Arkem Chemicals (Arkem Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) is a family-owned chemical distribution company based in Turkey. It was established in 1992 in Istanbul.The company sells approximately 230,000 metric tons of chemicals(2009) in various chemical product lines including: * Monomers * Alcohols * Aromatics & Aliphatics * Esters * Glycols * Glycol Ethers * Ketones * Surfactants Arkem is the 27th largest chemical distributor in its field(2010) according to "The Top 100 Chemical Distributors" by ICIS.2009 sales $248m .