About Us
Foundations of
Bilkent Holding were established by Prof.Dr. İhsan Doğramacı in 1968 to operate in construction sector.
TEPE BETOPAN YAPI MALZEMELERİ SAN. TİC. A.Ş., operating under the roof of
Bilkent Holding, has established first cemented particle board factory in Bilkent, Ankara in Turkey in year 1984 and by starting with production of its registered brand
betopan® it has realized its first export in 1987.
The factory was revised in 1999 by using modern technology systems and the capacity was doubled. With the purchase of the other cement particle board factory established in Arhavi in 2001, the company became the only related corporation in Turkey, and one of the few manufacturers in the world with its capacity of 60,000 m3.
betopanplus® product, both surfaces of which are reinforced with natural minerals, with a very low relative humidity movement, and high strength joined the company’s product range in 2001 as a result of R&D activities carried out within the company.
In the years to follow, wooden-textured
yalıpan® and stone-textured
Taşonit® products with
betopanplus® features were offered to the market.
In 2008, the production line in Arhavi was moved to the Ankara-Bilkent Facilities and all production was combined at one point.
The company expanded its product range with new surface textured products in middle of year 2011, upon the growing demand and interest in the exterior panels and cladding system.
Considering it as a principle to produce nature friendly, natural products with its information accumulation,
Tepe Betopan A.Ş. started the production of
tepePAN brand fiber reinforced cement board (Fibercement Board) in 2014 by establishing its second factory with an annual capacity of 50,000 m
3 in Ankara ASO 2
nd OSB Facilities, which has LEED Gold Certificate.
In year 2017 starting with wood textured
tepePAN Wood, stone textured
tepePAN Stone branded products, the company introduced fiber-reinforced cemented board products in different decorative textures to the market.
Producing Turkey's first building board, Tepe Betopan manufactured the first self-colored fiber cement board in our country,
Tepe Unique Pro, in 2019.
Our company, which sets an example for the sector in each respect with its social responsibility projects, respect for the environment, importance to business ethics and quality policies, has been included in the TURQUALITY® – Brand Program in 2014 in order to ensure the continuity of its development and contribute to the positive “Made in Turkey” image abroad and it continued its successful performance and was accepted to the Turquality support program in 2020.
Following the press investment commissioned in 2021,
tepePAN Pro, having high endurance was included in the company’s product range.
In the same year, Tepe Betopan became one of the 4 Turkish partners in the Iceberg Project within the context of EU Horizon 2020, that aims to support world-class science, the development of advanced research skills and the access of researchers to the best infrastructures.
By bringing next generation of roofing sheet under the brand of TepePAN Roof to the sector in 2021, Tepe Betopan continues its quality journey with the surface calibration, water-repellent application and furnace investments it has made in the TepePAN factory in 2021, in line with the target of "Further forward to the best" as declared by our Founder.
Our company, a member of I
MSAD Construction Material Industrialists Association, is one of the few producers in the world, that exports to more than 50 countries in 5 continents, producing both cement-bonded particleboard and fiber-reinforced cement board.
