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2000
  • August 1st was the creation of SARL GénéralEmballage, with a capital of 32 million dinars in the activity area of Taharacht (Akbou.W. of Béjaia) ( Décision APSI no 13051 of June 06th, 1998)
2002
  • Start producing in Akbou factory with 83 employees.
2006
  • A capital of 150 million dinars
  • 318 employees
2007
  • A capital of 1.23 billion dinars
  • 425 employees
  • An award of the production (Euro-development SME)
  • Start of the production in Sétif factory
2008
  • Start exporting to Tunisia
  • Start operating in Oran
2009
  • June 3rd: The capital increased to 2 billion dinars and joined the MAGHREB PRIVATE EQUITY FUND II “Cyprus II” (MPEF II) with an engagement 40%. GénéralEmballage became a capital company.
  • 597 employees
2010
  • 630 employees
2011
  • 699 employees
  • November: COFACE Cotation “@@@”
2012
  • March: Production abilities increased to 130 000 tons
  • June: The transfer of Oran factory to ZI Hassi-Ameur
  • June: The production of the first work in high resolution.
  • July 2nd: A convention was signed as part of the partnership with Béjaia University.
  • December 17th: COFACE notation “@@@”
  • 830 employees
2013
  • 960 employees
  • January 23th: ISO 9001:2008 Certification
  • October 8th: The start of the 1st promotion of Bachelor degree in packaging and quality in Béjaia University.
2014
  • 1005 employees
  • February 22nd: An agreement of recruitment with the National Agency of Work (ANEM) was signed
  • October 30th: Start of exporting to Libya
2015
  • 1100 employees
  • April: Start producing in the new factory of Sétif in ZI Ain Sfiha.
  • June 2nd: Encouragement prize of the Export 2014 award (World Trade Center (WTCA)
2016
  • February: 1st exportation to Spain
  • August: Leaving Maghreb Private Equity Fund and joining Development Partners International (DPI), and the Deutsche Dation Investitions und EntwicklungsgesellschaftmbH (DEG) to 49% of the share capital
  • September: 1st exportation to Mauritania
  • 1170 employees
2017
  • 1200 employees
  • April 19th: COFACE Notation @@@
2018
  • 1200 employees
  • April 09th: ISO 9001 Certification, 2015 version
  • July 29th: COFACE Notation @@@
2019
  • 1201 employees
  • January 16th: Distinguished as “inspiring” company, for Africa in the report “Companies to inspire Africa 2019” of the London Stock Exchange Group (London stock exchange)
  • April 21th: First expedition about Belgium
  • June 13th : Special prize of the Trophée Export 2018 jury (World Trade Center(WTCA)
  • June 19th: First expedition about France
2020
  • 1222 employees
  • January 25th: ISO 14001:2015 and 45001:2018 certifications
  • July 23th: COFACE NOTATION @@@