Innovative Industry Leader
1969 Viking Kağıt is established in İzmir’s Aliağa township as Turkey’s first privately-owned paper mill.
1971 Viking Kağıt commences operations with an initial production capacity of 13,500 tons a year.
1982 Viking Kağıt joins Yaşar Group and embarks upon a thorough-going modernization program.
1984 Investments in new technology raise Viking Kağıt’s production capacity to 20,250 tons/year.
1994 Viking Kağıt goes public and is traded in the stock exchange.
1995 Viking Kağıt’s second major modernization program is completed.
1996 In a major advance, Viking Kağıt enters the tissue paper sector. The “Lily” brand is introduced to consumers. “Senso” brand products go on the market.
1997 Viking Kağıt becomes the first member of Turkey’s tissue paper industry to be awarded internationally-recognized ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification. The Company’s biological treatment plant is commissioned as the first of its kind in Turkey.
1998 The “Select” brand of Viking Kağıt products for the AFH channel are introduced.
1999 Completion of a second paper plant investment raises production capacity to 43,000 tons/year.
2000 Viking Kağıt commissions the Turkish tissue paper industry’s first de-inking plant for the treatment of recovered paper prior to recycling use.
2003 Viking Kağıt’s competitive strength is further boosted by a complete renewal of its tissue paper conversion plant. The Company’s quality management system certification is upgraded to the ISO 9001:2000 standard.
2007 The commissioning of a second roll product conversion line increases Viking Kağıt’s production capacity in this group by 120%.
2008 As a result of its energy-conservation efforts, Viking Kağıt is designated a pilot facility in the "Increasing Energy Efficiency in Turkish Industry through Voluntary Agreements" Program initiated by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources.
2009 Viking Kağıt upgrades its quality certification to the ISO 9001:2008 standard.
2010 Viking Kağıt becomes the first Turkish paper and cardboard manufacturer to receive the Forest Stewardship Council Chain of Custody Management System Certification. The Company introduces consumers to its Pufla brand of products manufactured from recycled paper.
2012 With the completion of a calendaring investment, the softness of Viking Kağıt products is greatly enhanced. Completion of a new jumbo-format machine investment increases production capacity in the AFH products channel. The “Premia” line of consumer products is introduced for the premium market segment. Premia and Lily-brand paper towels become the first in Turkey to be certified as food-contact-safe by ISEGA in Germany.
2013 Viking Kağıt begins calculating its carbon footprint as part of its efforts to minimize the environmental impact of its operations. Both the Premia and Lily lines of toilet papers become the first in Turkey to be certified as being suitable for people with sensitive skin by DERMATEST in Germany.
2014 DERMATEST certifies Viking Kağıt’s Select line of toilet papers as being suitable for people with sensitive skin.
2015 Viking Kağıt completes the first wave of investment for Paper Machinery modernization.
2016 BRC CP is certificated. • HYGIENIC PRODUCT GC MARK is received. • ISO 50001 Energy Management System Certificate is received.
2018 Investment for cogeneration and third Circular Product Line is completed.
2019 Domestic Goods Certificate was obtained. • The Company successfully passed BRCCP inspections and renewed it as BRCCP Revision 4.
2020 TSE COVID-19 “Safe Production Certificate” was obtained.
2021 Viking Kağıt upgraded its ISO 50001 certification to the 2018 version. • Viking Kağıt commissioned its waste beverage carton recycling facility. The production and export of Recycfiber branded paper coils made of recycled cellulose from waste beverage cartons was initiated for the first time in Turkey. • The Company successfully passed the BRC CP audits and upgraded its certificate to Grade A. • The Company was awarded the Zero Waste Certificate. • As part of the treatment sludge dewatering project, the Company invested in a decanter system in place of belt press technology.
Viking Kağıt's “Firsts”
• Turkey’s first private-sector paper plant
• Turkey's first de-inking facility
• Turkey's first biological treatment facility
• Turkey's first cotton pulp-added toilet paper
• Turkey's first triple-ply toilet paper
• Turkey's first aloe vera-enriched toilet paper
• Turkey's first perforated-sheet towels
• Turkey's first boxed napkins and towels
• Turkey's first ISO 9001 certified paper plant to deserve ISO 9001 certifcate after being audited by a foreign auditor company in its sector.
• Turkey’s first BRC CP and Hygienic Product GC Mark certificate in its sector.