- CEO
- Sevket Aykan Sözüçetin
- Full Time Employees
- 178
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Food: specialty/candy
- Address
- Bursa Turkey
- IPO Date
- Apr 22, 1998
- Business
- Penguen Gida Sanayi A.S. is a Turkey-based food manufacturing and processing company engaged in the production, packaging, marketing, and distribution of preserved, canned, and frozen agricultural food products. The company operates through several core product categories, offering: canned vegetables and legumes, such as sweet corn, green peas, kidney beans, chickpeas, green beans, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, and prepared vine leaves; pickled products, such as pickled gherkins, hot and sweet peppers, cucumbers, and mixed vegetables; tomato and pepper pastes, including standard tomato paste, sweet and hot pepper pastes, purees, and crushed tomatoes; fruit preserves, such as strawberry, sour cherry, apricot, fig, blackberry, and rose jams and marmalades, including reduced-sugar and diet options; ready-to-eat meals and appetizers, including traditional Turkish vegetable dishes, bean pilaki, and stuffed grape leaves; savory sauces and condiments, including ajvar, lutenitsa, pasta sauces, pizza sauces, and breakfast spreads; and individually quick-frozen (IQF) fruits and vegetables. The company markets its products under the Penguen brand and provides private-label manufacturing services for domestic and multinational supermarket chains, food service providers, and retail distributors.
Headquartered in Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey, and founded in 1989, Penguen Gida Sanayi A.S. operates integrated agricultural processing and packaging facilities located in the Bursa agricultural basin. The company supplies retail and food service (HoReCa) channels across Turkey and exports its product portfolio to international markets throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia. In recent operational developments, the company has implemented capital structure adjustments on Borsa Istanbul, invested in on-site rooftop solar power plant (SPP/GES) installations at its Bursa manufacturing plant to increase energy self-sufficiency and reduce carbon emissions, modernized automated packaging and cold-storage infrastructure, and expanded private-label export supply partnerships with European retail groups.