastructure that smaller chemical firms typically lack.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PERFECOAT
  Their most technically detailed project, covering high-performance bio-based coatings for wood and decorative applications with a full suite of advanced keywords — making it the clearest window into their actual technical capabilities.
• ECOFUNCO
  Their entry into EU-funded research (2019), focused on sustainable multi-functional bio-based coatings with end-of-life options, establishing their presence in the European bioeconomy research community.