Industry | dairy products, juice |
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Headquarters | , Egypt |
Area served | Egypt |
Key people | Safwan Thabet (Founder) |
Owners | Seif Thabet (CEO) |
Website |
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Juhayna Food Industries is an Egyptian food and drink company established in 1983 and began producing dairy, yogurt, and juice in April 1987 with a capital of £E1.3 million. Juhayna Dairy was merged into Juhayna Food Industries in 2004 to become a company specializing in the production of milk, milk products and juices, in addition to its owning of 5 industrial companies, a company for sales and logistics, and a company for agricultural and animal production. Juhayna Food Industries began its activities in January 1996. It manufactures milk and dairy products. Its licensed capital is £E5 billion and the paid-up capital is £E706,053,811 distributed over 706,053,811 shares with a nominal value of £E1 per share. The company was listed on the stock exchange in May 2010, and it is among the main index companies on the EGX 30. [1]
The company was established in 1983 by the Egyptian engineer, Safwan Thabet. It signed an agreement with the food packaging company Tetra Pak.
Juhayna established a joint company (Argo Food Industries), thanks to a partnership agreement with the European company, Arla Foods, which specializes in dairy products. [2]
Juhayna also signed a cooperation protocol with online payment processing platform Fawry with annual investments of £E15 million. [3]
The company participated in the third session of the Africa Food Processing Fair, and it also participated in the International Food Services Exhibition (Anuga), in Cologne, Germany. [4] [5]
In 2010, Juhayna was exposed to a fire that destroyed much of its factory in Sixth of October City, but the company quickly recuperated the losses and regained its large foothold in the Egyptian market. [6]
The company sought to roof 600 homes in Upper Egypt in the village of Shandwil, Sohag. [7]