Yıldız Holding and DeMet’s Candy Company, to form a new global company, “pladis”. In 2018, in the course of the Turkish currency and debt crisis, 2018, Yildiz Holding unexpectedly requested its creditors to restructure as much as $7 billion in loans. Yıldız Holding Yıldız Holding is a Turkish conglomerate that is best known for manufacturing food products. The company also produces other consumer goods and has its own retail, private equity and real estate operations. Yıldız Holding is among the largest food manufacturers in CEEMEA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), generating revenues of 34.3 billion TL in 2016
Pladis Pladis Pladis Ltd (styled as pladis) is a global biscuit, chocolate and confectionery company owned by Yıldız Holding, the largest food company in the CEEMEA region. Pladis was established in January 2016 when Yıldız Holding brought together United Biscuits, Ulker, Godiva Chocolatier and DeMet’s Candy Company as one global business. Pladis has annual revenues of USD $5.2 billion and operates in 120 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the Americas. The company has 34 factories in 13 countries and its products reach approximately 4 billion people worldwide. Pladis is a global biscuits and confectionery company which operates