Şişecam will establish a joint global company with the Biotechnology Company 7cbasalia
17 Dec 2021Şişecam aims to spread Basalia, a game-changing Turkish invention in sustainability, to the world
Şişecam decided to invest in green and circular Basalia Technology, an important Turkish invention in the field of bio-economy. Şişecam, which will invest in the field of biotechnology for the first time with this decision, signed a memorandum of understanding with 7CBasalia, the owner of Basalia Technology, which was developed in line with the goal of a more sustainable world, to establish a global company. With the establishment of the global company foreseen in the protocol in partnership with Şişecam, Şişecam will first pilot the Technology, which has seen positive results in its first trials, in its own facilities. After evaluating the outputs of this trial, 7CBasalia will contribute to the circular business model that transforms waste into added value to reach the whole world.
Şişecam Chairman of the Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kırman said, "We signed a memorandum of understanding with 7CBasalia, a biotechnology start-up company, to establish a global company in order to contribute to the development and global dissemination of Basalia Technology, which we have seen successful results in the first trials and believe can be groundbreaking in the field of bio-economy. With our investment in Basalia Technology, which transforms all kinds of waste into harmless substances, we will support research and development studies in this field. In addition, this technology coincides with our sustainability goals." "After first implementing it as a pilot within Şişecam and experiencing its results on a larger scale, we will contribute significantly to its spread on international platforms. Today, Şişecam, which operates in 14 countries and reaches 150 countries with its value-added products, is the starting point and global representative of the Turkish industry in glass, the most sustainable material. With this new investment, Şişecam will also play an active role in the global spread of Basalia Technology, which it believes will make a great contribution to sustainability."
Ahmet Başal, the developer of Basalia Technology and one of the founders of 7CBasalia, said, "This innovative system transforms waste from being an environmental problem into environmentally friendly value-added products. Thanks to Basalia Technology, wastewater becomes reusable, while solid waste combined with organic waste is first rendered harmless. Then, hydrogen gas, an environmentally friendly energy source, can be obtained through these wastes. While Basalia offers solutions for companies with waste problems, "I wholeheartedly believe that Şişecam, which is one of the pioneers of corporate R&D activities in Turkey, will play a very important role in the further development of the project with its strong know-how and ability in the field of technology development, and with the contributions of Şişecam's wide global footprint, which operates in 14 countries in the world and reaches 150 countries with its products," he said.
Şisecam, the global playmaker of the glass and chemicals industries, decided to invest in Basalia Technology, an invention developed with the goal of a sustainable world. Şişecam, which signed a memorandum of understanding with 7CBasalia, the owner of Basalia Technology, a technology for green and circular economy, to establish a global company, will support research and development studies in this field with its investment in this technology developed with the aim of transforming all kinds of waste into harmless substances. In addition, it will contribute to the spread of this game-changing invention, which it has seen to be successful in the first trials, to international platforms all over the world, after it is tested as a pilot within Şişecam. This investment will be the first investment in biotechnology for Şişecam, which operates in 9 different business lines in Turkey.
Circular innovation creating added value from waste
The innovative Basalia Technology, for which 7CBasalia, which was founded in Turkey in 2020, has global copyrights, is an important invention with a system different from conventional technologies. The system works with the aim of transforming waste from an environmental problem into environmentally friendly value-added products. While the discharge of wastewater into nature has become one of the biggest problems facing the world today, Basalia Technology turns this water into pure water. As a result of the process, wastewater becomes reusable and becomes a resource again. Thanks to the system that focuses on providing a critical solution to the solid waste problem, solid waste combined with organic waste first becomes harmless. Then, hydrogen gas, an environmentally friendly energy source, can be obtained from these wastes. Working in cooperation with international institutions in the fields of climate change, environment and sustainability, the company aims to produce Green City solutions for all city and country governments while providing solutions for companies with waste problems.
Technology compatible with Şişecam's sustainability goals
Şişecam Chairman of the Board of Directors Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kırman explained the new investment decision as follows: "Sisecam, which has adopted the principle of being a company that respects people and nature throughout its 86-year history and offers solutions for a more sustainable world with the value-added products it has developed thanks to its strong R&D infrastructure, has been examining new investment areas that will support its strong growth targets in recent years. Şişecam's sustainability-oriented development targets and the innovative circular biotechnology and Green Cities vision put forward by 7CBasalia have achieved a good harmony. Turning this harmony into synergy is the aim." We signed a global partnership intent agreement to support the spread of Basalia Technology, which we believe is useful in our first trials and has potential for development, to global platforms. Today, Şişecam operates in 14 countries and reaches 150 countries with its value-added products. Şişecam is the starting point and global representative of the Turkish industry in glass, which is the most sustainable material. With this new investment, Şişecam will first implement the Basalia Technology, which it believes will make a great contribution to our planet facing risks caused by climate change, within its own organization, and after the results it receives, it will be implemented globally. Keeping sustainability at the core of all business processes from raw materials to final products, Şişecam will continue its investments that will create value for our planet and all its stakeholders.”
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kırman continued his statement as follows: "Today, we are the second largest producer of glassware in the world in terms of our production capacities. We are one of the five largest producers in the fields of flat glass and glass packaging. In addition to being the world's eighth largest soda producer, we are also the world leader in chrome chemicals. As we move towards our goal of becoming one of the world's three largest producers in our main fields of activity, we are proud to represent our country in a wide geography. In parallel with the Care for Next Sustainability Strategy, in which Şişecam puts forward its sustainability approach, in all our activities We focus on ensuring that the value we create today can serve a better future. We embrace sustainability once again in every investment we make, in every new technology we develop, and in every stakeholder we empower. Our latest investment in Basalia, an invention we believe in, is an important expression and indicator of this broad and comprehensive approach.”
Technology that responds to warning signals related to global climate change
Ahmet Başal, one of the founders of 7CBasalia, the developer of the Basalia invention, gave the following information about the technology he implemented after many years of intensive work and the new company to be established: "While the warning signals due to global climate change manifest themselves with natural disasters occurring all over the world, we have started to work intensively on green and circular technologies that will respond to these warnings and produce a value-added solution to the waste issue. Basalia, which we have been working on for many years." By completing the development process of the technology, we have established 7CBasalia in 2020. This system, which has the ability to capture and bind carbon and other pollutants in combustion gases, also provides benefits such as obtaining hydrogen gas from all organic and inorganic wastes. In addition, it can be used in extreme conditions such as waste disposal, obtaining valuable elements from waste, producing de-ionized water, producing environmentally friendly insulation materials, and obtaining organic soil conditioners. We expect that the system, which is much more effective, efficient, sustainable and economical than alternative bio-remediation systems, will create an opportunity to bring a holistic and bio-cyclical solution to the issues of global warming and chemical waste, which have become the most important problems of the world in the long term, with the strong know-how and ability of Şişecam, one of the pioneers of corporate R&D activities in Turkey, in the field of technology development. I believe that it will play a very important role. Şişecam, which operates in 14 countries in the world and reaches 150 countries with its products, will play a leading role in the realization of much larger scale applications of Basalia Technology. We are very happy to have the support and trust of Şişecam, the founder of the glass industry in our country and the global representative in the field of glass and chemicals. We also wholeheartedly believe that this unique innovation will spread around the world at the speed it deserves, with the contributions of Şişecam's wide global footprint. I believe.”
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