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About Us

SONAC is a family company that has specialized for over 25 years in growing producing and exporting top quality agricultural products.

When it first started in 1979, SONAC's objective was to export and promote Egyptian agricultural products and commodities in various foreign markets.

Today, it is an Egyptian joint stock limited company with a capital of 50 million Egyptian pound and is currently one of the largest producer and exporter of fresh potatoes and citrus fruits and frozen veggies in the entire Middle East.

Mr. Khaled Abou Ismail Chairman

Our worldwide reputation and highly acclaimed quality now speaks for the entire food industry of Egypt.

Our outstanding achievements in terms of quality standards and customer satisfaction truly reflects the huge role that SONAC has played in expanding the potential of Egypt products.

Sonac is accredited with ISO 9002, HACCP, EurepGap, BRC and Organic. We are also approved by the UN peace troops (MFO) as a sanitarily approved food establishment and strictly comply with all Egyptian quality standers.

Our citrus produce is found in foreign markets under our traditional trademark (TUTANKHAMON, CHARIOT, HURGHADA, SHARM EL SHEIKH). Potatoes are usually marketed under the trademark Chariot. While Frozen Vegetables and Fruits are marketed under the trademark HANA and ZAINA Rice is branded with TUTANKHAMON.

Below is a timeline showing the main points along the history of Sonac:

Year

Accomplishment

1979	Khaled Ahmed Abou Ismail and Sons founded SONAC with a capital of L.E. 50,000
1987	SONAC became the first private sector company in Egypt allowed to Export Citrus Fruits.
1989	Citrus And potatoes Stations are built at the company's grounds for the processing and packing of Citrus fruits and potatoes.
1990	A huge cold store of 7,000 Tons capacity was installed in order to match the - increasing demand on SONAC's products and to serve the ever increasing storage needs for seeds and industrial potatoes.
1992	A second 3,000 tons capacity cold store is installed becoming a total of 10,000 tons storage capacity accompanied.
1993	An IQF plant for Frozen Vegetables & Fruits is installed.
1994	- Starts Production and export of frozen Vegetables & Fruits - SONAC is transformed into an Egyptian joint stock limited company with a capital of 50 million Egyptian Pounds.
1996	Export figures hit record values of 40,000 tons of potatoes , 50,000 tons of Citrus Fruits and 5000 tons of Frozen Vegetables & Fruits.
1997	- SONAC is awarded the ISO 9002 Certificate for its quality management. - SONAC launches a new Marketing Department for the purpose of extending it's markets into all parts of the world.
1998	A 5000 Tons capacity a Cold store is added to capacity with a full computerized cold store is built to store potatoes for major crisping factories in Egypt and Europe & Gulf Area.
1999	The Company was accredited with HACCP certificated.
2000	The company's chairman became the president of the Egyptian Federation of Chambers of Commerce.
2001	- In November he became the president of The Arab Federation of Chambers of Commerce. - Certified Organic potatoes packer.
2002	SONAC entered the agriculture process, Planting around 6000 Fdns of potatoes and 4000 Fdns of Oranges.
2003	- SONAC is awarded the 'INTERNATIONAL TROPHY FOR TECHNOLGY AND QUALITY' GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. - SONAC installed the latest techniques in cultivation reached our expansions to 100% own potatoes, 50% of own Citrus.
2004	- A new citrus packing line installed to become 3 lines in production, Reaching to 100 Tons/hr. - Certified as EurepGap for all farms potatoes and citrus.
2005	Certified as organic citrus packer.
2006	Export figures hit record values of 45,000 tons of potatoes, 52,000 tons of Citrus Fruits and 7000 tons of Frozen Vegetables & Fruits.
2007	SONAC is accredited with BRC Certificate.

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