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Our Company

EST 1951

    Our Company

    Athens Greece, EST 1951
    1951

    ARGHYRIOU” company was founded in 1951 by NIKOLAOS ARGHYRIOU, operating as an agency of foreign companies to Greece. The agency activities started mainly with countries such as France, Belgium, Spain, Germany and the USA. At the same time, exportations of Greek industrial products were developed to the demanding at that time markets of Japan and the United Kindom.

    1981

    Since 1981, with the entrance of Greece to the European Economic Community (EEC), the company was one of the first to start representing factories and slaughterhouses from countries of the EEC in the foodstuff sector.

    1990

    In 1990, GEORGE ARGHYRIOU joined the company and assisted by the huge experience of Nikolaos Arghyriou, he continued dynamically the development of the company, inspired by the same principles of his father.

    2001

    For his contribution to the development of relations between Greece and France in the agricultural sector, Nikolaos Arghyriou was honored by the French State with the medal of the Knight of the Order of Agricultural Value “CHEVALIER DE L ‘ ORDRE DU MERITE AGRICOLE

    2007

    To ensure and maintain its high standards, the company has been EN ISO 9001 certified since 2007.  The quality of the services provided, the speed, flexibility and credibility in the processing of orders and the after-sales support are the focus and the comparative advantage of the company.

    2013

    George Arghyriou is elected President of the Panhellenic Meat Agents Association, while he continues his tenure to this day. The Association unites all the agents of fresh and frozen meat throughout Greece, with the aim of defending the common interests of its members and facing the problems of the meat sector, through cooperation and principles of professional and peer ethics.

    Today

    The second and third generation of the family expand the company's activities, with the same values, ethics and consistency that promoted the company to a leading position in its field of specialization and allowed it to maintain for many years exclusive partnerships with leading European suppliers and stable satisfied customers throughout Greece.

    Nikolaos Arghyriou Nikolaos Arghyriou

    Nikolaos Arghyriou

    Founder of the company
    The founder of our company, Nikolaos Arghyriou, demonstrated an acute talent for commercial activity from a young age. In his first steps, he started as a commercial agent for the export of Greek leathers to numerous countries. His commercial activity expanded to America, India, Japan, as well as many other European destinations. He later developed collaborations with well-known pharmaceutical industries for ingredients used to make pharmaceutical products, as well as with mining companies, always as a commercial agent. Since 1981, with the entrance of Greece to the European Union, he decided to expand his activity to the food industry and mainly to the sector of meat products, which became his passion. He developed strong exclusive partnerships with powerful groups from France, Belgium, Holland, Spain and other countries, with whom our company continues to collaborate until today.

    Indicatively, for years the company has been representing:

    ELIVIA

    ELIVIA SAS

    (fresh and frozen beef)
    One of the largest groups of beef production in France
    COOPERL ARC ATLANTIQUE

    COOPERL ARC ATLANTIQUE

    (fresh and frozen pork)
    No 1 pork producer in France
    ZANDBERGEN WORLD’S FINEST MEAT

    ZANDBERGEN WORLD’S FINEST MEAT

    (premium beef, poultry, strong brands and meat from around the world)
    Leading company in the international meat market
    VAN O BEL

    VAN O BEL

    (fresh and frozen poultry)
    One of the main poultry producers in Belgium

    For further information related to our collaborating companies you could click here.

    Our Team

    Νίκος Αργυρίου

    Nikos Arghyriou

    Γιώργος Αργυρίου

    George Arghyriou

    Σίλια Αργυρίου

    Silia Arghyriou

    Ρούλα Ντίνου

    Roula Ntinou

    Πέννυ Κατρανά

    Penny Katrana

    Eleftheria Marinaki

    Eleftheria Marinaki

    Σοφία Δημητρακοπούλου

    Sofia Dimitrakopoulou

    Chrysa Meleti

    Chrysa Meleti