Lubricant Manufacturing Facility in Turkey

Blending, filling and testing in Tuzla, Istanbul.

ARI OIL lubricant blending plant in Tuzla, Istanbul
Our Plant

One Facility. Every Stage Under Our Own Roof.

Our plant sits in the Kimyacılar Organised Industrial Zone in Tuzla, Istanbul — the chemical manufacturing district on the Asian side of the city, thirty minutes from Ambarlı and within reach of every container terminal serving the Marmara region. Base oil arrives by road tanker from TÜPRAŞ Aliağa, goes into our blending tanks, comes out as finished product, gets filled, labelled, palletised and loaded, all inside the same site.

That matters more than it sounds. A large share of the lubricant "manufacturers" a brand owner meets are traders who subcontract the blending, which means an extra margin, an extra handover and nobody who can answer a technical question without making a phone call. When you ask us why a batch behaved a certain way, the person who blended it is in the next building.

  • 100% virgin base oil from TÜPRAŞ Aliağa — never re-refined.
  • Additive packages from established producers in the USA, the UK, Germany, Belgium and Italy.
  • Every batch sampled, tested and released by our own laboratory before it ships.
Tuzla, Istanbul | Producing Since 1974
60+ Export Markets
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Inside the Process

From Road Tanker to Loaded Container

  1. 01

    Base Oil Intake & Storage

    Base oil is received by road tanker from TÜPRAŞ Aliağa and held in dedicated storage before use. Incoming material is checked on arrival rather than assumed — a blend is only ever as good as what goes into the tank, and re-refined or recycled stock never enters our system.

  2. 02

    Blending

    Additive packages are dosed to the approved formulation and blended to specification. Every production run is tied to a batch record that stays with the product, so a shipment made eighteen months from now can be traced back to the exact formulation, the exact additive lot and the exact operator.

  3. 03

    Filling & Packaging

    Filling into plastic bottles from 500 ml to 20 L, 208 L steel drums, IBCs and bulk road tanker. Labelling, induction sealing, cartoning and palletising happen on site, to the packaging specification agreed before the run.

  4. 04

    Testing & Release

    No batch leaves without a laboratory release. Viscosity at 40 °C and 100 °C, viscosity index, flash point, pour point, density and TBN are checked against the approved specification, and the certificate of analysis for that batch travels with the goods.

In-house lubricant laboratory testing
Quality Control

Our Own Laboratory, Not a Subcontracted One

Every batch is released by our own laboratory before despatch, with a certificate of analysis for that specific run. Our full testing protocol and certifications are detailed on the Quality page.

Capacity & Formats

What We Can Fill, and In What

Site Kimyacılar OSB, Tuzla, Istanbul
Production area 2,000 m² covered, 3,000 m² total working area
Annual blending capacity On request
Filling formats 500 ml · 1 L · 4 L · 5 L · 10 L · 20 L · 208 L drum · IBC · bulk
Grease packaging 1 kg · 4 kg · 15 kg tubs · 180 kg drums
Product categories Engine oils, gear oils, ATF, hydraulic, turbine, heat transfer, metalworking, greases, coolants, brake fluid
Minimum production batch On request
Typical lead time On request
Certified & Audited
TSE
ISO 9001 ISO 9001
ISO 14001 ISO 14001
SONCAP SONCAP
FAQ

Manufacturing Questions

01. Do you blend everything yourselves, or subcontract?

Everything listed on this site is blended and filled at our own plant in Tuzla. We do not subcontract production and we do not resell someone else's blend under our name.

02. Can I visit the plant before placing an order?

Yes, and we encourage it for anything beyond a first trial order. Most of our long-term customers have walked the site. Tell us when you are in Istanbul and we will arrange it.

03. Where does your base oil come from?

TÜPRAŞ Aliağa, Turkey's largest refiner, delivered by road tanker. It is virgin base oil in every case — we do not use re-refined or recycled stock in any product, in any grade, at any price point.

04. Can you produce to my own formulation?

Yes. If you arrive with a formulation you already own, we will produce to it under contract blending terms. If you arrive with a target specification instead, we will develop the formula ourselves and the formulation remains ours.

Want to See the Plant Behind Your Brand?

Send us the products and volumes you have in mind. We will come back with a specification, a packaging proposal and a production schedule.