Turkish Packology

Turkey has a well-developed glass industry. There is a group of companies, namely “Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fab. A. Ş.” in the glass industry which dominates the domestic market and ranks 12nd amongst the top 15 firms in the world. The Group consists of 26 companies which produce almost every kind of glass product, and Anadolu Cam which produces glass packaging. Turkey has a glass production capacity of 2.2 million tons in total. Approximately one third of this capacity, which is about 750.000 tons, is for glass packaging products. Anadolu Cam Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fab. A. Ş. exports glass containers as well as packaging production technologies.

Wooden packaging consists mainly of products used for packaging agricultural products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, standard and non-standard pallets used in warehouse stacking and logistics, demountable transportation boxes and containers. Total capacity is estimated to be 600,000 tons/year and the production of various wooden packaging materials is about 500,000 tons/year. Sector products comply with recent ISPM15 Standards.