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Kutuk Oruc, president of Koksan (Nantong) New Materials. [Photo/WeChat account: rudongfb]

Kutuk Oruc, president of Koksan (Nantong) New Materials, the first production base of Turkiye-based Koksan in China, said the layout in Nantong's Rudong is not only a commercial investment, but also a concrete practice of industrial cooperation between the two countries.

In 2023, the company began exploring investment in China. "We visited several coastal areas in China. As a leading enterprise in the green packaging industry chain in Central and West Asia, our group has extremely strict selection criteria for investment locations, requiring complete supporting facilities for the industrial chain, a stable supply of raw materials, and an efficient logistics system," said Oruc.

At the time, Tongkun Holding Group, a raw material supplier to Koksan for many years, recommended Rudong.

From a strong location to robust industrial supporting facilities, from ample power resources to efficient logistics systems, Yangkou Port in Rudong has demonstrated its core competitiveness, according to Oruc.

One impressive highlight was that Yangkou Port had formed a polyester industry chain ecology. It had gathered projects from leading enterprises such as Tongkun Holding Group, with an annual pure terephthalic acid production capacity of 6 million metric tons accounting for 10 percent of the country's total, as well as owning complete port facilities, which can significantly reduce logistics costs.

Construction on the green polyester new material project, operated by Koksan (Nantong) New Materials, gets underway. [Photo/WeChat account: rudongfb]

It only took 21 days from the formal negotiation of the project to the final signing.

After the project agreement was signed, a series of tasks such as company registration, team building, project filing, and pile foundation construction needed to be completed within a short period of time.

Yangkou Port established a dedicated project service team and offered full lifecycle service plan for the project. "This efficient and pragmatic style enables we quickly adapt to China's investment environment," said Oruc.

As a foreign-funded enterprise, the Koksan team initially felt constrained by China's strict environmental requirements, as they had not encountered such detailed environmental standards in their projects in other countries.

Gradually, the pressure was transformed into recognition, driving the company to adopt more advanced processes and technologies. Oruc believes that this actually helps the company establish a higher starting point advantage in global competition.

After the project is put into full operation, it is expected to generate annual sales of $2.1 billion, becoming a benchmark for foreign investment projects in Yangkou Port.