Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Chairman of Kocaeli Chamber of Industry delivered an opening speech at the event, and stated that the contest covered only the province of Kocaeli in the beginning, but then the scope was extended to Eastern Marmara in 2014. After the year 2015, they started to evaluate the entire Marmara Region. Zeytinoğlu underlined that the most important thing about the contest is the voluntary participation of companies. He said that their goal is to reward the companies for their contribution to the national economy, and provide them an opportunity to make a comparison in their sector and make up their deficiencies. Performance criteria consist of 7 main categories, including “efficiency, contribution to employment, investment in branding, financial results, foreign trade volume, contribution to employees, contribution to the society and environment”. Award winners are determined with the consultancy of PwC Turkey and according to the reports prepared on the basis of these criteria.

Petroyağ was awarded the “Petroleum and Petroleum Products Industry Sector Prize” in the Large Scale Enterprises Category for the year 2018. “This prize is a great indication of the fact that our company makes the right moves in the R&D, Export and Branding fields despite the shrinkage and recession in the national economy. We are proud to crown our 25th year with this award, and I extend my heartfelt thanks to all my friends who contributed to this success,” said Ünal Soysal, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Petroyağ.