Sinokrot Holding is the largest

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group in the

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, established in 1982. It is based in Ramallah, operating in 20,000 m² of buildings with 350

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s. The company sells from more than 4,000 outlets. The chairman, Mazen Tawfiq Sinokrot, who was a Minister of National Economy until March 2006, as well as Chairman of the Board for the Palestine Standards Institute, Palestine Investment and Promotion Agency, and Palestine Industrial Zones and Free Zones Authority. The Sinokrot family has worked in

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s since 1982, when the company began manufacturing candies,

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, and other

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eries in its first Ramallah factory. Sinokrot has also established the following ventures: * Sinokrot

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company * Sinokrot Global For Markets Development Company * ZADONA Agro-Industrial Co. * Pal Gardens Agriculture Company * Sinokrot For Markets Development Company - Jerusalem * Capital Gate Consulting Services Company

References

External links

www.sinokrotholding.com
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