Hektaş are looking for a partner of a “2022 Joint FACCE-JPI Suscrop Call on Agrobiodiversity” project proposal which is related to Agrobiodiversity and territorial systems . Hektaş are planning to work on the recycling organic waste and biofertilizer (biostimulant) production.
If you want to find more details and project partnership feel free to visit our website or to contact with us.
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laboratory (ISO 9001 certified) controls on a daily basis both the production process stages and the final product batch, performing a complete chemical-physical and bacteriological characterization of the amino acids and peptides.
The most important analytical instruments are:
ICP-OES spectrophotometer for the determination of metals and non-metals;
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer for the determination of metal concentrations;
Four lines of high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) for the determination of anion concentrations, molecular weight distribution, concentration of free and total amino acids, distribution of chiral amino acids (forms L and D);
Elemental NC analyser for the elemental analysis of nitrogen, carbon, oxygen and sulphur.
The R&D laboratory develops new processes and tests new products in special pilot plants.
Hektas was established in 1956 in Adana with the savings of doctors, pharmacists, chemists and engineers to manufacture and sell pharmaceuticals. Due to the high market shares of the local and foreign companies in pharmaceutical sector, the company began manufacturing and marketing agrochemicals to meet market demand and established the first production facility in 1962 in Istanbul.
OYAK – one of Turkey’s biggest conglomerates with 370 thousand members and more than 31 thousand employees – has nearly 90 subsidiaries operating in the sectors like Mining Metallurgy, Cement Concrete Paper, Automotive Logistics, Finance, Chemistry Agriculture, Service and Energy. OYAK has participated in Hektas in 1963 and became the majority shareholder of Hektas with 53,8% shares in 1981. After the partnership, Hektas shares started to be traded publicly in 1981 and were listed in Istanbul Stock Exchange in 1986.
Through its strong brand recognition, sector leadership, widespread sales and distribution network in the scope of agriculture sector, Hektas established Animal Health Department in 2005 and Plant Nutrition and Seed Departments in 2017.
Hektas has reached a wide range of portfolio including more than 250 plant protection products compatible with the crop range and ecological structure of our country, 50 plant nutrition products and more than 40 animal health products. Hektas markets and sells its plant protection products through its regional directorates established in Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Izmir and Sanliurfa.