Kutahya Sugar Factory

Kütahya Şeker Fabrikası A.S. is a food industry company that processes sugar beet into sugar in Kutahya. The factory's establishment dates back to 1953, and the plant began operating in 1954. Having worked for many years as a subsidiary of Turkiye Seker Fabrikalari (Turkish Sugar Factories), the company passed into private-sector ownership after the privatization process. Its shares trade on Borsa Istanbul under the ticker KTSKR.

The company's core activity is having sugar beet grown under contracts with farmers in the region and processing this beet into sugar at the factory. Making use of the by-products and residues generated in the production process is also within its scope of activity. Its corporate website includes informative content on beet-growing areas and on controlling plant diseases and pests. Its shareholders include Kiler Holding, Torunlar Gida and the Kutahya Sugar Beet Growers' Cooperative.

For KTSKR shares, beet purchase prices, yield and sugar content during the processing campaign, regulations on sugar quotas and energy costs are the factors followed. On Lzzo.com, you can open the stock's historical price chart over different ranges, check technical indicators and reach similar companies in the food sector.