Member Introduction- Yörsan

 

Yörsan’s history starts with the foundation of the food trading company Yörükler Gıda Ltd, in 1964. In 1979, the company became the owner of a dairy farm in Balıkesir region and extended the trading operations to manufacturing. In 1984, Yörsan Company Inc. was born as a modern dairy manufacturer. Yörsan’s successful operations continued by implementing the first white cheese line in 1984.

Yörsan has a wide range of products of over 200 SKUs in dairy products category. A perfect combination of traditional cheese flavor and regional taste is being presented to consumers all over Turkey and to the consumers of more than 20 different countries in the world.

Yörsan also has the widest range of products among all Turkish manufacturers in cheese category. Yörsan is also the first brand who presented the first homemade type of yogurt and creamy pan yogurt to Turkish consumers, as expected with a high level of appreciation from the market.

Along with its high domestic market share, Yörsan also exports to overseas on great extent. Targeting to be a World brand, Yörsan has regular exports to more than 20 countries including USA, Japan, Singapore, UAE, Cyprus and various CIS & Midlle Eastern countries.

Yörsan’s main principle has not changed since the very beginning. Our aim is to present high quality, healthy, natural and tasty products to our customers by combining traditional concepts with the state of art technologies in our Susurluk plant.

Yörsan’s main policy and mission is to provide continuity of regional dairy products in Turkey, promote it to the world and protect this cultural heritage.

Our History

 
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    1964

    Yörsan was founded. In 1970 cheese production has started.
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    1979

    A dairy farm was bought in Susurluk.
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    1984

    Dairy products’ production in 107.415 m2 area in total of which its 56.000 m2 part was closed area.
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    1985

    Pasteurized milk and cultured cheese production
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    1999

    Construction of a new factory in Susurluk
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    2002

    Integrated milk and dairy factory in Susurluk was put into service as one of the largest and sophisticated dairy plant of Turkey.
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    2003

    Yörsan Pan Yogurt was launched.
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    2010

    Yörsan Homemade Yogurt was launched.
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    2014

    The Abraaj Group acquires majority stake of Yörsan Group.

Yörsan in the world

Along with its high domestic market share, Yörsan also exports to overseas on great extent. Targeting to be a World brand, Yörsan has regular exports to more than 20 countries including USA, Japan, Singapore, UAE, Cyprus and various CIS & Midlle Eastern countries.