Empresas ADOC is a
Salvadoran shoe manufacturing company; in 1990, it was the largest manufacturer of shoes in
Central America
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.
Its headquarters are located in
Soyapango
Soyapango is a district in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. Soyapango is the country's largest municipality with 284,700 residents. Soyapango is a satellite city of San Salvador and it is the main thoroughfare between San Salvador and ...
.
Mr. Roberto Palomo founded the firm in 1953. As of 1990, ADOC was the largest employer in El Salvador with over 3,000 employees. ADOC has retail operations, leather and rubber production and processing operations, and the only abattoir in El Salvador to be
United States Department of Agriculture
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approved (not operational any more).
As of 2005, its only U.S. location is in
Gulfton,
Houston
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,
Texas
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.
The company operates six different retail formats across Central America and Panama.
References
External links
Chaussuresfemme Boutique
Companies of El Salvador
Salvadoran brands
Shoe companies
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