- CEO
- Ozgur Kolukfaki
- Full Time Employees
- 7,698
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Food Confectioners
- Address
- Kisikli Mahallesi Ferah Caddesi No: 1 Istanbul Türkiye 34692
- IPO Date
- Nov 14, 2019
- Business
- Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.S. manufactures, markets and sells biscuits, cakes, wafers, chocolate-coated biscuits, chocolates, crackers, spread chocolate, bebe biscuits, light snacks, gum, gift chocolates, candies, kid's snacks and food supplements primarily in Turkey and internationally. The company offers products under brands including Potibor, Cizi, Krispi, Haylayf, Mavi Yesil, Hanimeller, Bebe Biscuits, Biskrem, Krim Kraker, Probis, Cokoprens, As Kraker, Basak, Ikram, Canpare, Dido, Halley, Dankek, O'lala and Albeni; it produces chocolate dough at its Topkapi facility, processes hazelnuts at Giresun, and manufactures flour at Ankara and Karaman facilities while sourcing cocoa from Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Ülker Bisküvi operates as a subsidiary of Yildiz Holding A.S., maintains manufacturing plants in Istanbul (Topkapi, Silivri, Esenyurt, Gebze), Kocaeli, Giresun, Ankara and Karaman in Turkey as well as facilities in Egypt (Hi-Food), Saudi Arabia (FMC, IBC) and Kazakhstan (pladis Kazakhstan), and targets consumers across 110 countries with a focus on snacking categories. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, the company leads the biscuit sector domestically and holds market leadership in biscuits in Saudi Arabia and Egypt while expanding in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Recent developments include a five-year extension of a €75 million sustainability-linked loan from IFC in 2025 to enhance earthquake-resilient and energy-efficient factory operations following an initial 2024 financing, completion of a 16th production line investment at the Ankara factory in early 2025 adding 7,800 tons annual capacity for crackers like Çiziçıtır and Ülker Çubuk, finalization of a $250 million five-year bullet syndication loan led by JP Morgan in 2025 as the first such deal in Turkey's private sector since 2020, ongoing product innovations such as new launches comprising 4% of Q3 2025 snacking revenue including Dido Bitter Sugar-Free and Halley Banana Cake Cookie, and a 2023 merger with its affiliate Önem Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi alongside digitalization efforts like deploying 20 autonomous mobile robots at the Gebze factory.