Alberk Poultry Processing Equipment

What Alberk Poultry Processing Equipment does

Alberk Poultry Processing Equipment is a privately held, family-owned Turkish manufacturer founded in 1995 by Nihat Çelik in Istanbul, specializing in turnkey poultry slaughterhouse and processing equipment for chicken, turkey, duck, and goose operations. The company produces complete integrated processing lines covering livestock arrival, killing and defeathering, automatic evisceration, water and air chilling, weighing and sorting, cut-up, and packaging, built on PLC-based automation with loadcell weighing precision and pneumatic actuation. Equipment is designed in-house using CAD/CAM and manufactured at the company's purpose-built 5,500 m² facility in Sancaktepe, Istanbul, equipped with CNC machining centers, CNC lathes, and digital production equipment. An in-house R&D department was established in 2014.

The business model is anchored on hardware sales of complete turnkey processing facilities and individual department systems, supplemented by installation, project consultancy, operator training, spare parts supply, and ongoing service and maintenance contracts. Pricing is quote-based and varies by capacity, automation level, and site-specific customization, with multi-year project contracts. Sales are executed through direct enterprise field sales from headquarters, supported by authorized representative offices and distributors in Russia (Borks), Iran (SGK), Iraq (Adham Farm Equipment), Tunisia (Profood), UAE, and Vietnam. Lead generation combines a multilingual quote-request website (Turkish, English, Arabic, Russian, French) with active participation in major international trade fairs including VIV Asia, VIV MEA, Agros Expo, MEP Poultry Expo, ILDEX, and AgroWorld.

Alberk reports project installations across more than 30 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The company was the first domestic Turkish producer of several core equipment categories, including turkey processing lines (2001), weighing and sorting lines (2002), gizzard cleaning machines (2004), cut-up lines (2010), and automatic robot lines (2012). Headcount is 51-100 employees, the company is privately held with no external institutional investors identified, and second-generation family member Ali Berkem Çelik joined management in 2016.

Name

Alberk Poultry Processing Equipment

Legal name

Alberk Poultry Processing Equipment

Website

https://alberk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Alberk is a privately held Turkish manufacturer, founded 1995, that designs, builds, and installs turnkey poultry slaughterhouse and processing equipment lines — covering killing, defeathering, evisceration, chilling, weighing, sorting, cut-up, and packaging — for chicken, turkey, duck, and goose processors across 30+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Poultry Processing Equipment

NAICS

Food Product Machinery Manufacturing (333241)

SIC

Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery (3580)

akta.pro primary industry

Poultry Processing & Packing (AFAKALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Primary Poultry Processing (Slaughtering, Evisceration & Chilling) (AFANACAA)

Keywords

• Poultry processing equipment
• Slaughterhouse machinery
• Evisceration systems
• Poultry chilling equipment
• Food processing automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Sancaktepe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. Poultry Processing Equipment Manufacturing and Sales: Design, manufacture, and sale of complete poultry processing equipment lines including slaughtering, evisceration, cooling, sorting, cut-up, and packaging systems. Equipment is sold as complete turnkey projects or individual department systems.
2. Installation Services: Mechanical, electronic, and automation engineers provide on-site installation services for equipment at customer facilities. Installation teams are specially trained and perform detailed assembly considering all equipment specifications.
3. Project Consultancy: Expert consultation services providing realistic roadmaps for poultry processing investments. With over 30 years of experience, the company helps investors avoid potential risks and become more efficient poultry processing enterprises.
4. Spare Parts: Supply of replacement parts for all equipment. Parts inventory maintained for both simple and complex components to prevent production losses and minimize downtime.
5. Training Services: Machine and equipment training provided to technical personnel at customer facilities. Training covers all details from process beginning to final stage, ensuring healthy and efficient facility operation.
6. Service and Maintenance: Ongoing service and maintenance for poultry processing facilities. Teams perform inspection and control operations for both new and existing facilities to ensure efficient and long-lasting operation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Alberk designs, manufactures, and installs complete automatic and semi-automatic poultry processing equipment lines for chicken, turkey, duck, and goose processing facilities. The company offers turnkey slaughterhouse systems covering every stage from live bird reception through packaging, plus installation, training, spare parts, and project consultancy services.

Product overview

Alberk Poultry Processing Equipment offers complete turnkey poultry slaughterhouse systems as a single integrated product portfolio. The main product lines cover chicken and turkey processing, each consisting of multiple departments/modules: Livestock Arrival Department for receiving live poultry; Killing and Defeathering for stunning, slaughter, and feather removal; Automatic Evisceration for internal organ removal; optional Water Washing and Chilling followed by Air Chilling for temperature control; Weighing and Sorting for automated grading; Cut-Up Department for portioning; Packaging Group for final wrapping; plus System Control Panels for centralized operation and Waste System for by-product handling. Turkey Processing Equipment is a parallel line designed for larger birds (6-30 kg) with modified specifications. All systems are manufactured in-house using CNC machinery and CAD/CAM design, with installation, training, spare parts, and project consultancy services offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Livestock Arrival Department Initial stage of poultry processing where live poultry arrives at the slaughterhouse. Includes conveyor systems and cage washing machines for receiving and preparing poultry for processing.
• Killing and Defeathering Department

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered regional.

• BorksregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized sales representative for Russia. Contact: Beloglazov Nikolay Evgenievich, +7 919 370 54 49, [email protected], website: borks.pro
• SGK (Sama Gostar Kohan Company)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized sales representative for Iran. Contact: Mahdi Dashti, 021-26408801, website: sgk-co.com/en/
• Adham Farm EquipmentregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized sales representative for Iraq. Contact: Ahmed Adham, +964 771 559 5809, website: adhamfarm.net
• ProfoodregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized sales representative for Tunisia. Contact: Ramzi DABBECH, +216 22 933 068
• UAE RepresentativeregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDirect sales representation for United Arab Emirates. Contact: +971 50 776 9783
• Vietnam RepresentativeregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSales representative for Vietnam. Contact: Quang Dang, +84 762016169

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Marel: Iceland-based global leader in poultry, meat and fish processing equipment. Directly competes with Alberk across slaughtering, evisceration, chilling, weighing/sorting, cut-up and deboning lines for industrial customers worldwide.
• BAADER: German manufacturer of poultry and fish processing machinery with comparable turnkey line scope (slaughtering, defeathering, evisceration, processing). Competes with Alberk on industrial projects globally, especially in Europe and MENA.
• FPS Food Processing Solutions: International meat and poultry processing equipment supplier offering slaughtering, deboning, slicing and forming lines. Direct competitor to Alberk in the mid-tier turnkey poultry equipment market.
• Linco Food Systems: Danish supplier of poultry processing lines and chillers. Competes with Alberk on the air/water chilling and cut-up equipment categories for industrial poultry processors.
• Meyn (JBT): Dutch poultry processing equipment specialist (now part of JBT) offering integrated slaughter and processing lines. Directly comparable in scope to Alberk's full-line poultry systems and serves similar integrators.
• Prime Equipment Group: US-based designer and manufacturer of poultry processing systems. Comparable mid-size competitor to Alberk for turnkey slaughterhouse and further-processing lines in the Americas and select international projects.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Pak: Swiss-Swedish food processing and packaging multinational that supplies downstream packaging equipment for processed poultry. Adjacent competitor to Alberk's Packaging Group and broader food processing customer base.
• JBT (John Bean Technologies): US-listed food processing technology company whose Protein (poultry/meat/seafood) division — including the former Meyn business — competes in poultry processing equipment alongside a much wider portfolio across foods, air transport and aftermarket services.
• GEA: German industrial equipment group whose separators and food processing machinery overlap with parts of Alberk's poultry processing line. Larger, more diversified incumbent with comparable chillers, control systems and slaughterhouse-adjacent technology.
• CTB / Chore-Time: US-based poultry equipment supplier covering live production, feeding, and processing systems. Broader portfolio than Alberk but overlaps on the processing equipment side and the live-bird-reception/pre-processing categories Alberk supplies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/alberkpoultry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/alberkpoultry

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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