Zeki Sarıbekir

Mr. Zeki Sarıbekir continued on with his education abroad in UK subsequent to graduation from Anadolu University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Zeki Sarıbekir worked for two different packaging companies abroad for two years following his master and in 1996 he took office within the incorporation of the family company titled Sarten Ambalaj A.Ş. By virtue of his visionary and entrepreneurial perspective, Zeki Sarıbekir achieved to make Sarten one of the most prominent packaging companies in Türkiye and he has been fulfilling his duties as CEO since 2004 and as the Chairman of the Board since 2009. Zeki Sarıbekir, the President of ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association, is also a member of Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO), Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (ASAD), Environmental Protection and Packaging Waste Recovery Foundation (ÇEVKO), Rigid Plastic Packaging Manufacturers Association (SEPA), Plastics Manufacturers Association (PAGDER), Turkish Plastics Manufacturers Research, Development and Training Foundation (PAGEV) and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), Turkish Packaging Assembly. Zeki Sarıbekir is the President of Türkiye – Bulgaria of Foreign Economic Relations (DEİK). 

Summary

Presentation Title: Turkish Packaging Industry

In this presentation, which is the opening speech of ASD Packaging Congress 2023- 2nd International Packaging Industry Congress, we will evaluate the innovations in the packaging sector and the future of our sector together with our stakeholders for value added production; the participants will be informed detailed information about the congress.

ASD Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association serves the sector today with over 250 its members as one of the most powerful non-governmental organizations in the Turkish packaging sector. Crescents and Stars for Packaging Competition, Packaging Design National Student Competitions and ASD Packaging Academy which are some of the activities of the Association are the organizations that bring the sector together. Eurasia Packaging Fair is being held this year twenty-eighth time, contributes to the development of the Turkish Packaging Industry in the international arena. 

The Turkish Packaging Industry is one of the rare sectors that positively contributes to the country's foreign trade deficit with the added value it creates. In the first 6 months of 2023, the sector posted a foreign trade surplus of 1 billion 148 million dollars and continues to grow in exports. The sector exports to 180 countries. Total packaging exports amounted to 1 million 437 thousand tons in the first 6 months of 2023. In terms of value, exports reached 3.5 billion dollars. The packaging sector is working to export at least half of the packaging produced in Türkiye.

Two points are of great importance in packaging production: "Sustainability" and "Environment". Today, very detailed studies are carried out to produce packaging using the minimum possible material. Production and trade processes targeted within the circular economy are closely monitored. Packaging is the material that creates economy, it is a common area for all industries in the world.

We have to set our purpose and goals for 20230 and beyond.

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