AVES Enerji Yağ ve Gıda Sanayi A.Ş.

AVES is a Turkish group based in Mersin. The company states that it has more than 30 years of experience in international commodity trade and is one of the major players in Türkiye's crude sunflower oil supply and production. It is active in vegetable oil production and international trade, oilseed meal, biodiesel, oil storage, peanut processing and the SAVKA offshore ship-loading terminal. The company states that its 220-decare Mersin plant is Türkiye's largest fully integrated oilseed processing and biodiesel facility, with daily capacities of 1,500 tons of crushing and 1,100 tons of filling and an annual output of over 1.5 million tons of vegetable oil, meal and biodiesel. It also lists factories in Amasya, Şırnak (Silopi) and Iraq. It produces edible oils under the Safya and Ayzen brands and states that Safya sunflower oil is exported to more than 70 countries. It has offices in Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Dubai and Romania.