Based in Western city of Bursa, Turkey’s Marmarabirlik is the biggest olive producer establishment that takes place amongst the biggest 500 industrial establishments in Turkey and serving to hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign consumers with its 30,000 registered olive cultivators.
The officials of Marmarabirlik say that its management staff takes power from the producer, from its qualified personnel who consists of 600 people and from its affiliate cooperatives and processing plants.
Marmarabirlik is established on a total area of 500 thousand square meters with a closed area of 150 thousand square meters, and has storage and fermentation capacity of 70,400 tones of table olives, and 5,000 tones of olive oil storage capacity. It is a very important industrial establishment providing added value for the Turkish economy with an olive packing capacity of approximately 150 ton/day and olive oil production and filling of 220 ton/day in a hygienic place in its modern plants.
Marmarabirlik purchases and processes approximately 40-45% of the edible black olive cultivated in the region and serves its products to whole country with 54 dealers in 76 cities. The organization exports to 43 countries all over the world. Its main markets are Germany, The Netherland, France, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, England, Switzerland, Norway, USA, Canada, Australia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and more.
The specialized product portfolio of Marmarabirlik includes;
* Black Olives (in vacuum, tin, glass and plastic con. And bulk)
* Green Olive (in tin, glass, pet bucket)
* Olive Oil (in tin, glass, plastic bottle and bulk)
* Olive Paste (in tin and glass)
The cooperatives of Marmarabirlik in Gemlik, Mudanya, Erdek, Orhangazi, Iznik, Edincik, Murefte and Marmara Island receive harvested table olives from groves of the producers in these regions; following a selection process, high quality olives immediately undergo processing in its own facilities with 220 tons of processing capacity per day. Marmarabirlik produces the best quality extra virgin olive oil because;
* Best quality olives are harvested by hand.
* Delivered to the company daily.
* Extracted by most modern machines
* Extraction degree is maximum 30°
* Marmarabirlik proudly has international quality certificates such as ISO 9000 (Quality Management System Certificate) and ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management System Certificate).
