A global business with strong Turkish heritage
Ciner HQ | Istanbul Turkey
Operating for over a decade, the first to use solution extraction
Eti Soda | Near Ankara, Turkey
We’ve invested over US$1.9bn in the last 5 years
Kazan Soda | Near Ankara, Turkey
About us
WE Soda is the UK incorporated holding company for the global Soda Ash operations of Ciner, a large industrial conglomerate established over 40 years ago, based in Turkey and owned by Mr Turgay Ciner
From starting our first production in 2009, WE Soda has become one of the global leaders in Soda Ash over the last decade.
Today, we produce almost 5 million tonnes of natural Soda Ash and Sodium Bicarbonate every year, and operate the two lowest cost production facilities in the world, located in Turkey.
We sell our products to large industrial customers in over 70 countries around the world. Fundemental to many industrial production processes, Soda Ash is one of life’s invisible ingredients which plays an essential role in the sustainable products we use in everyday modern life.
WE Soda through the years
From starting production in 2009, WE Soda has become one of the global leaders in Soda Ash.
2022
Production expected to reach almost 5 million tonnes per year
2021
Sold 60% of US business to Şişecam
2017
Eti Soda expansion and Kazan Soda production started
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2014
Kazan Soda construction started
2009
Eti Soda production started
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2007
Eti Soda construction started
Our mission and strategy
Our mission
Our mission is to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to excel in everything we do.
Our business strategy
Strategically, we aim to maintain and extend our leadership position in the global Soda Ash industry in terms of production volumes, product quality and supply chain reliability, technology and process innovation and in safety and environmental standards.
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Our people strategy
We will continue to attract, develop, empower and retain the best people, capable of operating to the highest standards in whatever roles they perform.
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Operating responsibly
We will execute our strategy in a responsible and sustainable way, with the lowest impact on the environment whilst supporting and investing in the communities in which we work, creating a positive impact for our employees, our customers and for the communities in which we operate.
A message from our CEO
Alasdair Warren
CEO, WE Soda
Where we operate
Find out more about our production facilities below.
Kazan
Location: Ankara, Turkey. Our newest production facility, using solution extraction and innovative process technology. In 2021, Kazan Soda produced and sold 2.9 million mt of Soda Ash and sodium bicarbonate, sold to our customers in Turkey and exported around the world.
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Eti
Location: Ankara, Turkey. Eti Soda was the first facility in the world to utilise innovative solution extraction technology on a commercial scale. In In 2021, Eti Soda produced and sold 1.95 million mt of Soda Ash and sodium bicarbonate, sold to our customers in Turkey and exported around the world.
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Derince Port
Over 85% of our production from Turkey is exported, with almost 70% exported in bulk from our dedicated port facility at Derince. It has a 330m long pier that can load the world's largest bulk carriers at a rate of over 2,200 tonnes per hour.
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