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- Bera Holding A.S. (BERA.IS) is a diversified Turkish conglomerate that operates across multiple sectors including paper and cardboard production; printing and packaging services; machinery manufacturing such as bearings under the URB brand, cranes, and hydraulic equipment; oil and petroleum products including LPG storage, filling, and distribution as cylinder gas, bulk gas, and autogas; construction and building materials encompassing ready-mixed concrete, prefabricated structures, PVC profiles, insulating glass, and joinery; marble and industrial minerals like calcium carbonate, calcite, and limestone; textiles featuring knitted fabrics and yarn dyeing; tourism through hotel operations such as Bera Konya and Bera Alanya; and food products including flour, semolina, pulses, pasta, biscuits, marshmallows, wafers, and bottled water. The company conducts its activities through 21 subsidiaries and 30 facilities located in 11 provinces across Turkey, with overseas operations in Romania and Hungary, serving domestic and international markets in over 112 countries. Founded in 1988 with its initial printing house and flagship Konya Kağıt A.Ş. paper mill in Konya, Turkey, where it maintains headquarters, Bera Holding A.S. was formerly known as Kombassan Holding A.S. until its name change in July 2017.
In recent developments, Bera Holding A.S. listed its key subsidiary Konya Kağıt A.Ş. on the Borsa Istanbul main market in November 2021, marking a significant capital market milestone following the company's own listing in 2012. The group reported a 473% increase in operating revenues from 2019 to 2023, achieving 12.90 billion Turkish lira in turnover and 87.5 million dollars in exports in 2023, while employing 3,726 personnel and investing 343.5 million lira that year. Over the past three months as of late 2025, Bera Holding commissioned four new solar energy plants totaling 15.6 megawatts, expanding its renewable energy capacity amid ongoing construction projects valued at 484.8 million lira as of September 2025.