ALPLA opened a new packaging plant in Adana, Türkiye, on 14 September 2026, covering about 20,000 square metres for PET preforms and HDPE and PP packaging. It is part of Turkish investments totalling about EUR 30 million.
Eren Holding opened its Modern Karton new production plant in Muslu, Kilimli district, Zonguldak, Turkey, in a ceremony attended by the Industry and Technology Minister. The investment is reported at $850 million.
Chinese-capital Kaishan Group officially opened its factory at İZBAŞ in the Izmir Free Zone, Türkiye, built on 20,000 square meters with a USD 20 million investment. It will make drilling equipment and compressors for geothermal power plants for domestic use and export.
Franklin Electric officially opened its new production facility in Torbalı, İzmir, Türkiye, built on a 14,600 m² site through a €5 million investment. The plant is expected to increase production capacity and strengthen regional logistics.
Perfektüp Ambalaj launched a new aerosol can production line at its Kırklareli production base in Turkey, raising its aerosol can capacity to 240 million units annually. The base spans 75,000 m² of land and 100,000 m² of closed area.
Chinese compressor maker Kaishan Group plans a $1 billion factory on a 20,000 square metre site in the İzmir Free Zone (İZBAŞ) to make compressors for geothermal and industrial plants, mainly for export. Groundbreaking was expected in Q1 2025, with completion within a year.
Modern Ambalaj is investing $100 million in a new corrugated cardboard factory in Sakarya, Turkey, with annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes. It will be the group's eighth plant and bring its total capacity to 1 million tonnes per year.
Pnosan Group opened a new 8,500 square metre factory in Çorlu, Tekirdağ, to expand domestic production of steam valves and flow control products during its 30th year in the sector.
Arde Makine has begun building a 5,000 m2 production facility in Bursa's Kayapa industrial zone, aiming to triple manufacturing and workforce capacity. The company plans to start production at the new factory by the end of 2024.
Süper Film Ambalaj is investing €100 million, including working capital, in a new packaging plant in the Lüleburgaz OSB, Turkey. The plant will start with 60,000-tonne capacity, raising total capacity to 185,000 tonnes, and will employ 150 additional people.
Sonoco plans a new protective packaging facility in Bursa, Turkey, to produce Sonopost cornerposts, with production expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2022. It is the company's second Sonopost plant in Europe after one in Sochaczew, Poland.
Koksan PET Packaging Industry will build a new chemically recycled PET (R-PET) plant in Turkey with capacity of 300 tons per day using its patented process. The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2023.
Turkish firm ESKA has built a TRY 120 million factory on a 20,000 square metre site in Sakarya that makes gas pressure regulators and safety valves, with capacity of 3 million units and exports to over 40 countries. The company plans a third factory in 2021.
Atılım Ambalaj has broken ground on a new factory in the Bolu Organized Industrial Zone to produce food stretch film. Production is targeted for 2021 at about 1,300-1,400 tonnes per year.
Prinzhorn Holding unit Hamburger Containerboard plans a 300 million euro paper factory on about 500,000 square metres in Kütahya 2nd Organized Industrial Zone, with 500 jobs and production expected in 2020.
Turkish packaging maker Ispak Ambalaj has opened a €70 million flexible packaging facility in Izmit. The plant raises the company's annual flexible packaging capacity to 40,000 tonnes and serves European and North American markets. It was reported on 10 May 2017.