ISO Releases Report On 500 Major Industrial Enterprises In 2003

ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) released on Tuesday a report on 500 Major Industrial Enterprises of Turkey in 2003.
As it has happened in recent years, the Turkish Oil Refineries Corp (Tupras) topped also the 2003 list with 8.2 quadrillion Turkish liras (TL) of net sales from production.
Tupras was followed by Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S. (Ford Automotive Industry Corp) and Eletrik Uretim A.S. (Electricity Generation Corp) with 2.4 quadrillion TL and 2.2 quadrillion TL of net sales from production, respectively.
Top ten enterprises are as follows:
Ranking Sales from Production
2003 2002 Firms and Enterprises (NET Million TL)
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1 1 TUPRAS 8,215,208,423
2 13 FORD OTOMOTIV SAN. A.S. 2,425,400,623
3 2 ELEKTRIK URETIM A.S. 2,166,932,961
4 7 OYAK RENAULT 2,051,932,583
5 3 ARCELIK 2,004,374,937
6 6 EREGLI DEMIR VE CELIK 1,947,455,927
7 5 TOFAS 1,816,917,130
8 8 TURKIYE SEKER FABRIKALARI 1,788,298,469
9 4 VESTEL 1,686,330,302
10 10 AYGAZ A.S. 1,607,993,566

(MS-ULG) 27.07.2004