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| 1961 |
Our founder Mr. Firuz Kanatlı founded his first biscuit production
plant under the brand name "ETİ" and was at the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
 
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| 1962 |
On 20th of January 1962, biscuit production started at pan-production
facilities of Eti Biscuit Plant with a capacity of 20
employees and 3 tons per day.
  
The products "Petit Beurre", "Marie",
"Kremalı", "Sable"
(corn flour biscuit) and "Bademli"/with almonds
(Eti's most
popular specialty) were launched in 4- 5 kg boxes.
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| 1963 |
For capacity increase, a second plant was built using Turkish
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| 1965 |
Switch to automation in the plant was completed with full cooperation
of Turkish engineers and the first automatic tunnel
baking oven was commissioned. |
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| 1967 |
The first automated biscuit production plant in Turkey was
established by Eti. The facility was built based on Turkish
engineers' drawings and commenced production on 25th of November
1967.
 
Production of "ETİ Finger" began and the product
was launched to the markets.
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| 1969 |
Production of the very first digestive/fibrous biscuit, "ETİ
Burçak" began and very soon it was launched to the markets. |
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| 1970 |
The second automated production facility in Turkey was commissioned
and three shifts daily production cycle
implemented.
 
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| 1972 |
On 13 March 1972, the title of Eti Biscuit Company, owned
by Mr. Firuz Kanatlı, was changed as "Eti Gıda Sanayi
ve Ticaret
A.Ş." by participation of all stockholding family members.
The famous Eti jingle: "Bir Bilmecem var çocuklar…/I
have a riddle kids…" was aired in Eti commercials.
Click play button for listening jingle (with lyric)
Click play button for listening jingle
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| 1974 |
Our first export shipment was made to Cyprus.
We received the first Quality Award from the Turkish Standards
Institution. |
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| 1975 |
The first imported baking oven was purchased. Other machinery
for the automated facility was manufactured in Turkey and
was commissioned. "Uniqueness" in competition was
materialized through marketing manually packaged products. |
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| 1976 |
Eti Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. "Etimek" plant was
erected in Bozüyük (Bilecik).
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| 1978 |
Production of "Etimek", the first and the unique
rusk bread in Turkey, was started in Eti Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.Ş Bozüyük
plant on 20th of February 1978 and the product was launched
to the markets.
Eti Makine Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. was established in the Eskişehir
Organized Industrial Area in order to combine Eti's all
machinery design, manufacturing, assembly and comprehensive
service activities that have been in progress since 1967.
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| 1979 |
Production of "Eti Puf" filled with marshmallow and
granule coated was started and launched to the markets. |
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