Konya Şeker San. ve Tic. A.Ş. was established in 1952 by a capital of 10.000.000.-TL under the partnerships of Beet Planters production Co-ops of Konya, Eskisehir, Aksehir, İlgin and nearby, Konya Sınai Kalkınma A.Ş. and Türkiye Şeker Fabrikaları A.Ş.
The foundation of Konya Şeker Fabrikası, the first sugar plant of our company, was laid on 13th September of 1953, the machinery and facilities of the plant were given out to a German REDE company by contract. The production was commenced on 19th September of 1954. The initial capacity of the plant was 1.800 tons/day and the first cropped area was designated as 13.000 hectares.
Our plant achieved a beet slicing capacity of 2.700 tons/day in 1966, 6.000 tons/day in 1978, 10.000 tons/day in 1997. In order to utilize the molasses and wet pulp through by products, Plant For Dried Pulp With Molasses with a total production capacity of 400 tons/day, consisting of 3 units was put into use in 1977 and enriched feed facility with a capacity of 20 tons/hour was put into use in 2003.
An investment valued at $ 50 Million was made in order for Konya Şeker Fabrikası to be modernized and overhauled again in accordance with the newly developing technologies. The rehabilitation and new investments made in Konya Şeker fabrikası Factory were Capacity increase, Vertical Crystallization Units, Computerized Automation System, Drying and Cooling Plant for Crystal Sugar, B and C product cascade system, Fully Automatic Packaging Facilities for Crystal Sugar. As a consequence of these investments, the daily capacity of processed beet rose, the rate of sugar remaining in molasses fell, the expenditures of fuel and workmanship reduced. Thus, our company carried an interest of approximately $ 167 Million in 10 years. Furthermore, with environmental consciousness, our company established industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant, state of the art technology product in Konya Şeker Fabrikası. Thus, while this facility using less water contributed favorably to environmental stability, treated water attained the properties which could be used in agricultural irrigation.
Konya Şeker Fabrikası received the Certificates of TSE-ISO-EN 9000 Quality Management System on 15.11.1997, TS-13001 TSE-HACCP Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points on 27.02.2006, TSE-ISO EN-22000 Food Safety Management System on 12.11.2007, TS-ISO-EN 14.000 Environmental Management System on 19.11.2007.
The major change in our company started in 1999 with the new administration taken office under the chairmanship of Esteemed Recep Konuk, General Chairman of Pankobirlik and Board Chairman of Konya Şeker. Thanks to the investments and developments made after this date, Konya Şeker became a giant industrial enterprise directing Turkish agricultural sector as 52nd big company within The Biggest 500 Industrial Enterprises of Turkey. The foundation of Çumra Şeker fabrikası, our second sugar plant, one of the largest investments of our company, was laid on 27th September of 2003. Çumra Şeker fabrikası with a beet processing capacity of 14.000 tons/day, which was completed within a period less than one year, commenced the production on 25th September
of 2004.
The establishment of new facilities which were integrated with Çumra Şeker fabrikası were proceeded and the first Liquid Sugar production facility of Turkey, which had a yearly capacity of 52.000 tons at the beginning, was established initially. The capacity of our Liquid Sugar Facility was doubled through a new investment in January 2007 and achieved the capacity to produce 140.000 tons of liquid sugar per year.
The crystal sugar, which is the primary production matter of us, was aimed to be made use of better and product range was aimed at in its introduction to the market; our Facilities of Crystal Sugar Packaging, Cube Sugar, Hard Confectionery, Chocolate and Bee Feed Syrup Production were completed and our products were introduced to the market by having been focused on the investments in this respect.
Bioethanol Facility with the production capacity of 84.000.000 litres/year commenced the production in September 2007 by having been completed in Çumra Şeker Entegrated Facilities (Çumra Şeker Entegre Tesisleri) of our Company, which will contribute to prevent reduction of the reserves of fossil fuels and rise of their costs, reduction of petroleum import in our country which is not petroleum rich and the global pollution.
Furthermore, Çumra Animal Feed Production Facility and Seydibey Agriculture Product Manufacturing Integrated Facilities (Çumra Yem Üretim Tesisi ve Seydibey Tarımsal Ürünler İşleme Entegre Tesisleri), the most modern facilities in its field, was put into service as from 2009.
