Göknur Gıda Maddeleri Enerji İmalat İhracat Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş. (‘‘Göknur’’), a leading company in the fruit and vegetable juice industry, which is a major part of Turkey’s agricultural-based industry, applied to the Capital Markets Board (‘‘CMB’’) for the prospectus approval as part of the public offering of company shares. The draft registration statement, which was submitted to the CMB approval, was published on the website of Yapı Kredi Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. (‘‘Yapı Kredi Menkul’’), which was authorized as a brokerage, on www.ykyatirim.com.tr and on Göknur’s website www.goknur.com.tr.
Göknur adds value to the fruits and vegetables of fertile Anatolian lands.
Established in 1993, Göknur works in four different cities. It produces a variety of products including fruit juices, concentrates, and purée from healthy and delicious fruits and vegetables grown in our country, transforming Anatolia’s fruits and vegetables into value-added products. These products are used as inputs in many final food products, especially fruit juices, as well as cakes, candies, ice cream and dairy products. Göknur is a producer of fruit growing activities, most of which are organic, and operates in around 25,000 decares garden, approximately 10,000 decares of which is owned by Göknur and 15,000 decares of which it provides management services.
Göknur, one of the most important exporters in Turkey’s industry, exports 85 percent of its production.
Turkey ranks high in the world in the production of many fruits and vegetables thanks to its favorable climate and advanced agricultural ecosystem (Source: FAOSTAT). Drawing strength from this highly agricultural production, Göknur exports healthy and delicious fruits and vegetables to international markets by turning them into value-added products. Göknur, one of the most prominent exporters in our country, exports its products to 85 countries around the world, primarily the USA and the European Union. The share of exports in Göknur’s sales is around 85 percent.
Göknur ranks among the top 500 in production and exports
Ranked 222nd. in the ‘‘Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises-2020’’ survey by Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO), Göknur is 72nd. in exports in the same study.
Göknur’s General Manager Osman Aslanali: ‘‘We will continue to grow in the global fruit and vegetable juice market’’
Göknur’s General Manager Osman Aslanali emphasized that the United Nations declared 2021 as the ‘‘International Year of Fruits and Vegetables’’ considering the positive effects of fruit and vegetables on health and the environment in his statement about the public offering application. ‘‘Göknur Gıda started out in 1993 in a small apartment and has grown into a company with a daily fruit and vegetable processing capacity of over 7,000 tons in its facilities in four different cities. We export our products to many countries around the world. The quality of our products and the service we provide to our customers as well as the wide range of organic products have continuously improved our share in the global market.
According to FAO data, the world’s fruit and vegetable production increased by more than 50 percent in the past two decades. Although production growth was twice that of the population, FAO data (1) indicates that fruit and vegetables are still well below recommended levels in the world. Göknur aims to increase consumption to adequate levels by making fruits and vegetables easier to reach.
Studies show that the carbon footprint of fruit agriculture is 50 times less than meat (2). These data show that the greater inclusion of fruit and vegetables or juices in our diet has a positive impact on human health as well as on the environment. Göknur attaches importance to organic agriculture and contributes to the protection of our agricultural areas. By converting the waste from factories into electricity in biogas plants, it minimizes the environmental impact of waste.
Over the course of its 30-year journey, Göknur has continuously improved its products and services and entered new markets. In addition to fruit and vegetable concentrate, the company has started producing fruit juice, producing electricity from biogas, cultivating fruit, and producing many fruits.
We will use the agricultural power of our country to grow further in world markets.
About Göknur
Founded in 1993 as a family company, Göknur entered into the food industry in 1998 with a fruit and vegetable concentrate production facility in Niğde. In 1999, the company started producing organic fruits and concentrates, and in 2000, it began selling organic products following its contracted agriculture practice. In 2005, the brand ‘‘Drops’’ began producing packaged fruit juice and entered the market shelves. In 2007, the company launched the ‘‘Organic and Industrial Fruit Cultivation’’ project, buying its own land and established new orchards. In 2012, Venture Capital Bank strengthened its corporate structure as investor affiliate of Venture Capital Bank became majority shareholder of Göknur. In 2013, the Adana-Kozan Production Facility commenced operations in the Afyon-Dinar Production Facility, one of the world’s leading concentrated manufacturing facilities. Göknur boasts a capacity to process nearly 7,200 tons of fruits and vegetables, of which 2,000 tons are processed daily in the Niğde plant, 1,200 tons daily in the Adana-Kozan plant, and approximately 4,000 tons daily in the Afyon-Dinar plant. Its current production capacity has contributed to the production of a significant amount of fruit juice in Turkey. Exported products account for 85 percent of total product quantity and Göknur is among the largest exporters in the industry with this data. The company exports to 85 countries, mainly to the U.S.A, Europe, and Far East. Göknur is currently serving with its approximately 600 employees.
Göknur ranked 222nd. in the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) based on its survey ‘‘Turkey’s 500 Largest Industrial Enterprises (2020)’’ regarding sales from production. It took 295th. place in the list with its sales from production in 2019, and in the same study it ranked 121st. in exports in 2019, rising 42 places to 79th. in 2020.
(1) Source: http://www.fao.org/3/cb2395en/cb2395en.pdf sh 12).
(2) Source: https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food