Koop Dairy Explained

Koop Dairy Dairy and Oil Products Production and Marketing Cooperative Ltd
Type:	Public
Location City:	Ortakoy, Nicosia
Location Country:	Cyprus
Location:	35.1959°N 33.3453°W
Key People:	Salih Uluşan (President)^[1]
Products:	Dairy Products, Fruit juice, Sunflower oil^[2]
Num Employees:	162 (2010)^[3]
Homepage:	http://www.koopsut.com

Koop Dairy (Turkish: Koop Süt) is a Turkish Cypriot dairy products company located in Nicosia, Cyprus.

History

KOOP, was founded by 21 farmers in a village near Nicosia in 1958 under the name of Dairy Products Company. Company moved to its current headquarters in Ortakoy in 1962.

The company was purchased by the Cooperative Central Bank (Koop Bank) in 1968. After the purchase name of the company changed to its current name, Koop Süt.^[4]

Products

During the first few years of production, the company was producing using only sheep milk. Company's main operational fields are dairy products and fruit juices. Currently the company produces the following products:

• Pasteurized milk
• Halloumi
• Cheese
• Sunflower oil
• Corn oil
• Ice cream
  • Olive oil Legumes

External links

• Official website
• KOOP Bank

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cansu. Ali. Koop-Süt bir dünya markası oldu. Kıbrıs Gazetesi. 9 April 2011. Turkish. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007051747/http://www.turkmedya.com/V1/Pg/NewsCountryDetail/NewID/110906/CountryID/2/CatID/31/Header/koop-sut_bir_dunya_markasi_oldu.html. 7 October 2011. dead.
2. Web site: İştirakler. Kıbrıs Türk Kooperatif Merkez Bankası Ltd. 9 April 2011. Turkish.
3. Web site: Özadam. Levent. Koop Süt Bilmecesi. Kıbrıs Postası. 9 April 2011. Turkish.
4. Web site: About Koop. Koop. 9 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110416081628/http://www.koopsut.com/aboutkoop.html. 16 April 2011. dead.