Making a rapid entry into the maritime sector, Mermarine is rapidly progressing towards becoming the preferred brand in the field of ship and yacht cleaning chemicals. We talked about Mermarine's story and activities with Hamdi Er, the founder of the company, which draws attention with its completely domestic and international standard products.
Maritime In the sector, when it comes to ship and yacht cleaning chemicals, foreign brands come to mind. However, there is now a company in the sector that will break this perception: Mermarine The company, which was founded last year, responds to pandemic conditions but it is becoming more and more recognized and its products are recognized by the industry. is becoming more and more preferred. Mermarine has been used both on ships and yachts all kinds of cleaning chemicals used, completely with domestic facilities to its customers. Continuing its efforts to develop its dealer network at full speed Mermarine's aim is to reach its customers at every seaside location. Hamdi Er, the founder of Mermarine, talks about their efforts in this direction, their products He explained their range and the company's targets to Yat Haber Turkey.
Your company Can we get to know you briefly?
Twenty We have been serving the industry in different branches for years. Today, we are expanding our services we transformed it. We started maturing this idea in 2019, 2020 year, we decided to put it into practice and established Mermarine. as well as our new brand Mermarine, which sells marine chemicals. We aim to serve the maritime sector for many years.
Mermarine What are the product groups you offer to the sector under the roof of the company? About your products Can you briefly give us some information?
Mermarine under the roof of paint chemicals, general purpose cleaning chemicals, tank and warehouse cleaning chemicals, yacht chemicals, fuel and water treatment chemicals such products are offered for sale. Distributor of AYT Kimya and ICT Kimya we work as. These companies have proven themselves in their fields and have been are well-established production companies. Both brands are industrial chemical highly experienced in production and with the quality products they put on the market they are recognized. AYT Kimya is one of the world's leading suppliers to the world trade fleet, ports and ISO Bureu Veritas 9001-2000, ISO 1401 certified and IMO (International Maritime Organization) standards, quality and environmentally friendly products produces. ICT Chemistry, on the other hand, is likewise characterized by high quality products. decorative glass industry paints and varnishes, leather finishing chemicals, furniture paints and varnishes, metal industry primers and paints, shoe soles manufactures industrial primers, paints and effect paints, heel industrial primers and paints. We are paint, paint chemicals and paint thinner manufactured by ICT Kimya we sell their products.
Distributor Are your companies local companies? Where is their production realized?
Yes, the companies we distribute are completely local companies. The products are also domestic products. The products used in this field in the sector are generally foreign origin products. We sell domestic products against these products. We definitely offer products of the same quality as foreign products. Our products are preferred in shipyards established in Tuzla region. Our shipyards are very satisfied with the products. Our quality is also fixed with user experience.
Your products In which areas are they used on yachts and ships?
Different We have products used in areas. For general area cleaning of ships products used for the cleaning of waste in tanks and warehouses products, paint removers and thinners, cleaning teak surfaces on yachts and boats In short, there are products used for everything needed in ships and yachts. We can say that the chemical product is under the roof of Mermarine. Especially Our product range used in yachts is quite wide. Ecological yacht washing from shampoo to indoor air conditioners, we have a wide range of products is in the yacht chemicals part. And of course these products are of high quality standards as well as being environmentally friendly.
Yacht Speaking of which, during the pandemic period, interest in yacht tourism and yachts has increased considerably. This How did the situation affect you?
As you said, people preferred more isolated vacations and living spaces during the pandemic. Therefore, the yacht sector is experiencing a busy period. The situation is the same in both new construction and yacht chartering. Of course, not only isolated living is not enough here, but hygiene has also come to the fore. People now want their living spaces to be more sterile and safer. This has led to an increase in demand for the cleaning products in our product range. Our products such as surface cleaners, faucet and armature cleaning chemicals, cleaning chemicals specially developed for sinks and toilets have been in demand in this process so that you can carefully clean and sterilize every area of your boat. I would like to emphasize the issue of localization here once again because the vast majority in the yacht sector use products of foreign origin. We appeal to the sector with products that offer domestic and price advantages. Especially in our products for the yacht sector, we came together with AYT Kimya officials and worked on products suitable for the needs of the sector. We have a high quality, environmentally friendly and economical product range. The sector will soon realize our high quality and affordable price advantage.
Tuzla You said that our products are preferred in the shipyards region. Every Will it be possible to access your products at your point of sale? Do you have dealers?
Of course, we will have access to our products from every point in Turkey. As I mentioned at the beginning, we have recently started our operations, we have not even completed a year yet, and in this process, as you know, we have experienced the Covid-19 pandemic process. Therefore, we have not yet had the opportunity to create our dealer network. However, we already have dealer studies we are currently conducting and we aim to finalize them in a short time. We wish to have a Mermarine representative office in every seaside location. We will be an easily accessible brand. We will make a difference with our quality products and fast supply system.
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