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- Ulusoy Un Sanayi ve Ticaret AS is a Turkey-based agribusiness and food manufacturing company engaged in the industrial milling, production, distribution, and international trading of wheat flour, cereal-based foodstuffs, and agricultural commodities. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Samsun, Turkey, the company operates an integrated supply chain model spanning grain procurement, processing, licensed silo warehousing, and domestic and international commodity merchandising.
The company's product and service portfolio comprises: commercial and industrial wheat flours, including bakery flour, bread flour, baguette flour, chapati and flatbread flour, biscuit and pastry flour, pizza flour, noodle flour, whole wheat flour, and rye flour marketed under the U Plus, U Pro, and U Chef brands; retail packaged flours, specialty baking blends, organic flours, and gluten-free products distributed under the Söke brand; durum wheat semolina and processed dry pasta products for retail and food service sectors; agricultural milling by-products, including wheat bran and meal used as livestock feed ingredients; international and domestic physical commodity trading of wheat, barley, corn, oilseeds, and soybeans; and licensed agricultural warehousing, grain elevator operations, and bulk storage logistics services.
Ulusoy Un serves industrial bakeries, global food processors, wholesale distributors, retail supermarkets, and institutional clients across Turkey, exporting its manufactured products to more than 90 countries throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. The company conducts production across milling complexes in Samsun, Çorlu, and Hatay/Antakya, while managing international commodity trading via its Geneva, Switzerland-based subsidiary Rolweg S.A., domestic food trading through Alfaway Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., and licensed grain storage through Ulidaş Tarım Ürünleri Lisanslı Depoculuk A.Ş.
In recent strategic developments, Ulusoy Un has expanded downstream into high-value packaged foods, enlarged its international manufacturing footprint, and invested in energy transition projects. In November 2024, the company acquired an 85% majority stake in Italian pasta manufacturer Pastificio Mediterranea S.r.l. to expand its European production and market reach, complementing investments in a new pasta production plant in Samsun. This follows the acquisition of consumer flour producer Söke Değirmencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., which completed an initial public offering on Borsa Istanbul in 2023 and acquired an equity interest in United States-based Rudi's Organic and Gluten Free Brands Inc. Additionally, Ulusoy Un commissioned an industrial milling plant in Hatay/Antakya, expanded licensed warehousing capacity through Ulidaş with facilities in Germencik and Samsun, commissioned an 11-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in Konya/Ilgın, and secured an 80 million euro financing facility from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to fund further solar and wind power installations across Turkey.