Wikipedia/Turkey Glass Bottle Factories

Şişecam or Turkey Bottle and Glass Factories Corporation is a glass factory that started operating on July 4, 1935 to meet the glass needs of Turkey. It was established in Istanbul's Paşabahçe district. With the establishment of the factory in this district, the Paşabahçe district is known for its glass production.

Şişecam Group is an industrial group whose main field of activity is glass and chemical production. The community is the leader in Turkey in the production of flatglass, glassware, glass packaging and glass fibers and glass raw materials (sand, dolomite, limestone, feldspar, soda ash and chromium compounds).

History
In 17 February 1934 Cabinet of Turkey made the decision for the establishment of the domestic glass industry in Turkey. The İşbank was commissioned for the project. In July 4, 1935, the factory made its first production. While the glass demand in Turkey was 3,5 tons in that period,the factory has a production capacity of 3 tons. From the first years, production at the factory consisted of only bottle and glass. The factory was based on manual labor. Mass production was started with the machines purchased in 1954 and the production capacity increased to 5000 tons. However, despite these investments, the factory switched to flat glass production technology in 1968. Bottle packaging production started with the production process of Pilkington flat glass, which is known as the British technique, in the new factory opened in Topkapı district in Istanbul, thus increasing the production capacity. From the 1980s onwards, production started not only in glassware and kitchen utensils, but in all areas of the glass industry.