The Germanos Group ( el, Όμιλος Γερμανός) is a Greek holding company based in

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History

The Group started as a battery shop in Athens in 1980 and since then has expanded into retail when it opened its first store by the same year. In 2003 Germanos in a joint operation with

Folli Follie Folli Follie is a Greek-based international company which designs, manufactures and distributes luxury jewellery, watches and fashion accessories. History The company was established in 1982 in Greece by Dimitris Koutsolioutsos ( el, Δημήτ ...

bought a 40% stake of the Hellenic Duty Free shops. In 2006 it was acquired by Cosmoholding Cyprus Ltd., a subsidiary of the mobile operator

Cosmote COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS S.A. ( el, COSMOTE ΚΙΝΗΤΕΣ ΤΗΛΕΠΙΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΕΣ Α.Ε.) known as just Cosmote is the largest mobile network operator in Greece. The company is headquartered in Athens and is a fully owned subsidia ...

Battery manufacturing

Germanos Group's focus is

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manufacturing for vehicles and electronic devices, while the retail part of electronic goods is given to the chain of stores by the same name.

Environment

The Germanos Group has been operating a battery recycling program called ''Dias Bat'' since 2004. In every Germanos Store batteries are collected and given for

recycling Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the p ...

, thus reducing the negative effect of battery consumption to the environment.

Subsidiaries

Germanos (chain of stores) The Germanos chain of stores ( el, Γερμανός) is a multinational chain of retail electronic goods vendors. They specialize in offering electronic devices such as computers, digital cameras, mp3 players and mobile phones. They also offer fi ...

* e-value

International expansion

The Germanos group through its subsidiary's chain of stores has expanded into

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as well as in

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: *

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(sold to Telekom Slovenije) *

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References

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External links

Germanos Group website (in Greek)
Retail companies of Greece Companies based in Athens Greek brands