Eczacıbaşı facts for kids
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| Anonim Şirket | |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 1942 |
| Founder | Nejat Eczacıbaşı |
| Headquarters |
Levent, Istanbul
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| Products | building products, pharmaceuticals, consumer products |
| Revenue |  €2 billion (2023) |
| Total assets | €3.48 billion (2023) |
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Number of employees
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12,500 |
| Subsidiaries | Eczacıbaşı Yatırım Holding Ortaklığı A.Ş. BİST: ECZYT EİS Eczacıbaşı İlaç, Sınai ve Finansal Yatırımlar Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. BİST: ECILC |
Eczacıbaşı Holding is a large group of companies from Turkey. It was started in 1942. As of 2023, the Group has 50 companies. They employ over 13,500 people. These companies run 40 factories. Together, they made about 33 billion Turkish Lira in sales in 2023.
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What Eczacıbaşı Does
Eczacıbaşı mainly works in a few key areas. These include making building products and medicines. They also produce everyday items for people. Another important area is natural resources.
Main Business Areas
- Building Products: They make things like bathroom fixtures and tiles. Their VitrA brand is very well-known around the world.
- Medicines (Pharmaceuticals): They produce different kinds of medicines.
- Consumer Products: This includes items you use every day. For example, they make tissue paper. Their brands like Selpak are very popular in Turkey.
- Natural Resources: They work with materials like clay and zinc.
Global Reach
Eczacıbaşı wants to grow more around the world. They have bought other companies in different countries. They also built new factories for their products. In 2022, more than half of their sales came from outside Turkey.
The Founder of Eczacıbaşı
The Eczacıbaşı Group was founded by Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı (1913–1993). He believed that businesses should help make society better.
His father, Süleyman Ferit Eczacıbaşı, was a very important pharmacist. He was called the "chief pharmacist" (baş eczacı in Turkish). When a law about surnames came out in 1934, he chose "Eczacıbaşı" as his family name. This name means "chief pharmacist."
Eczacıbaşı Companies
The Eczacıbaşı Group includes many different companies. Here are some of them:
Building Products Companies
- Eczacıbaşı Building Products
- VitrA Tiles
- burgbad
- V&B Fliesen GmbH
- İntema
- Brands: VitrA, V&B, Artema, burgbad, İntema
Consumer Products Companies
Eczacıbaşı Consumer Products started in 1969. They were the first to make bathroom tissue in Turkey. At that time, it was seen as a luxury item. They are now the top producer of toilet paper in Turkey. They have factories in the Marmara region and in Manisa. In 2022, they opened a new factory in Morocco.
- Brands: Selpak, Solo, Silen, Servis, Selin, Egos, Uni Med, Detan, Defans, Premax Unibaby, OK, Selpak Professional.
Healthcare Companies
- Gensenta
- Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Marketing
- Eczacıbaşı Monrol Nuclear Products
Natural Resources Companies
- Esan
Other Businesses
- Eczacıbaşı Investment Holding
- Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceutical and Industrial Investment
- Eczacıbaşı Information and Communication Technologies
- Kanyon Management and Marketing
- Ekom Eczacıbaşı Foreign Trade
- Eczacıbaşı Property Development and Investments
- Eczacıbaşı Insurance Agency
Helping the Community
Eczacıbaşı Group believes in giving back to the community. They have many projects that help people.
Supporting Education
- Hygiene Project for Primary Boarding Schools: This project helps make bathrooms and showers better in schools. It provides clean and healthy places for students. By 2025, it had helped nearly 20,000 students in 57 schools across 42 cities.
- Personal Hygiene Classes: Selpak, one of their brands, teaches kids about personal hygiene. Over 6 million students have learned from this program since 2002.
- Music Scholarships: The Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı Foundation gives scholarships to young Turkish musicians. This helps them study music abroad.
- Building Schools: The Group has built four primary schools for public education. They also provide money to these schools every year. About 4,200 students attend these schools.
- Eczacıbaşı Sports School: This school teaches volleyball to young girls aged 6-12.
- Reproductive Health Hotline: In 2000, Eczacıbaşı helped start a free, 24-hour hotline. It gives information about reproductive health.
Promoting Sports
The Eczacıbaşı Sports Club started in 1966. Its goal was to get young people into sports. It also aimed to improve sports in Turkey. The Club has trained many athletes. It has helped Turkish sports become known internationally. Today, the Club focuses only on women's volleyball.
This team is very successful. They have won many championships in Turkey. They also won the FIVB Women's Club World Championship twice in a row (2015 and 2016). They have won 28 National Championships and 9 National Cups. In 2018, the International Olympic Committee gave the Eczacıbaşı Sports Club an award. This was for their success in women's volleyball and for helping thousands of girls play the sport.
Supporting Arts and Culture
- Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Istanbul Modern): Eczacıbaşı Group helped start this museum. It was Turkey's first privately funded modern art museum. The museum shows Turkish modern and contemporary art. It also hosts exhibitions of famous international artists. Since it opened, over 8.5 million people have visited. It has also given free art education to 850,000 children and young people. The new Istanbul Modern building was designed by a famous architect, Renzo Piano.
- Istanbul International Festivals: Eczacıbaşı Group supports many festivals in Istanbul. These include music, film, jazz, and theatre festivals. They have been a main sponsor since 2006.
- Eczacıbaşı Youth Ticket: This project started in 2022. It helps young people go to art events for a very low price. This encourages them to experience more art. In 2022, over 40,000 tickets were sold for nearly 600 events.
- VitrA Ceramic Arts Studio: This studio was started in 1957. It helps ceramic artists and encourages people to appreciate ceramic art.
- Eczacıbaşı Photographers Series: This series publishes books about important Turkish photographers. It helps preserve their artistic work.
- Eczacıbaşı Arts Encyclopedia: This is a three-volume book published in 1997. It covers art and architecture from ancient Anatolia to modern Turkey.
Science and Research
Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı believed that businesses should support science. He wanted to help scientific research in Turkey.
Medical Awards
In 1959, Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı started an award program. It recognizes and supports medical research in Turkey. These awards are given out every two years. By 2025, they had given out many awards for medical science, research projects, and student projects. A new award category for Personalized Medicine was added in 2022.
Turkish Informatics Foundation
Eczacıbaşı Group also supports the Turkish Informatics Foundation. This foundation helps Turkey become a society that uses a lot of information technology.
See also
- List of companies of Turkey
- Eczacıbaşı Sports Club
