production and filling capacity of approximately 220 tons/day in Bursa. In a total, over 600 workers are to be employed throughout the union to be able to manage and use this capacity. Licensed storage In 2004, the development project of Licensed Storage at Unions had been started by initiations of Turkish Ministry of Industry and Commerce and joints of The World Bank, and so, 5300 numbered legal provisions Licensed Storage of Agricultural Products enacted in 2005. Thus, unions aimed to be integrated system of licensed storage which have an important place in the storage of agricultural products and trade. The total cost of the project was proposed between 70 or 80 million dollars and approximately 35 million dollars were provided in the scope of ARIP loan agreement by The World Bank. The basic principle of licensed storage is to fulfil on time both domestic and international markets' demand of agricultural products, where providing storage on their classified quality, on hygienic conditions with fair price, is to balance the markets. Licensed storage activities of Marmarabirlik Today at this point, the project is successfully implemented only by Marmarabirlik in Turkey. In the scope of the project, Marmarabirlik had invested a total of 17,050,000 $ and the amount of 50% of the investment (8,525,000 $) was refunded from The World Bank's sources within the framework of the Protocol. This project was started at the end of 2007 and completed at the end of 2008. During this period, construction of Başköy Licensed Olive Storage with a capacity of 7,000 tons, construction of Erdek Licensed Olive Storage with a capacity of 8,000 tons and construction of Başköy Licensed Olive Oil Storage with a capacity of 5,800 litres were completed by the union. In this project, glass reinforced plastic (GRP) tanks, due to more healthy and hygienic, used for preservation and natural fermentation of olives instead of concrete tanks and stainless steel tanks used for olive oil storage as well. If the necessary of commercial and administrative infrastructure complete before olive harvest period of 2012, joint share licensed olive and olive oil storage company, has 23,000,000 TL (15,000,000) capital sum, will start to serve Turkish olive farmers and traders. References External links Corporate Web Site Food and drink companies established in 1954 Turkish brands Online retailers of Turkey 1954 establishments in Turkey