GAZİANTEP – Demkar Nuts, which started the production of dried nuts in the 1970s and continues its activities with a daily production capacity of approximately 50 tons, will increase its capacity by 4 times in its new facility, which will be operational in March, and reach a processing capacity of 140 tons of fresh peanuts. With this capacity, Demkar Nuts will be the largest company in Gaziantep in its field. Mehmet Demir, the owner of Demkar Nuts Gıda Company, who stated that they started production in the 1970s, said, “With my sons Hasan Demir and Cengiz Demir joining the management of our company, which we established as partners in the 1970s; We have made important strides in terms of technological developments, advertising, growth-enhancing steps and effective use of products. We continue production with a daily production capacity of 30-50 tons in our facility, which is built on a closed area of 5 thousand square meters.” Noting that they send their products to all regions in the domestic market, Demir said, “Our company, which also exports, sells pistachios to European countries, Central Asian countries such as Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, and America. In addition to pistachio varieties, we also import and export almonds, walnuts, grapes and cashew nuts in the domestic and foreign markets.” Explaining that they made additional investments in their products upon the intense demand from their suppliers, Mehmet Demir said, “With our new investment in the GATEM-KÜSGET region, we will increase our daily capacity from 30-50 tons to 140 tons of fresh pistachio processing capacity. We are planning to activate our facility, which we will establish on a total area of 11 thousand square meters, of which 6 thousand square meters is closed, in March. We will be the company with the largest production capacity in Gaziantep in our field. In addition, Demkar Nuts will be the first HACCP certified company in pistachio processing facilities.” Demir added, “As each product has quality standards and calibers, we also calibrate the pistachios separately and present them to our business partners in accordance with ISO9001, ISO14000 and ISO22000 quality management systems standards. We will achieve our goal of making perfect production by adding our laboratory department that will implement HACCP standards and our own internal audit and analysis system in our new factory.” Demir added that they closely follow the food fairs held in Turkey and abroad, both as exhibitors and visitors, in line with their continuous development and improvement efforts.