TAMEK is a

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food and beverage company founded in 1955. It is a pioneer in the Turkish food sector. They are the first producers of tomato paste and ketchup in all

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. But they are also the first Turkish producer of many other

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History

Tamek was founded in Demirtaş village of

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district of Bursa Province on March 31, 1955. The name consists of the initials of the Turkish German Fruit Extracts Company. It was founded by Mehmet Sipahioglu in cooperation with a German partner, who left after a year, making TAMEK 100% Turkish from then on. Tamek is the first producer of ketchup in Turkey, making the product available to consumers in 1958. In 1959, Tamek was the first producer of ready to eat food and stuffed vegetables in Turkey. Tamek's famous brown bottle fruit juice was created in their first plant in Demirtaş, Bursa in 1963. The first boiled and canned

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in Turkey were produced by TAMEK in 1974. In 1987, they started the production of several products in their Karacabey, Bursa plant. These included paste, canned foods,

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, fruit concentrate and marmalade. Diabetic jam in Turkey was also first produced by TAMEK in 1992. In 1993, the first canned fruit juice was available in Turkey thanks to TAMEK. Production started in the plant at Kızıksa town of Manyas district in

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in 1994, where they started producing tomato paste, fruit concentrate, ketchup and

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. The first paste packed in cardboard box was made available in Turkey by TAMEK in 2000. In 2001, TAMEK's first plant in Demirtaş was converted into a facility producing solely fruit juice. In 2002, the plant in

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started production, and its products were paste, boiled food, ready to eat food, stuffed vegetables, canned okra and fruit concentrates. Also in 2002, TAMEK sold the beverage brand

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. to

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. In 2005, the first 'Body Sleeve' packaging was used in ketchup and mayonnaise. In 2006, TAMEK started production of Turkey's first additive-free and preservative-free products. In 2014, TAMEK was the first user of Crystal

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s for their fruit juices in Turkey. In 2017, TAMEK started to produce their fruit juice on their signature brown bottles again.

Current Events

TAMEK sent food aid to

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following the

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. The food items, totaling 25 tonnes and worth 30 million, were given to the Soma office of the

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humanitarian organization. TAMEK is the 2nd most consumed juice brand in Edirne coming in at 19.8% of the consumption.

External links

Bloomberg Company ProfileMerkezi Kayıt Kuruluşu A.Ş.
(Central Registry Agency)

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References

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