TAGEM Teknoloji Araştırma ve Geliştirme Merkezi

What TAGEM Teknoloji Araştırma ve Geliştirme Merkezi does

TAGEM Teknoloji Araştırma ve Geliştirme Merkezi is a Turkish private environmental consulting and R&D services firm founded in 2003 by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karpuzcu. Headquartered within İTÜ ARI Teknokent in Sarıyer, Istanbul, the company delivers environmental consulting, R&D project execution, ambient air monitoring and modeling, environmental management systems implementation, training, and development of computer-integrated technological solutions targeting industrial waste, water quality, and wastewater management problems.

Its client base spans large industrial enterprises across multiple sectors — chemicals (AKSA, Bayer Türk, Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble, Türk Henkel, Akkim, Cognis), shipbuilding (multiple Turkish shipyards including Admarin, Çelik Yat, Edgemar, İçdaş, Soli, TVK, Uzmar, Yay), construction materials (Lafarge Beton), packaging (Kartonsan), manufacturing (Hisar Çelik, Stoeger Silah), food processing (Coşkun Et), and waste management (İzaydaş) — alongside public-sector bodies (Pendik Municipality, Gebze Organized Industrial Zone administration) and research institutions (TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre). The company lists 24 reference customers in total.

TAGEM operates a sales-led, professional services model with 57 total employees and a documented three-person core technical team: founder-director Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karpuzcu (former Acting Rector of Gebze Institute of Technology, chair of the 5th World Water Forum Scientific Advisory Board, with over 50 research projects and hundreds of technical reports authored), Doç. Dr. Mahmut Ekrem Karpuzcu (İstanbul Technical University Environmental Engineering faculty member, UC Berkeley PhD), and Environmental Engineer Ömer Furkan Kılıç. Engagement is initiated through direct phone or email inquiry, with services scoped via consultation. The firm carries no disclosed external funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no patents or trademarks on record, no public revenue or pricing disclosure, and operates exclusively within Turkey.

Name

TAGEM Teknoloji Araştırma ve Geliştirme Merkezi

Legal name

TAGEM Teknoloji Araştırma Geliştirme Merkezi

Website

https://tagemteknoloji.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TAGEM Teknoloji is a private Istanbul-based environmental consulting and R&D firm founded in 2003, serving Turkish industrial enterprises, shipbuilders, and public-sector bodies with environmental compliance, waste and water management, and air quality modeling services, anchored by a three-person academic leadership team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Waste & Hazardous Materials Management (incl. HazMat) (BPAHAJAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Quality Monitoring (Surface Water, Stormwater, Drinking Water) (EUAHACAC), Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Water and wastewater management
• Industrial waste management
• Air quality monitoring
• Environmental R&D solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Sarıyer

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting and R&D Services: TAGEM generates revenue through providing environmental consulting services, R&D project consultancy, and technical support to industrial firms and public institutions. Services include waste management consulting, water and wastewater consulting, environmental management systems, and air quality monitoring and modeling.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TAGEM provides environmental consulting, R&D services, ambient air monitoring and modeling, training and environmental management system implementation, and the development of high-performance, computer-integrated technological systems for industrial firms and public institutions in Turkey. Its work spans waste minimization, recovery and reuse, water and wastewater consulting, and industrial waste management to address environmental problems arising from industrialization.

Product overview

TAGEM Teknoloji Araştırma Geliştirme Merkezi is a technology research and development center offering environmental consulting services, R&D services, and technological system development. The company provides a portfolio of services including waste minimization, recovery and reuse consulting, water and wastewater consulting, industrial waste management, ambient air monitoring and modeling, and training services and management systems. Their technological solutions focus on developing high-performance systems for environmental problems with the aim of creating sustainable technologies beneficial to people and the environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Consulting Services (Çevre Danışmanlık Hizmetleri) Environmental consulting services covering waste minimization, recovery and reuse, water and wastewater consulting, industrial waste management, and environmental management advisory for industrial firms and public institutions in Turkey.
• R&D Services (Ar-Ge Hizmetleri) Research and development services focused on creating high-performance, cost-effective, computer-integrated technological solutions for environmental problems, provided to industrial firms and public institutions.
• Ambient Air Monitoring, Assessment and Modeling (Ortam Havası İzleme, Değerlendirme ve Modelleme) Ambient air monitoring, assessment, and modeling services for environmental compliance and analysis, delivered to industrial and public-sector clients in Turkey.
• Training Services and Management Systems (Eğitim Hizmetleri ve Yönetim Sistemleri) Training services and environmental management system implementation for compliance and operational excellence, provided to industrial firms and public institutions.
• Technological System Development and Production (Teknolojik Sistem Geliştirme ve Üretimi) Development and production of high-performance technological systems for solving environmental problems, including associated technical support services, targeted at industrial firms and public institutions.

Named customers25 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• İTÜ ARI TeknokentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTAGEM is headquartered within İTÜ ARI Teknokent (Istanbul Technical University Advanced Research Technologies Technopark), indicating a strategic co-location partnership with one of Turkey's leading technical universities. This partnership provides access to university research infrastructure and facilitates academic collaboration.
• TÜBİTAK Marmara Research CentreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre is listed as a reference client, indicating a working relationship for environmental research and consulting services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm specializing in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure. Comparable offering in water quality, environmental monitoring, and waste management consulting, with far greater scale.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, architecture, and consultancy with a strong Environment & Health division. Comparable as a multidisciplinary consultancy offering water, waste, and environmental advisory to industrial and municipal clients, but at much larger scale.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with an Environment business line covering water, waste, and industrial environmental compliance. Comparable in service scope, but operates at much larger scale across multiple geographies.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with strong water and environmental compliance practices. Comparable in water/wastewater and industrial environmental consulting service lines.
• Golder Associates (now part of WSP): Global environmental and ground engineering consultancy with strong industrial water, waste, and compliance practices. Comparable service offering to TAGEM for industrial environmental advisory, though operating internationally and now under WSP.
• Arcadis: Global design, engineering, and environmental consulting firm offering water, waste, and industrial environmental services. Overlaps with TAGEM on environmental consulting but serves a broader portfolio of clients and geographies.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy with significant environment practice covering water, waste, and industrial environmental services. Comparable in service mix but much larger and more diversified than TAGEM.

Direct peers

• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and sustainability consultancy providing advisory, water/wastewater, and compliance services to industrial clients. Closely comparable in business model as a focused environmental professional services firm serving industrial accounts.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Largest pure-play global environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy. Directly comparable as a professional services firm delivering environmental consulting, water/wastewater advisory, and compliance work to industrial and public-sector clients.

Regional players

• TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Centre: Turkey's principal public research centre, which is also listed as a TAGEM client/partner. Comparable as a Turkey-based provider of environmental research, testing, and technology development services, but operating as a public institution rather than a private consultancy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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