Large-scale development works were initiated in the emerging and developing Turkey of the 1950s. As a result of researches performed for the supply the cement to be used in these studies, it was decided that a cement plant with a capacity of 150.000 tons / year would be established in Adana, taking into account the development and consumption data of Cukurova. The efforts for incorporation were started in 1953 under the leadership of Turkiye Emlak Bankasi, Akbank and Turkiye Is Bankasi; Cukurova Cement Industry Trade Inc. was officially incorporated as per the provisions of Turkish Commercial Code upon being registered on 5th October 1954 and announced on the local newspaper on 7th October 1954, starting production in 1957. Officially launched on 26th May 1957, the plant started cement sales in June 1957. The first cement export was performed to Cyprus in amount of 2.775 tons. With its facilities extended to the Mediterranean Region and Cyprus, Adana Cement currently has an annual production capacity of 2 million tons of gray clinker, 300.000 tons of white clinker, 5.15 million tons of gray cement, 350,000 tons of white cement.