Juhayna Food Industries is an Egyptian company established in 1983 and began producing

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, and

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in April 1987 with a

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of £E1.3 million. Juhayna Dairy was merged into Juhayna Food Industries in 2004 to become a company specializing in the production of

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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

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History

The company was established in 1983 by the Egyptian engineer,

Safwan Thabet Safwan Thabet ( ar, صفوان أحمد ثابت السميري - b. 1946) is an Egyptian businessman, and founder of the dairy company Juhayna Food Industries. Safwan Thabet is the grandson of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood's second leader Hassa ...

. It signed an agreement with the food packaging company

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. Juhayna established a joint company (Argo Food Industries), thanks to a partnership agreement with the European company,

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, which specializes in dairy products. Juhayna also signed a cooperation protocol with online payment processing platform Fawry with annual investments of £E15 million. 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

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, Germany. In 2010, Juhayna was exposed to a fire that destroyed much of its factory in

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, but the company quickly recuperated the losses and regained its large foothold in the Egyptian market.

Community service

The company sought to roof 600 homes in

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in the village of Shandwil,

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Affiliates

* The Egyptian Company for Dairy Products * Modern International Company for Food Industries * The Egyptian Company for Food Industries (EGFood) * Al-Marwa Company for Food Industries and Modern Concentrates * Good Company for Trade and Distribution

References

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External links

official website
Egyptian companies established in 1983 Food and drink companies established in 1983 Food companies of Egypt Egyptian brands 6th of October (city) Companies listed on the Egyptian Exchange Conglomerate companies of Egypt