Yıldız Holding

yıldız holding is the largest food manufacturer in ceemea (central and eastern europe, the middle east, and africa), generating revenues of 34.3 billion tl in 2016 across all businesses. the company employs 56,000 people and has 83 factories (24 of which are outside turkey). yıldız holding has over 300 brands available in more than 130 countries. through yıldız holding’s core focus on biscuits, cakes and confectionery, a company has become number two in the world in the sweet biscuits category and number seven in the chocolate category by revenue. new global company in 2016: pladis yıldız holding has brought together its core biscuit, chocolate, and confectionery businesses godiva chocolatier, united biscuits, ulker and demet’s candy company, to form a new global company, “pladis” in 2016. pladis is a global biscuit and confectionery company with operations in 130 countries across europe, the middle east, africa, asia and the americas. with annual revenues of us$5.2 billion, pladis has