HEXPOL has signed an agreement to acquire 80 percent of the shares in Kabkom Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (Kabkom) from the founders Mr. Erdem Eker, Mr. Özgür İpek and Mr. Bekir Güler. Kabkom was founded in 2011 and has grown to become the largest independent cable compounder in Turkey. The company specializes in high-performance thermoplastic and thermoset cable compounds for the fast growing cable market and serves a wide selection of international and domestic customers. Kabkom operates a brand new state of the art manufacturing facility outside Izmir, Turkey with 70