ASPIS

COMPANY PROFILE
History
D. Georgakopoulos S.A was established in 1968. The Company started off in Athens as an olive oil wholesaler and retailer business until it became ready to produce a range of ready packed products by bottling and packing Olive oils under the brand names Aspis & Mystras.
Careful promotion planning and distribution methods have helped us become a leading supplier in the food Service market providing high quality Oils to restaurants & hotels, to hospitals and to other public and private sectors catering facilities such as schools and the Armed Forces. Aspis Mystras products are also found in retail at selected stores, supermarkets and wholesalers all over Greece.
Quality
Efforts are being made towards presenting the modern profile of our company, that is in a few words, investing on new technologies and means of production. New, environmentally friendly and recyclable materials are being used for the packaging and storing of our goods while quality and food safety procedures are adopted to comply with the utmost quality and safety standards required for the ISO 22000:2005 and HACCP (ELOT 1416:200) certification.
Our new plant in Agios Stefanos,Athens is the living proof of our intentions for modernization with which we are able to deliver high quality and safe products meaning edible olive oil of all kinds and qualities as well as most kinds of seed oils.
Stainless steal tanks and pipes circuits, an in-site chemical laboratory, separate production lines with modern machinery and isolated warehouse areas are all part of our commitment to supply unique products and services to our local, National and overseas clients.
Exports
D. Georgakopoulos S.A is also exporting packed food Oils of all kinds to all parts of the world. Our export sales grow every year by 25% for the last 5 years
(2009) and account for almost 40% of our total annual sales.
Aspis Mystras brand names are being marketed overseas, however, a large amount of our exports concern private label products that enjoy particularly good fame and have helped to develop considerable brand loyalty for emerging brands in the target markets.
List of edible food oils.
Starting from the top i.e No.1 oils are of better quality and therefore more expensive. The price falls as we go down until the last type of oil.
1. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2. Virgin Olive Oil
3. Olive Oil
4. Olive Pomace Oil (mixture 90% olive Pomace 10% Virgin Olive Oil)
5. Corn Seed Oil
6. Sunflower Seed oil
7. Soya Been Oil
8. Salad Oil (mixture 90% Soya or other Seed oil and 10% Olive Oil)
9. Cotton Seed Oil
List of bottles & containers for packing (tins etc.)
Olive Oils are usually packed in transparent or coloured glass bottles either squared (Marasqua type) or round (quadra) in all sizes namely, 250