A global business with strong Turkish heritage
About Us
About us
Responsibly producing essential ingredients for a sustainable future
From starting our first production in 2009, WE Soda has become a global leader in soda ash.
Today, we are the fastest growing producer of natural soda ash, producing over 5 million tonnes of natural soda ash and sodium bicarbonate every year, and operating two of the lowest cost production facilities in the world, located in Türkiye.
We sell our products to large industrial customers in over 80 countries around the world. Fundamental 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 a global leader in natural soda ash.
- 2023 - Acquisition of controlling interest in Derince Port
- 2022 - Combined production volumes of more than 5 million tonnes
- 2021 - Sold 60% of US business
- 2017 - Eti Soda expansion and Kazan Soda production started
- 2014 - Kazan Soda construction started
- 2009 - Eti Soda production started
- 2007 - Eti Soda construction started
2023
Derince Port
2022
Production reached over 5 million tonnes
2021
Sold 60% of US business to Şişecam
2017
Eti Soda expansion and Kazan Soda production started
2014
Kazan Soda construction started
2009
Eti Soda production started
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.
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.
Where we operate
Find out more about our production facilities below.
Kazan
Location: Ankara, Türkiye. Our largest production facility, using solution extraction and innovative process technology. Kazan Soda produces ~3 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually, sold to our customers in Türkiye and exported around the world.
Eti
Location: Ankara, Türkiye. Eti Soda was the first facility in the world to utilise innovative solution extraction technology on a commercial scale. Eti Soda produces ~2 million mt of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate annually, sold to our customers in Türkiye and exported around the world.
Derince Port
Over 80% of our production from Türkiye 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.
