Duran Dogan Basim

What Duran Dogan Basim does

Duran Doğan Basım ve Ambalaj A.Ş. is a publicly listed Turkish manufacturer of carton/paperboard packaging, headquartered in Arnavutköy, İstanbul, with four factories in Istanbul totaling 37,000 m² of enclosed space and over 50,000 tons of annual production capacity. The company's core offering is offset-printed carton packaging produced for B2B customers across food, beverage, personal care, home care, medical, and boutique product verticals, with named enterprise relationships including Ülker, Korozo Ambalaj, Lila Group, and Bentaş Bentonit. Its flagship proprietary technology is "Gloss & Green," an in-house developed plastic-free, nature-friendly packaging solution positioned around sustainability and carbon-footprint reduction, supported by ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, TSRS, and GRI compliance credentials.

The company operates a direct enterprise sales motion with no intermediaries, focusing on long-term supplier partnerships with major Turkish manufacturers and on building export channels. More than 50% of revenue is derived from exports to over 70 countries, with year-over-year export growth cited in company materials. Revenue is generated through negotiated, quote-based B2B contracts on volume and specifications rather than published pricing. The firm is listed on Borsa İstanbul under ticker DURDO, with a reported market capitalization of TRY 2.5B (categorized as a penny stock), giving it access to public capital markets to fund capacity and sustainability initiatives, including a 2025 TÜBİTAK 1832 Industrial Green Transformation R&D grant and recognition via a Pladis global supplier sustainability award in 2025.

Name

Duran Dogan Basim

Legal name

Duran Doğan Basım ve Ambalaj A.Ş.

Website

https://ddpack.com.tr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Duran Doğan Basım is a publicly listed Turkish B2B manufacturer of offset-printed carton packaging serving food, beverage, personal care, medical, and home care brands domestically and across 70+ export markets via four Istanbul factories with proprietary plastic-free technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carton / Paperboard Packaging Manufacturing

NAICS

Paperboard Container Manufacturing (32221), Converted Paper Product Manufacturing (3222)

SIC

Paperboard Containers & Boxes (2650), Papers & Allied Products (2600)

akta.pro primary industry

Paper-Based Packaging & Single-Use Paper Products (Paper Bags, Wraps, Cartons) (CRADALAL)

Keywords

• Carton packaging manufacturing
• Offset printed packaging
• Sustainable paperboard packaging
• FMCG packaging solutions
• Plastic free packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Fatih

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Carton Packaging Manufacturing and Sales: Manufactures and sells carton/paper-based packaging solutions to B2B customers across food, beverage, personal care, medical, and home products sectors. Revenue is generated through product sales with long-term supplier relationships. The company is listed on Turkish stock exchange with market cap of TRY 2.5B.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Duran Dogan Basim manufactures and sells offset-printed carton and paperboard packaging solutions for B2B customers in food, beverage, personal care, medical, home care, and boutique sectors. Production is carried out across four Istanbul factories with a combined annual capacity exceeding 50,000 tons. Its signature offering is the proprietary "Gloss & Green" plastic-free, nature-friendly packaging technology line.

Product overview

Duran Dogan Basim ve Ambalaj Sanayi A.Ş. is a cardboard packaging manufacturing company offering offset printing capabilities with a focus on sustainable and innovative solutions. The company's product portfolio is organized by industry sectors including Food, Beverage, Home Products, Medical, and Boutique packaging. The flagship eco-friendly technology is Gloss & Green, a plastic-free, nature-friendly packaging solution. The company operates 4 factories with a total production capacity of over 50,000 tons of cardboard packaging annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Gloss & Green: Plastic-free, nature-friendly sustainable packaging technology and product line

Products and services

• Gloss & Green Packaging Proprietary plastic-free, nature-friendly carton packaging technology developed by Duran Dogan, marketed under the Gloss & Green sub-brand for B2B customers seeking sustainable packaging.
• Food Packaging (Gıda)

Quantifiable outcome

• 50,000+ tons annual carton production capacity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TÜBİTAKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Received government R&D funding through TÜBİTAK's 1832 Industrial Green Transformation 2025-1 program for sustainable packaging development project

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sonoco Products Company: Global consumer and industrial packaging company with significant paperboard, folding carton, and sustainable packaging exposure; a broader incumbent in the same end-markets as Duran Dogan.
• Stora Enso Oyj: Nordic pulp, paperboard, and packaging manufacturer with a packaging materials division selling folding boxboard and consumer board; competes for the same sustainable packaging demand driven by EU plastic regulation.
• Mondi Group: Integrated paper and packaging group producing containerboard, kraft paper, and corrugated plus consumer packaging; overlaps with Duran Dogan in paper-based FMCG packaging but at significantly larger and more diversified scale.
• Smurfit Kappa Group: Global paper-based packaging giant with a wide portfolio across corrugated, folding cartons, and bag-in-box; broad incumbent that competes for the same FMCG accounts but is far larger and geographically diversified.

Regional players

• Korozo Ambalaj: Turkish flexible and food packaging manufacturer and one of Duran Dogan's anchor customers; competes in adjacent packaging formats within the same Turkish market and is a useful local benchmark for pricing and capacity.
• Olmuksan Ambalaj Sanayi: Turkish corrugated cardboard and paper packaging producer serving FMCG and industrial customers; competes in the same domestic market and benchmarks Duran Dogan's scale on a Turkey-only basis.

Direct peers

• Pactiv Evergreen Inc. North American paperboard and food-service packaging manufacturer with a focus on sustainable, fiber-based cartons; comparable product mix, end-customers (food and beverage manufacturers), and sustainability-driven positioning.
• Mayr-Melnhof Karton: Austrian-headquartered European leader in cartonboard and folding cartons, serving FMCG, food, and pharma end-markets with offset printing — the closest functional and structural analog to Duran Dogan's core business, just at far greater scale.
• Graphic Packaging Holding Company: U.S.-listed global paperboard packaging manufacturer focused on sustainable folding cartons and food/beverage packaging; comparable end-markets, sustainability positioning, and offset/printed carton product overlap.

Emerging players

• Westrock Coffee Company: U.S.-based paperboard packaging and coffee company with significant sustainable packaging initiatives; partial overlap with Duran Dogan in consumer paperboard packaging and sustainability-driven product positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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