Made In Greece

[Olympios]

This is your thread! You can post here serious stuff which is made or designed in our country or even co-producted (preferably hi-tech, IT & industrial news). We all know that Greece is sunny. Time for something different.


Public

EAB-Hellenic Aerospace Industry

http://www.haicorp.com/Flash_web/flash_html/en/CP.jpg

-nEUROn

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Dassault_nEUROn.jpg/800px-Dassault_nEUROn.jpg


Neuron is the "European UCAV technology demonstrator". This delta wing stealth Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) project is the final phase of the French Dassault Aviation LOGIDUC 3-step stealth "combat drone" programme. Until June 2005, the UCAV nEUROn design was a full scale evolution of the twin-engine AVE-C Moyen Duc (2001) tactical UAV whose appearance was inspired by the stealth bomber Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit. The full scale replica unveiled at the Paris Air Show 2005 revealed the original design was revised to a "less ambitious" single-engine delta. The nEUROn development, originally planned by Dassault as "AVE Grand Duc", evolved to an European cooperation including Swedish Saab, Greek EAB, Swiss RUAG Aerospace, Spanish EADS CASA and Italian Alenia. As a "technology demonstrator", a reduced number of units will be produced to explore new operational concepts for a future generation of autonomous stealth fighter aircraft that will be produced in 2020 or 2025.

-Iris-T missile
http://www.saabgroup.com/NR/rdonlyres/BA3DF85D-7D9F-4F98-A210-772DE9B15E8E/1013/060126_IRIST_3.jpg


In 1995, Germany announced the IRIS-T development program, in collaboration with Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Canada. Canada later dropped out.

Workshare arrangements for IRIS-T development are:

* Germany 46%
* Italy 19%
* Sweden 18%
* Greece 13%
* 4% split between Canada and Norway.

In 2003 Spain joined as a partner for procurement.

The Luftwaffe took first delivery of the missile on the 5th of December 2005.

ΕLBO

http://www.elvo.gr/images/egkatastaseis.jpg

-Leonidas II APC

http://greekmilitary.net/Greek%20Armoured%20Core/2003892683738799491_rs.jpg

Old photo showing the production

http://www.elvo.gr/ekthesi_photo/1.jpg

-Kentaurus AIFV

http://greekmilitary.net/webzoom.freewebs.com/gfile/Greek%20Military%20%20centauros2%20made%20greece.jpg

-Leopard 2A6 HEL (co-production)

http://greekmilitary.net/Greek%20Armoured%20Core/jnleo2elvo16vk.jpg

-Aletis (model car)

http://www.s-form.com/assets/images/FunRoader.jpg

http://images.google.gr/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/ELBO_Aletis.jpg/250px-ELBO_Aletis.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELBO&h=167&w=250&sz=16&hl=el&start=1&um=1&tbnid=aDU056xvNB7FoM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3DAletis%2B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Del%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:el:official%26hs%3D0xr%26sa%3DN

Private

Unibrain S.A.

-ME2 1.8" external drive (one of the smallest available with max. capacity of 60GB)
http://www.unibrain.com/Products/assets/ME21.jpg

http://www.unibrain.com/Products/assets/ME22.jpg

-iZak™ Portable Multimedia Center
http://www.unibrain.com/Products/assets/iZak/iZak_PMC.jpg

-board camera
http://www.unibrain.com/Products/assets/XGAboard1.jpg


Crypto S.A.

Crypto SA has established a very strong brand name in Greece and has obtained a high market share for it's products being synonymous with quality and value for money.

Crypto SA sells to retailers, computer shops, wholesalers, distributors and VARs.

The Crypto sales channel covers the whole area of Greece and is rapidly expanding to other European Countries. A daughter company has been established in Bulgaria to support the local market.

Furthermore Crypto's products are sold through distributors and resellers to many European countries like Austria, Hungary, Romania, Cyprus, Serbia & Montenegro, Georgia, Poland, Italy, Malta, Germany etc
MuVi 24 Multimedia Player

http://www.crypto.gr/en/productimages/muvi24.jpg

TV tuners

http://www.newtechlabs.gr/shop/images/Crypto_mpeg4.jpg

Webcams
http://www.crypto.gr/en/productimages/budget_iii.jpg

Intracom S.A.

Defence electronics

The iBMS system
http://www.intracom.gr/images/products/command_control/ibms.jpg

http://www.intracom.gr/images/products/command_control/ibms2.jpg

The Intelligent Battle Management System, iBMS, utilizes state-of-the-art technology in order to increase situation awareness in the battlefield, which ultimately means aiding the decision making process during battle.It is deployed in Tanks, Combat Armoured Vehicles, Reconnaissance Vehicles as well as Unit Command Stations. Its intended used is at the infantry aromoured battalion level and below. It supports unit commanders and staff, subunit commanders, platoon commanders, vehicle commanders and drivers. It also supports mortar platoon leaders, officer liaisons etc. The system completely lies in the operational tactics and organization of the Hellenic Army.

http://www.intracom.gr/intracom_defense/en/products/command_control/i_bms.htm


Raycap Corporation

http://www.raycap.com/index.html

Raycap Corporation is a Greek manufacturing and service company with diversified products for the telecommunications, energy, pipeline and the electronics - defense industries.


Sunlight Batteries S.A.

VRLA Batteries

http://www.atqon.nl/stationair/images/batteries2.gif

http://www.sunlight.gr/product.asp?gid=4&cid=41&id=43&pd=72&lid=2


SYSTEMS SUNLIGHT S.A. operates in the field of Production and Distribution of Integrated Energy Systems and Special Specifications Battery Cells, with a manpower of 550 people. Our industrial plant is located in Northern Greece and is one of the highly specialized battery manufacturing plants in Europe. In a total area of 142,000 m2, the plant covers approximately 40,000 m2 and it runs 6 advanced production lines with more than 450 specialized engineers, technicians and workers.

In particular, SUNLIGHT branded product range includes over 1,500 specialized products such as Submarine Batteries, Batteries for Defence Applications, Ni-Cd Industrial Batteries, Lead Acid Traction Batteries (PzS), Lead Acid Stationary Batteries (OPzS), VRLA Batteries, Industrial Rectifiers for Stationary Systems, UPS Systems, Diesel Generators, Telecom Power Supply Systems and Autonomous Photovoltaic Power Supply Systems.

Our company ranks among the world’s top producers of energy products and systems. It has concluded agreements from long-time collaborations with internationally acclaimed companies in the defence industry sector (ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH, THYSSEN GROUP-HDW GmbH, THALES, KOCKUMS) and leading companies in the global market for industrial and energy systems (CHLORIDE, AEG, HUAWEI, ERICSSON, TOSHIBA). As it strengthens autonomous development and expands international collaborations, the objective of SYSTEMS SUNLIGHT S.A. remains the consolidation of a leading role in the global market of energy systems and special applications batteries.

With an autonomous entrepreneurial presence in six countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, Serbia and France), sales offices in Germany, the Middle East and Spain, as well as associates in many European, African, Asian and American countries, our distribution network ensures the presence of its products in more than 50 countries.

Track7Games

-Theseis of course

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Tropical S.A.-Hydrogen vehicles

http://www.tropical.gr/site/images/stories/oximahydro/2-seat%20citycar.jpg

http://www.tropical.gr/site/images/stories/oximahydro/4-seat%20citycar.jpg

http://www.tropical.gr/site/images/stories/fuelcells/3-wheel%20scooter.jpg

http://www.tropical.gr/site/images/stories/oximahydro/2-wheel%20scooter.jpg

http://www.tropical.gr/site/images/stories/oximahydro/greenminibus-15.jpg

From their website
TROPICAL S.A. is a Greek based organization located in Athens, which is consisted of two major departments having on its portfolio more than 100 products with its own technology as well as know how on most of these products. Forty (40) of these products are associated with A/C units for vehicles and sixty (60) are associated with Hydrogen + Fuel Cell technologies & Renewable Energy Sources. Please note and keep in mind that Tropical S.A. is the only company in Greece that is manufacturing A/C Units for Vehicles as well as Hydrogen Fuel Cell Systems for power generation.

[Giorgio]

Great thread!

[Olympios]

Theon sensors S.A.

THEON Sensors was incorporated in 1997 in Athens and is located in privately-owned facilities (1200 m²) at Koropi, near the new Athens International Airport, with enough space to accommodate further growth.

THEON Sensors in the design, development, manufacture & integration of Electro-Optical systems for defence and security applications as well as micro sensing systems that can measure air flow and pressure based on Micro-Electronic Mechanical Systems (MEMS), for medical, industrial, consumer goods and aerospace applications.

-Driver's nigth vision viewers
http://www.theon.com/images/nx_199a_large.gif
-Nigth vision weapon sights
http://www.theon.com/images/ns_685c1.gif
-MEMS sensors
Theon Sensors, in association with a large European MEMS foundry, designs, develops and fabricates MEMS capacitive pressure sensors. Compared to other technologies THEON's pressure sensors exhibit high sensitivities, low power consumption and better thermal dependency.

Our capacitive pressure sensors can be used in a variety of applications such as medical equipments, aerospace, security and consumer goods.


http://www.theon.com/images/capacitive_pressure_sensor.gif

THEON Sensors has redesigned and manufactures the optical sight for the RAYTHEON Dual Mount Stinger. The optical sight interfaces with the weapon's fire control system and provides to the user a unity magnification wide field-of-view image of the target along with symbology to aim the launcher and fire the missiles

http://www.theon.com/images/Dual-Mount01_large.gif

All info and photos from their website

GDT S.A.-chips, software and stuff

GDT is a system design house, established in 1994 in the picturesque city of Prevenza. Since 1999, the company has focused on design services for communication and embedded network systems. In 2001 a branch hosting the digital communications systems design center was established in Athens, Greece. Within the Athens offices you can find experienced management and engineering teams.


GDT is focused in the design and development services across multi-discipline domains, ranging from Silicon IP blocks and ASICs, System on Chip (SoC) & System in Package (SiP), up to embedded software engineering. A reliable international supply chain ranges from ASIC back-end design to fast prototype manufacturing and qualification testing. GDT has successfully ported the embedded Linux kernel into new processor architectures and the product portfolio also includes one of the first implementations worldwide of a video Encoder IP core based on the most advanced video coding standard (MPEG 4-10/AVC or H.264).

To ensure you of the quality of the IP products and design services, as well as to facilitate the marketing of the products of partners, the company also develops concept prototypes, technology demonstrations and reference designs.

With the ability to offer complete design products GDT can assume different roles in projects: a subcontractor, a turn-key design solution provider, or as a small volume OEM - always according to your needs.
http://www.gdt.gr/productscopy.gif

Their Offices (όπως πάντα οι ελληνικές ιστοσελίδες έχουν χαμηλής ποιότητας φωτογραφίες).
http://www.gdt.gr/htcicenter.gif

Hellenic Shipyards

-Submarines

In February 2000 HSY undertook as Prime Contractor the procurement of four (4) class 214 Submarines.


This is the most advanced conventional submarine in the world and the Greek State was the first in the world to order it. The contract award provided for the building of the first submarine at HDW’s Kiel yard and for the building of the other three (3) submarines in Greece at HSY premises.


Submarine construction at HSY started in 2002-following the investments for the creation of the necessary infrastructure- while the first Kiel-built submarine, named PAPANIKOLIS was launched in Kiel, Germany on April 2004.


Further to the class 214 Program, in 2002, HSY was also awarded by HMOD the contract for the Mid Life Modernization and repair of three (3) type 209 HN Submarines (Neptune II Program).

http://www.hellenic-shipyards.gr/images/extras/SUBmarine/sumbgener2_BIG%5D.jpg

http://www.tovima.gr/data/D2001/D0715/1and16a.jpg

Soukos Robots, it's in Larissa


SOUKOS ROBOTS S.A. was founded in 1979 and has its head offices in privately-owned fully equipped facilities. The company designs and manufactures state-of-the-art robotic systems with numerous applications in the defence and industrial field.

Soukos Robots' specialization in Defence planning and in technological development programming for many years now contributes to the modernization of processes and institutions relating to defense technology in Greece.
The continuous presence of the company in the DEFEDORY exhibitions and in the international exhibitions EUROSATORY, MILIPOL among others, has led to contact and partnerships with government executives, official military dealers, experts and technocrats from all over the world. The outcome of such partnerships has been information exchange on technical matters, testifying to the upward and ever-developing course of the company.

Headquarters

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/images/big/about3.jpg

-IRAKLIS
The system named IRAKLIS is a robot, designed and developed to transport and eliminate with maximum safety, any kind of handmade explosive devices or luggage abandoned in public areas, even when trapped with chemical or biological substances.
By this way it is offering protection both to human lives and to the airport area. Furthermore, the device is self-securely sealed, offering additional protection from any devices with toxic gasses.Its function does not require the presence of human factor at the operation venue, as it is remotely controlled with a wired communication system.
This robotic system is necessary for the airport security services all over the world, where explosives and toxic materials are to be removed with safety. It is already in the service of the International Airport of Athens.

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/iraklis2.jpg

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/iraklis1.jpg

-ARIS

It is a remote-controlled robot (wired or wireless) that has been specially designed and developed to identify, transport and defuse explosive devices, chemical and biological substances. The successful activation, development and design of the robot was necessary in order to enable the successful collection and transportation of dangerous objects that have been placed in areas of difficult accessibility, for example: means of public transport i.e. airplanes, buses and so forth in order to oppose terrorism and also to increase security in all public areas.

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/Arhs2.jpg

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/Arhs1.jpg

-ODYSSEAS
The system ODYSSEAS is manufacturedby the company SOUKOS ROBOTS S.A. It is a remote-controlled robot (wired or wireless)that has been specially designed and developed to identify, transport and defuse explosive devices, chemical and biological substances. The successful activation, development and design of the robot was necessary in order to enable the successful collection and transportation of dangerous objects that have been placed in areas of difficult accessibility, for example: means of public transport i.e. airplanes, buses and so forth in order to oppose terrorism and also to increase security in all public areas.
ODYSSEAS had been chosen as the EOD robot for the Olympic Games of 2004 by the Greek Antiterrorism Force as SOUKOS ROBOTS S.A. is the company that has won the tender, regarding the supply of 25 EOD robots to the Greek Ministry of Internal Security. Furthermore ODYSSEAS can be used in collaboration with the Robot 'IRAKLIS', which is also designed and constructed by SOUKOS ROBOTS S.A.

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/odysseas4.jpg

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/od.jpg

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/odysseas1.jpg

-Remote Controlled Weapon Base Systems

SOUKOS ROBOTS studies, designs and manufactures customized arms bases. Those bases are of lightweight construction with stabilization and remote operation abilities.
They can be easily adjusted so as to accommodate many guns with various calibres.
The system can be operated either through a special electronic helmet (by simply moving the head) or with joysticks placed in the control unit depending on the customer's needs.


http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/7.jpg

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/vasi2.jpg

http://www.soukosrobots.gr/admin/photos/base1.jpg

[pilotos]

An article about the Greek semiconductor industry, which is quite powerful lately, the article is unfortunately in Greek:

Click! (http://www.enthesis.net/index.php?news=557)

[Kuvvaci]

Does what Messi told you so effective that let you open this thread immiditelly after yesterday? :weird:

[arxeos]

^^ whatever the reason was its a good thread :D

[Olympios]

Does what Messi told you so effective that let you open this thread immiditelly after yesterday? :weird:
It's Saturday today and I found some extra time...Everyone is welcomed in the thread but IF someone of you tries to do it ugly, as usually, I'll immediately notify Metroguardian. Thank god we have now the appropriate place (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=598828).:cheers:

[Olympios]

Pharmaceutical Industry
VIANEX

HQ
http://www.vianex.gr/site/Uploads/officeair.jpg

The company has 4 production plants in Greece with more than 500 million $ sales during 2007. It has presence even in Japan and ,according to this article (http://tovima.dolnet.gr/print_article.php?e=B&f=14982&m=D06&aa=1), it was capable to compete the multinational pharma companies despite the fact that it's production plants are in Greece.

Plant A

http://www.vianex.gr/site/Uploads/factorya.jpg

Plant D

http://www.vianex.gr/site/Uploads/factoryd.jpg

[Olympios]

Aegean University-Floating, movable desalination platform experiment

Greece builds world's first environment-friendly desalination platform


Greece has built the world's first autonomous, environment-friendly and floating desalination platform, the semi-official ANA news agency reported on Wednesday.

The first floating desalination platform in the world, widely used in the Aegean Sea, was built entirely based on Greek know-how, design and construction, the report said.

The wind generator produces the necessary energy being used to turn sea water into drinking water and it is built in such a way that can operate in the most adverse weather conditions, while the platform can be moved to different islands to supply them with drinking water, it added.

This undertaking has a major ecological dimension as well, because wind as an energy source reduces to zero any unfavorable environmental consequences.

In northern Europe, offshore wind farms are gaining ground with the windmill bases being cemented to the bottom of the shallow sea.

The floating wind farms, however, can be a solution in the Mediterranean, Japan or the United States where the sea is deep and the winds are very strong, it said.

Source: Xinhua

Note: It uses both solar and aeolian energy to desalinate.

Video from BBC-click (http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Mobile+%27water-maker%27+invented&edition=i&scope=all)

Very interesting video (in Greek): click here (http://technologein.pathfinder.gr/desalination/)


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[Messi]

Cool topic :D :D :D

[MetroGuardian]

Amazing topic

Rokas Group (now owned by spanish Iberdrola, the factories remain in Greece)

Port Equipment
http://www.rokasgroup.gr/images/projects/astakos.jpg

http://www.rokasgroup.gr/images/projects/rmg_virginia.jpg


Industrial Equipment
http://www.rokasgroup.gr/images/projects/elefsina.jpg


Energy
http://www.rokasgroup.gr/images/all/15.jpg

[MetroGuardian]

http://www.coca-colahbc.com/images/skins/base/en/cocacolahome.gif

If you are in Central or Eastern Europe or Russia probably you are drinking Coca-Cola (and the rest of the brands of the company) from a Greek company (the second largest bottler after Coca Cola US)

http://www.coca-colahbc.com/images/skins/base/en/locations_map_temp.gif


http://www.coca-colahbc.com/images/skins/base/en/products.jpg

http://www.coca-colahbc.com/images/skins/base/en/water_range.jpg

[MetroGuardian]

http://www.follifollie.gr/images/home_logo2.gif

Folli - Follie is the Greek jewelery brand that has conquered the world. Currently the company has 280 stores in 20 countries and is expanding rapidly.

http://photocdn.sohu.com/20060327/Img242497006.jpg

http://shinymedia.headshift.com/images/photos/uncategorized/follie.jpg

http://www.letstalkjewellery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/follifolliering.jpg

http://webtrade.youbuy.jp/youbuyshops/webtrade/images/userFiles/7247/large_product_image_description3302.jpg

[Olympios]

I'll also add

Rokas Group (now owned by spanish Iberdrola, the factories remain in Greece)

Their windpark sites (posted by Skaros) which have a producing capacity of 200MW.

http://www.rokasgroup.gr/images/map.jpg



Folli - Follie is the Greek jewelery brand that has conquered the world. Currently the company has 280 stores in 20 countries and is expanding rapidly.

Follie-Follie in Japanese
http://lib2.store.yahoo.co.jp/lib/jwell/package-folliefollie.jpg

[arxeos]

about jewelery and clothing brands i know two Bulgari and Panos Emporio

[Olympios]

Hellenic Defense Systems S.A.

All pics and info from their website.

Defense Products
-Grenade launcher
http://www.eas.gr/uploads/5247577d27df11a1.jpg
-MP5 submachine guns
http://www.eas.gr/uploads/57157608ad1ab223.jpg

-Artemis 30 The Twin 30mm Cannon Carriage
http://www.eas.gr/uploads/9fe2fb4bc3e77133.jpg

-Artemis-30 / Skyguard Low Level Air Defence System
http://www.eas.gr/uploads/7fa6e42297d8c38f.jpg

Civil products
-Wind Generators
http://www.eas.gr/uploads/3869a511dc3664bc.jpg

http://www.eas.gr/uploads/dee46243018830b2.jpg

[MetroGuardian]

about jewelery and clothing brands i know two Bulgari and Panos Emporio


Still, those are foreign companies (Italy and Sweden). It is their owners that have Greek origins, so it is not exactly made in Greece. Let's claim "inspired" at least :).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panos_Emporio


Another brand of this kind is RIM (based in Canada) that produces the famous Blackberries owned by Mike Lazarides.

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/images/2003/0611lazaridis.gif

http://ithinked.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/blackberry88001.jpg

[Olympios]

Nanotechnology
-Advent (advanced energy technologies). Created from the well known ITE (institute of technology and research)-forth and most precisely from it's Rio branch.

The operation of polymer electrolyte (PEM) fuel cells at temperatures above 150 oC offers very significant advantages.
Among others, the tolerance of the catalyst is increased allowing the use of reformed hydrogen with high CO content, the kinetics of both electrodes is enhanced and the thermal management is easier comparing to the conventional PEM fuel cells.
One of the main activities of ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES S.A, is focused on the systematic development and production of polymer membranes that can be used as electrolytes for high temperature PEM fuel cells. The technology is based on polymer blends or pure proprietary polymers.

Didn't find any photo but you can see them at:
http://www.adventech.gr/images/hannover_banner.gif

-Nanothinx
Also created by ITE.

Nanothinx is one of the first enterprises in Europe that specializes in the production of novel carbon nanostructures. The production methods used by NanoThinX are based on the synthesis of carbon nanostructures with catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CCVD or CVD) of different carbon sources on substrates of metal oxides impregnated with metal catalysts.
Nanothinx can supply potential customers with high purity multi-wall and single-wall nanotubes in quantities ranging from milligrams to several hundreds of grams.
In addition to nanotubes, Nanothinx also offers R&D services on the process engineering of systems in which nanotubes and other nanomaterials are produced or employed. Representative research projects are:
1) Surface modification and tailoring of the chemical functionality of carbon nanotubes towards polymer matrix structures. Study of the nanotubes distribution and dispersion capability and determination of the nanocomposites tensile strength and nanotubes orientation. (In collaboration with FORTH/ICE-HT and the University of Patras.)
2) Development and characterization of CCVD nanostructured materials based on aluminium oxide and carbon.
photo of nanotubes :dunno:
http://www.nanotubesx.com/images/products-fig1.gif

[LEAFS FANATIC]

Awesome thread!

Guys, this company has a "personal" element to it as the company I work for in Canada has had many joint ventures with this one in Greece. One of our divisions in the USA also orders many of its European-based pipeline orders from this Hellenic Company:

Corinth Pipe Works

Corinth Pipeworks is amongst the world leading steel pipe manufacturers for the Oil and Gas Industry and a major hollow sections supplier for the Construction Sector. Corinth Pipeworks S.A. was incorporated in 1969, is listed in the Athens Stock Exchange and operates a state-of-the-art plant in the Industrial Area of Thisvi, Viotia. The HFIW and SSAW pipe mills have an annual capacity of 700.000 tones.


Corinth Pipeworks offers, around the world, technically sophisticated energy solutions, based on a wide range of products and services, innovation and emphasises on quality and safety.

The Company is approximately a 400 million EURO a year company.

Here is their website. It is pretty impressive:

http://www.cpw.gr/default.aspx


A sample of their product process:

http://www.cpw.gr/ResourcePopup.aspx?id=12

[savas]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/3443/korresnl5.png
http://www.korres.com/images/layout/254_10.jpg

8 Eratosthenous & Ivikou

Korres Homeopathic Pharmacy on 8 Eratosthenous & Ivikou St (behind Athensancient Panathinaikon Stadium, where the first Olympic Games in history took place) is the first Homeopathic Pharmacy in Greece.
Still maintaining a traditional laboratory for all forms of herbal preparations i.e. tinctures, oils, creams, capsules and teas, the pharmacy is also equipped with a state-of-the-art production unit for the manufacturing of homeopathic remedies. The Korres pharmacy produces unlimited customised homeopathic remedies according to doctors prescriptions.

From homeopathic remedies to natural products

Korres natural products is a Greek company with roots in the first Homeopathic Pharmacy of Athens. The first Korres product was an aromatic herbal syrup with honey and aniseed, a recipe inspired by "rakomelon", a warming spirit-with-honey concoction, which George Korres' grandfather used to favour in his hometown on the island of Naxos.

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/443_10.jpg

Utilising the experience with 3000 homeopathic remedies of herbal origin and hundreds of herbal preparations, the company today offers more than 500 skin and hair care products, suncare, a full colour line, nutraceuticals and a herbal-pharmacy range of products. They can be found at leading department stores and 18 stand alone stores and 6.250 salespoints in 30 countries around the world.

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/256_10.jpg

Set up in 1996 with the aim to utilise its extensive scientific resources for the creation of beneficial and safe products, the company today offers a complete skin and hair care range, make-up, sun care products and herbal preparations. A team of experienced scientists worked closely to make this happen, sharing common goals and values.


Greek Flora

Greek flora is renowned for its wealth as it numbers over 5,500 varieties, 1200 out of which are endemic plants, that are not to be found anywhere else in the world. The south Aegean islands, Crete as well as some of the country's highest mountains like Olympus, Parnassos and Taygetos are very rich in herbs and plants.

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/432_10.jpg

A special characteristic of the Greek vegetation, is the hard-leaf bush that often forms a thick, almost impenetrable barrier; over the summer it attracts bees, and of course gives itself away by releasing a very strong fragrance; anything from oregano, dittany and myrtle to sage, lavender and thyme.


Highlights of Greek Flora

Mastiha of Chios
Krokos (Saffran) Kozanis

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/440_10.jpg


The Products

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/621_10.jpg

Korres Face
Korres Body
Korres Men's Care
Korres Young Skin Care
Korres Hair
Korres Suncare
Korres Colour
Korres Nutraceuticals
Korres Pharmacy
Korres Greek Flora
Korres Bath & Home
Korres Kits

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1671/safrankorresmm9.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7895/waterkorresdk9.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6756/korresshoweryv0.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4800/sapounikorresbf7.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/7523/facekorreses6.jpg

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http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/1908/karamelakorresii4.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6632/mastixakorresek6.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5959/mastixa2korresem1.jpg


Flagship Stores

Athens

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/254_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/364_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/256_10.jpg

London

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/345_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/348_10.jpg

Barcelona

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/349_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/351_10.jpg

Helsinki
Mataro
Valencia
Beijing

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/262_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/367_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/368_10.jpg

Glaskow

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/373_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/374_10.jpg

Frankfurt
Shanghai

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/363_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/370_10.jpg


New York, Soho

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/758_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/766_10.jpg

Madrid
La Chaux de Fonds
Paris

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/1045_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/1046_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/1497_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/599_10.jpg

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http://www.korres.com/images/layout/639_10.jpg

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6877/46510gl6.jpg


The Awards and the Design

Korres Natural Products has won 24 International Awards for its Products and Packaging Design.

Store Interior Design: Stavros Papayannis, Designer
Corporate Design and Packaging Design: k2design, Athens

Korres also sets high aesthitics when it comes even to the production sites

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/1078_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/1076_10.jpg

http://www.korres.com/images/layout/1088_10.jpg


www.korres.com (http://www.korres.com)

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[MetroGuardian]

Greece is also one of the largest Aluminum producers in Europe due to the large deposits of Bauxite. The industry and connected functions employ over 40.000 people.

The company that excavates and produces the primary materials is the renowned "Aluminum of Greece". The facilities include a private port and a village (Άσπρα σπίτια Βοιωτίας (http://www.aspra.gr/)) for the workers in the factory (the village is designed by the famous Greek architect and Master Planner Doxiadis)

The company exports most of its production.

(The company now belongs to the Mytilhnaios Group)


The Facilities
http://www.aspra.gr/img/album/2007_aero_ate.jpg


The village
http://www.aspra.gr/img/album/2004_aspra_spitia.jpg


Those that want to explore the region with Google maps:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=38.362118,22.678528&spn=0.059628,0.173035&z=13

[Olympios]

-Exandas documentaries :bow:

Small Planet is one of the most active documentary production companies in Greece. Over the past 7 years it has created sixty documentaries all over the world which were shown on Greek television as well as on international television networks worldwide.

Small Planet produces documentaries of social, anthropological and political interest. In other words, stories that concern all thinking citizens of our contemporary world.

Our work under the general title Exandas Documentary Series has gained international recognition.

Exandas (the Greek word for sextant), created by Yorgos Avgeropoulos on 2000. Since then, he and his team are criss-crossing the planet producing documentaries in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe, North and Latin America.

Exandas has been awarded 6 times nationally (with the prize for Best Documentary Series in Greek TV) and four times internationally for the documentary, "Delta, Oil's Dirty Business". (GRAND AWARD for the BEST FILM - EcoVision Festival 2007, Palermo / FIPA D' ARGENT (Silver FIPA) - Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels, Biarritz, France, January 2007 / JUNIOR JURY AWARD - 5th International Film Festival and Forum Rights (FIFDH), Geneva, Switzerland, March 2007 / SPECIAL MENTION - 10th Environmental Film Festival Cinemabiente, Torino Italy, October 2007).

The International Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2006 held a special tribute to Exandas Documentary Series screening ten of the series' episodes.
Exandas Documentary Series is currently broadcasted on Greek public television (ERT).

Feel free to browse our documentary catalogue. You will find images of an unjust world, dark, tortured, and most times dangerous, through real human stories.

Parts of some of my favorite docs:
Digital Cemeteries
CN9jnzaqqVs

Showdown at the Top of the World
Lcs3NhCKPME

Slaves
5S0HNpvesOU

WAR S.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJZWWdwcqE

^^:master:

[MetroGuardian]

CBL-PATRAS is a privately owned company founded in 1990 by Dr. Kleomenis Barlos, Professor in Chemistry and is located in Patras, in southwest Greece.
CBL-PATRAS (http://www.cblpatras.gr/) is a leading manufacturer of excellent quality resins for solid phase peptide and organic synthesis and of amino acid derivatives for life science research. CBL-PATRAS operates as a multi-purpose and large scale production facility.

The company provides large pharmaceutical companies with peptides, proteins resins and so on. It exports almost all its production.

Protein? :lol:
http://www.cblpatras.gr/typo3temp/pics/d0e59ddc51.gif

Part of the facilites
http://www.cblpatras.gr/uploads/pics/03_DSCN0585.gif

[Olympios]

The company provides large pharmaceutical companies with peptides, proteins resins and so on. It exports almost all its production.

Protein?
Those products are extremely expensive:)

Another one of ITEs spin-off companies is:
http://www.minotech.gr/template/main/main_r1_c1.jpg

stockroom
http://www.imbb.forth.gr/images/Labs/large_photos/stock2.jpg

MINOTECH biotechnology (Mb)started its operation in 1987 as an applied
production unit of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
(IMBB). Mb draws on the strength of the IMBB in protein purification and
Molecular Biology.

Mb has an expanding line of high purity and superior quality reagents, that
aim to meet the needs of scientists engaged in Research, the Biotechnology
Industry and the Clinical Laboratory. The present focus is in: a.
recombinant DNA reagents (DNA restriction/modification Enzymes, Molecular
Biology kits, etc.), b. Cytokines and their antibodies and c. specialty
enzymes and their antibodies and d. services (fermentation and protein
purification).

Mb products have been successfully introduced into the Greek and
International markets. Future plans include the expansion of its activities
and the establishment of an independent private company.

Transgenic insects anyone?

http://www.imbb.forth.gr/images/Labs/large_photos/flyroom.jpg

http://www.imbb.forth.gr/pics/EPA/imbbzoo.jpg

[Olympios]

Coco-mat
http://www.coco-mat.com/

Produces furnitures, decoration stuff and many others. It's was shown on "thematiki vradia" as one of the most innovative and awarded Greek companies, created from zero and with very important social contribution.*
*An important fraction of their personnel are persons with special skills.

http://www.coco-mat.com/en/aboutus/resource/gt881234.jpg

Factory
http://www.coco-mat.com/en/aboutus/resource/item11.gif

International presence
China
Hangzhou and Suzhu

http://www.coco-mat.com/en/shops/resource/kina4.jpg

Belgium-Antwerp

Netherlands
Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Arnhem

http://www.coco-mat.com/en/shops/resource/copy.jpg

Spain-Madrid

http://www.coco-mat.com/en/shops/resource/gt8c0792.jpg

[aggelaras]

http://www.palaplast.gr/picture/upload/Image/Facilities/Pal-Egatastaseis.jpg

Palaplast s.a. is an industry of plastic pipes and fittings. A team of more than 200 people produce and promote over 3.000 products in production facilities of 25.000 sqm with a production potential of 6.000 tons and exports to more than 100 countries all over the world.

Palaplast s.a. was found in 1980 by the Palatiana brothers with the company name Palaplast S.A. By producing in the beginning simple irrigation fittings, we developed great technological knowledge. The constantly growing needs of the market, the demanding global competition and our ambitions, focused our efforts to research and development and consiquently to the manufacturing of more sophisticated products.


During the year 2000 a joint venture was founded in Izmir, Turkey which was at first a commercial company. In October 2001 the company PAL-VEP s.a. was incorporated with Palaplast so as to achieve maximum results for both companies. PAL-VEP s.a. used to produce pressure fittings from u-PVC.

During the summer of 2003 Palaplast started its full-scale re-installatioη to new premises in the Industrial Area of Thessaloniki. The process was concluded December 2004. The total covered area is 25.000sqm

http://www.palaplast.gr/index.php?id=1,1,0,0,1,0

[Olympios]

Nanophos
http://www.nanophos.com/Images/Nanophos.JPG
Located at Lavrion Tech Park

http://www.ltp.ntua.gr/media/lavrio_media_files/photogallery/a_00c.jpg

http://www.lavrio-conferenceculturalpark.gr/static/images/related_images/MichanourgioII(1)photogallery_big.jpg

http://www.lavrio-conferenceculturalpark.gr/static/images/related_images/BMWExhibitionphotogallery_big.jpg

Products
SurfaShield™ is a simple coating that makes your surfaces Anti-Microbial, Self-Cleaning, and Stain-Resistant. It is neither a film nor a paint. It is an innovative coating of nanoparticles that absorbs the naturally available surrounding light and is effective in continuously destroying pollutants and microbes that reside on surfaces. SurfaShield™ also occludes the undesirable pores of your surfaces improving their quality. Imagine your products becoming smarter and able to:
Actively attack microbes that dare to lay on them!
Clean themselves and resist stains!
Repel water and humidity!


http://www.nanophos.com/Images/SP_Prod.jpg

http://www.nanophos.com/Images/SurfaPoreW.GIF

http://www.nanophos.com/Images/keramidi2.jpg

[Olympios]

^^
headquarters
http://www.culture2000.tee.gr/ATHENS/COMMON/BUILD_PHOTOS/172.jpg

http://www.culture2000.tee.gr/ATHENS/COMMON/BUILD_PHOTOS/172a.jpg

[Olympios]

^^ Wow, nice ones and good to see that the Lavrion silver mines industrial heritage buildings have been well converted. For lovers of industrial heritage, such as myself, Lavrion rocks! (no pun intended) :)

Actually it's awesome doing research in places like Lavrio (http://www.lavrio-conferenceculturalpark.gr/static/images/related_images/EpiplefsiRoadphotogallery_big.jpg).

Speaking about Tech Parks, it's worth mentioning Liaison which offers services of stem-cell banking and it's located at Thessaloniki's tech park.

http://www.thestep.gr/dat/{7d4b9084-c116-4a32-ac4e-7191d2a090e3}/image1.gif

http://www.thestep.gr/dat/{27c5d7ec-14bf-4f1f-b5e8-7a06247a4cd3}/_top.jpg

http://www.liaison.com.gr/i/images/building2.jpg

http://www.liaison.com.gr/i/images/eketa.jpg

http://www.liaison.com.gr/i/images/lab1.jpg

All pics from their website.

[SouthernEuropean]

keep em coming boyz .. impressive stuff(oh and those buildings in Lavrio:drool:)

[Sodnal]

You guys are forgetting my relatives in Thessaloniki. They manufacture and export baby carriages! Name of brand is "Bopias". Somebody want to do a Greek text search and see if they have a website?

[Olympios]

DEMO S.A.

pharma products exported in 50 countries.

http://www.demo.gr/innet/photos/DEMO_FACTORY.jpg

http://www.demo.gr/innet/photos/Home_factory2.jpg

http://www.demo.gr/Production/5.jpg

http://www.demo.gr/products/ADRENALINE-AMP-1ML.jpg

[1821]

Wow, a lot of high-end/tech industry.

[Almopos]

Kleeman

http://www.kleemann.gr/eng/images/part1.gif

The head office of the company is situated in the Industrial Area of Kilkis in Northern Greece, while office locations and showrooms exist in Athens and Thessaloniki as well. Additionally, a newly established logistics centr e is also located in the area of Aspropyrgos in Athens.

KLEEMANN's activities concern both the manufacturing and trading of Complete Lift Systems. It is enlisted among the largest companies of this field in the European and international market (more than 14.000 installed systems or 4% of the world lift market.

In Greece, the company holds a leading position in the constantly developing lift market with a 73% market share of total units installed and 47,3% of total value.

International sales equal to 35% of the total turnover of the company in 2004. They are held in more than 50 countries, with England, USA, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Cyprus to be the main markets.


One of it's inovative products:

KLEEMANN EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT LIFT PIONEERING TECHNOLOGY

• Seismic sensor, which detects the primary (longitudinal) seismic waves up to 30 seconds before the actual development of the earthquake

• Upon activation of the seismic sensor, the controller is equipped with automation that notifies the passengers via audible and visual signals and moves the car to the next floor to evacuate them.

• Special armoring in vital parts of the lift, which ensures its operation during the actual manifestation of the earthquake. This way, the possibility of the passengers’ entrapment is minimized, as well as potential damages to the lift such as: loss of guide rails alignment, cabin and/or counterweight derailment, etc.

• Certification by the Dutch notified body LiftInstituut on the basis of the Lifts Directive 95/16/EC, EN 81-1/2 and on the basis of the American standard ASME A17.1 which defines the requirements for an earthquake resistant lift • Complete Technical File, which contains: the Examination Type Certificate, Risk Analysis and Additional Control Process.


http://www.kleemann.gr/photos/products/products/1.1/anti_seismic.jpg

[MetroGuardian]

Hey, I didn't know we were building yachts as well.


http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/8489/logo2qq1.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Alysia mega-yacht by Neorion. SEXXYYY ===> I want one b4 I die :banana:




Certainly, who would want one after dying? :nuts:
Well, the ceremony would be spectacular nontheless.


Thanks for the info, but are the shipyards in Syros still operational?

[Almopos]

http://www.sprider.gr/templates/default/images/logo.gif

Sprider Stores is a large clothing retailer. It offers complete clothing solutions for the entire family in little time and cost-effectively.

Sprider Stores can be found in Bulgaria, Cyprus, FYROM, Greece, Poland and Romania.

http://www.sprider.gr/files/products/february_2008/man/20080218_MAIN.jpg http://www.sprider.gr/files/products/february_2008/woman/20080236_MAIN.jpg

[Almopos]

Besides Folli Follie there is another Greek jewellery brand that is conquering the world:

http://www.cd-pacific.com/main/trademark/cx/2F/images/OXETTE.gif

The brand of Oxette was created in 1998 and has positioned itself as a brand for modern woman who like fashion and use fashion itself to express their own personality and social status.

Oxette stores can be found in more than 20 countries all over the world, including China, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and many European countries.

http://www.aura-online.be/pics/oxette04.gif

http://lady.csonline.com.cn/6/200609/W020060907397692188451.jpg

http://lady.csonline.com.cn/6/200609/W020060907397687812879.jpg

[Almopos]

http://pci2007.upatras.gr/images/INTRALOT_LOGO_f.jpg

Intralot is one of the leading integrated gaming systems providers to lottery organizations worldwide. It is specialised in the design and development of integrated lottery systems.

Other than providing the infrastructure for lotteries, Intralot's operations include running telephone betting systems, football game betting, and owning stocks in a major local gambling company. It is also known for its great expansion in the world through the acquisition of many known lotteries.

Intralot's operations extend to the European, North American, Latin American, Sout-East Asian, Middle Eastern and Australian markets.

http://www.intralot.com/opencms/opencms/INTRALOT/en/company/around-the-globe/

[Olympios]

Let's see our cement TITAN


TITAN Cement Company S.A. is a large cement producing company, based in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1902, it was listed on the Athens stock exchange ten years later. The company has an annual cement production capacity of 6 million tons in Greece and a market share of around 40%. The Titan Group's annual production capacity abroad is another 8 million tons. Among the assets are 11 cement production facilities, 4 located in Greece, 2 in the USA (Virginia and Florida), 3 in Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, Serbia and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and 2 in Middle East (Egypt), 7 cement distribution centres, 67 ready-mix concrete facilities, 10 quarries, 3 mines, 1 mortar production facility and 1 china tableware factory.

Their revenues are more than 1.7 billion $ annually and two months ago they bought another plant in Turkey.

http://www.hcia.gr/images/titan2.gif

http://www.titan.gr/gr/news/download/patra3.jpg

Their UK plant

http://www.titanuk.co.uk/images/i-docks.jpg

Their US activities
http://www.stiash.com/assets/logos11-06.gif

http://www.titanamerica.com/products/cement/images/pensuco-plant.gif

Map of their presence in the U.S.A.

http://www.titanamerica.com/locations/images/map_main_bottom.gif

For more info and photos from the American branch: http://www.titanamerica.com/
Has anyone photos from their HQs in Athens?

[Cerises]

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6111/logobsb1qm4.jpg

http://www.bsbfashion.com/

BSB SA was founded by Vassilios & Sophia Bithara in 1980 as a manufacturing company for womens clothing. In 1997, BSB was created and included the activities of previous personal companies of carriers. Nowadays, the company occupies a leading position in the garment industry, 81 BSB shops and BSB points (franchise, corporate shops and shops in shop) and is headquartered in Athens. In parallel, it has also earned a large part of markets supplementary to that of garments, as during the last few years it operates successfully in the field of accessories and footwear, whereas it has also penetrated the market of underwear and swimsuits, thus creating a complete dress profile. The pioneering design of the three collections of the company, combined to the quality specifications it has set, as well as to its intense communication strategy, have rendered the BSB logo highly recognizable by the broad consumer population.

BSB activities are intense abroad too. It already has four stores in Cyprus, three in Lebanon, six in Saudi Arabia, five in Rumania (two in Bucharest, one in Timisoara, one in Kostanza, one in Lasi) and two in Istanbul and one in Cairo, Egypt and one in Tirana, Albania. Whereas the creation of ten more BSB sites has been already planned within a few years. In parallel, it exports to Austria, Armenia, Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, FYROM, Turkey; and continues to grow.

The largest number of shops is under the franchising system. Each shop in order to bear the BSB logo, must fulfil all the necessary specifications, set forth by the company, that are related among other things, with the suitability of the contemplated geographic area of operation and the credentials of the prospective business partner.

BSB owns a parallel, alternative network, named “BSB points” which was also developed via the franchising method. Its specifications differentiate it from the main network of the company. It was launched in April 2003 and today numbers 9 shops in Greece and abroad.

Another broad network of 300 co-operating retail stores extends to all major towns of Greece. These shops are chosen with strict criteria, based on their position and the buying power of the prospective client.

This channel of distribution is also developing outside Greece, with the objective of the brand penetrating the foreign markets. BSB has already official representatives in Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Armenia and Fyrom as well as in Turkey, where BSB operates with its subsidiary company Life Style Agent.

Among the mid-term objectives of the company are the further development of its distribution network in the countries of Central Europe and the European Union.


http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6076/bsb1pb8.jpg

[Ares_K]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/skyscraper/viohalco2.jpg

http://www.viohalco.gr/

VIOHALCO S.A. is the holding company of the largest Greek metals processing group. Established in 1937, VIOHALCO S.A. has been listed on the Athens Stock Exchange since 1947.
VIOHALCO S.A. participates in approximately 90 companies, six of which (ELVAL S.A., ETEM S.A., HALCOR S.A., HELLENIC CABLES S.A., SIDENOR S.A., and CORINTH PIPEWORKS S.A.) are listed on the Athens Stock Exchange and are leading companies in their sectors. Additionally, VIOHALCO owns substantial real estate.

With production facilities in Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and the United Kingdom, the companies specialize in the manufacture of copper ( HALCOR S.A. and SOFIA MED S.A.), aluminium (ELVAL S.A., ETEM S.A. and BRIDGNORTH ALUMINIUM Ltd) and steel products (SIDENOR S.A., STOMANA INDUSTRY S.A. and CORINTH PIPEWORKS S.A.) as well as cables (HELLENIC CABLES S.A. and ICME ECAB S.A.), generating an annual turnover of more than € 3 billion.

The VIOHALCO companies' industrial activity abroad is represented, among others, by BRIDGNORTH ALUMINIUM Ltd, based in Bridgnorth, England, which manufactures lithographic sheets and foilstock, by STOMANA INDUSTRY S.A., a steel products manufacturer in Bulgaria; SOFIA MED S.A., a copper and brass processing company in Bulgaria and ICME ECAB S.A., a cable manufacturer in Romania.

Being strongly export-oriented, VIOHALCO, accounts for approximately 9% of Greece's total exports. Products are sold in more than 60 countries worldwide, either directly or through the VIOHALCO companies' commercial subsidiaries, in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and Cyprus, as well as through an extensive network of representatives.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/skyscraper/viohalco.jpg


The main copper and brass rolled products are:
Strips
Sheets
Discs
BlanksThe main copper and brass drawn products are:
TALOS® copper tubes
Brass bars
Copper wire for the cable industry
Copper and brass billets for tubes and bars
Brass tubes
Copper and brass flats
Copper bars
Copper and brass extrusions
Copper and brass brazing wires
Aluminium wiresΙ. Steel long products SIDENOR S.A. (http://www.sidenor.gr/) and its subsidiaries manufacture and trade:
Concrete reinforcing bars
Welded wire mesh (SIDEFIT 500 prefabricated concrete reinforcing mesh )
Merchant bars
Wire rod
Welding electrodes
Wires, plain (black) or galvanized
Galvanized fencing mesh
Billets
ERW steel tubes, plain or galvanized, for water, heating, natural gas, fire mains, etc.
Hollow sections
Narrow hot rolled strip (skelp) for the tube industry
ΙΙ. Steel flat products
Hot-rolled steel flat products are manufactured by STOMANA INDUSTRY S.A. (http://www.stomana.bg/), in Bulgaria. The plant's production is mainly sold in Europe and the US.
Hot-rolled products
Heavy (quarto) plates
Equal angles
UPN channels
Flats
THN beams (mine profiles)
Concrete reinforcing bars
Grinding steel balls
Railway connections
Ploughshare blades
Billets
Continuously cast semi-products: blooms and slabsI. ROLLING
ELVAL S.A. (http://www.elval.gr/), a company with a strong export orientation, manufactures and trades flat rolled aluminium sheets and coils.
Corrugated sheets for buildings (roofing and cladding)
Tread plates for floors, building cladding and automotive applications
Painted sheets and coils for architectural applications
Special alloy strips for cans (body, end, tab stock) and beer/beverage cans
Sheets and strips for closures (bottle and food cans)
Converter foil for industrial, packaging and household applications
Circles for the cookware industry
High magnesium aluminium alloys for shipbuilding and automotive applicationsFollowing the acquisition of BRIDGNORTH ALUMINIUM Ltd., in the UK, ELVAL S.A. (http://www.elval.gr/) added to its product range, new, high quality products such as:
Lithographic strips for offset printing
FoilstockThe total production capacity of ELVAL's (http://www.elval.gr/) plants, amounts today to 200,000 tons, to be increased, in the near future.

ΙΙ. EXTRUSION
ETEM S.A. (http://www.etem.gr/) manufactures and trades aluminium extrusion products.
Extrusion systems for architectural applications
Hard alloy machining bars
Industrial extrusions for shipbuilding and automotive applications
Composite panels (ETALBOND® - ETALBOND LIGHT®) for external and internal building applications, respectivelySTEELMET S.A., the Bulgarian subsidiary of ETEM S.A., manufactures:
Standard extrusions
Architectural extrusions
Custom-made extrusions
Hard alloy machining bars
CABLES
VIOHALCO S.A. is active in the cable industry, through HELLENIC CABLES S.A. (http://www.cablel.gr/), listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, and its subsidiaries TELECABLES S.A. (http://www.telecables.gr/) and ICME ECAB S.A., the latter in Romania. All products bear the CABLEL® trademark.
HELLENIC CABLES S.A. (http://www.cablel.gr/) manufactures and trades in Greece and abroad:
Electrical power network cables, up to 400 kV, for aerial or underground applications
Copper and aluminium overhead conductors
Building wires
Power cables
Control and signaling cables
Marine cables
Halogen-free, fire-resistant cables
Telecommunications cables
Data cables
Fiber optic cables
Copper and aluminium conductors
Enamelled wires
Plastic and rubber compoundsTELECABLES S.A. (http://www.telecables.gr/) manufactures and trades in Greece and abroad:
Fiber optic cables
Plastic insulated telecommunications cables
Signaling cables
Control cables
Data cablesICME ECAB S.A. manufactures and trades in the Romanian and export market:
Power cables
Rubber insulated cables
Telecommunications cableshttp://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/skyscraper/viohalco3.jpg (http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/skyscraper/viohalco.jpg)

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/skyscraper/viohalco4.jpg

[MetroGuardian]

Viochalo is really colossal. 6 companies listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (+1 for the mother company) and 90 companies in total :nuts:.
It is owned by the Stasinopoulos family.

[MetroGuardian]

Greece has some other strong metal industries as well:
Halyvourgiki - ΧΑΛΥΒΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ
http://www.halyvourgiki.com/images/top_logo.jpg

Halyvoyrgiki is one of the 3 large steel producers in Greece (along with SIDENOR - owned by Viohalco - and Halyvoyrgia Ellados - Hellenic Steel).

http://www.halyvourgiki.com/images/photos/egatastasis/hitefsi.jpg

http://www.halyvourgiki.com/images/photos/egatastasis/hitefsi2.jpg


The company has its own private port next to the main facilities
http://www.halyvourgiki.com/images/photos/limen1.jpghttp://www.halyvourgiki.com/images/photos/limen2.jpg

owned by the Aggelopoulos family

[MetroGuardian]

The very large player of the steel sector is Hellenic Steel.

http://tovima.dolnet.gr/data/D2006/D1203/v1and31a.gif

It has 3 main factories in Velestino, Aspropyrgos and Volos with a total capacity of finished products reaching 1.700.000 tons.

http://www.hlv.gr/0000/company-ega.jpg

http://www.hlv.gr/0000/company-history.jpg

[MetroGuardian]

In the similar sector of mineral extraction, one of the very old industries with a large export activity is S&B Industrial Minerals.
http://www.s.andb.gr/en/images/logo.gif


The company is the European leader in many such products like Perlite.
Also for Bentonite the company has reserves in Greece (Milos), Bavaria, Bulgaria and Georgia making it the largest exporter of bentonite in the world.
The company controls the most significant bauxite reserves in Europe.


You can find a lot of details about the numerous applications of the above minerals in the company website: http://www.s.andb.gr/


Production facilities and distribution centers around the world:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/MetroGardian/sandb.jpg



Voudia Bay, Milos Island
http://www.s.andb.gr/en/images/milos1b.gif

Itea facilities
http://www.s.andb.gr/en/images/iteab.gif

Mart, Germany facilities
http://www.s.andb.gr/en/images/IKO-Marl.gif

Branswick, USA
http://www.s.andb.gr/en/images/SBNA.gif

[MetroGuardian]

Today it is official "metal industry day".

I continue with LARKO, one of the 5 largest ferronickel producers in the world.

http://www.larco.gr/images/el.menu-logo.gif

The largest steel producers of the world trust Larko's nickel since it is considered unique due to the fact it contains no carbon at all.

The company owns 4 mines and one factory.

Evia Island (5 open field mines, production of 1.500.000 tons - 1% nickel)
http://www.larco.gr/images/PIC-OurMines-Evia.jpg

Saint John mine (Viotia) - (one underground - three open field mines, production of 700.000 tons - 1.1% nickel)
http://www.larco.gr/images/doc_images/PIC-Ioannis.jpg

Kastoria mine (three open field mines - productions of 300.000 tons - 1.3% of nickel)
http://www.larco.gr/images/doc_images/PIC-Kastoria.jpg

Servia (not the country) lignite mine (production of 250.000 tons lignite)
http://www.larco.gr/images/doc_images/PIC-Servia.jpg



LARYMNA - Smelting plan (the total quantity of ore processed per year is 2,500,000 tonnes, equating to an annual ferronickel production of around 18,000-20,000 tonnes)
http://www.larco.gr/images/doc_images/PIC-Larymna.jpg



Larco originates from the famous greek magnate, Bodossakis.

[MetroGuardian]

It's a figure of of speech....perhaps lost in translation.


AFAIK they're better than ever. Is there something I don't know?

sorry, my cold humor day :cheers:.

[arxeos]

I didnt know there where so many big industries in Greece keep them coming !

oh and happy metal industry day! :lol:

[Olympios]

Let's continue with oil.

http://www.35icho.uoa.gr/ichol_eng/sponsors_eng/elpe_en.jpg

Hellenic Petroleum S.A. is the largest oil refining company in Greece and with its roots dating to 1958 with the establishment of the first oil refinery in Greece (Aspropyrgos).
It adopted its current name in 1998, changing from the Public Petroleum Corporation S.A. (DEP), as the result of a corporate reorganization. It is a consortium of 9 subsidiaries and a number of additional companies of which it has varying degrees of management control.

It has an important presence abroad and a turnover of 8.6 billion Euro (14 billion $) annually.

http://www.asprofos.gr/keyprojects/PHOTOS/DSCN0234.jpg

http://www.daniilidis.gr/main/architectural/images/elpe.jpg

[Geokioy]

Let's continue with the: INTRACOM group of companies owned by Kokkalis family (they have also the Olympiacos football team)...It was founded in 1977and entered the Athens Stock Exchange in 1990. Their products cover the areas of electronics, telecommunications, e-government, defence systems and constructions. For more info here is their site: http://www.intracom.gr/

[1821]

Great thread guys, keep it up.

[Almopos]

https://crm.frigoglass.com/e-enterprise/images/SplashEEnterprise.gif

One of the world’s leaders in the production of refrigerator systems, with production facilities in Europe, Asia and Africa and customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

For product range please visit:

http://www.frigoglass.com/

[Demis]

GREAT thread keep it coming

[ellis896]

and how many greek companies are around........
we have all these companies and we as a nation importing same stuff from different companies outside our nation...anyway.
This thread is absolutely great!

[ellis896]

ΧΑΡΤΟΠΟΙΙΑ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ A.E. - "DIANA"/THRACE PAPER MILL S.A. - "DIANA"

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/ellis896/dianatitle.gif


http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/ellis896/title.gif


THE GROUP

The ZERITIS GROUP was founded in 1980, by Panos Zeritis. The Group owns and operates 5 Paper Mills and one Consulting/Engineering Organization.


PRESENTATION

Greece is European Union full member and the Paper Industry is still only partly privatised. Thrace Paper Mill S.A. - "Diana" - started operation in 1980 as a company under Investment Law 289/1976.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/ellis896/factory2.jpg
It is presently the biggest private company in Thrace (Northern Greece) and the biggest private papermaking company in Greece holding the 20% of the tissue products market.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/ellis896/dian1.jpg
The production plant is located in Maggana - Xanthi on a 1.000.000 m2 plot comprising industrial buildings totalling 31.000 m², offices and services building of 2.500 m², effluent treatment plant, garden area of 100.000 m², poplar trees forest of 500.000 m², are for services and future expansions.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/ellis896/factory1.jpg
Thrace Paper Mill S.A. - "Diana" produces annually 28.000 Tons of tissue paper 12-35 gr./m² with two paper machines, OVER MECCANICA construction, 254 cm width, 1000 m/min each. The raw material used is imported pulp and local waste paper (newspapers and magazines) that it is further processed in high tech equipment involving sophisticated know-how to produce clean refibers at 80° GE brightness. The major part of the paper produced is converted to Toilet Rolls, Kitchen Rolls, Towels, Napkins, Pocket Handkerchiefs, Facial Tissues, Wadding, Table Covers and special products.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc289/ellis896/Pic-1b.jpg


PAPER MILLS

A. THRACE PAPER MILL S.A.- "DIANA"/XANTHI - GREECE No 1 in Tissue (private) in Greece with 20% Tissue market share

B. PISZKEI PAPER MILL S.A "CREPTO"/ LABATLAN- HUNGARY No 1 in Tissue and Fine Papers in Hungary, with more than 50% market shares.

C. ST. ANDRE PAPER MILL S.A BUDAPEST- HUNGARY No 1 in Envelopes and Specialty Papers in Hungary

D. PYRAMIDS PAPER MILL S.A "FLORA"/ CAIRO- EGYPT No 1 in Tissue in Egypt, (62,5% ownership).

E. BELOVO PAPER MILL S.A "BELOVO"/ BELOVO - BULGARIA No 1 in Tissue papers in Bulgaria.


CONSULTING

F. PANOS ZERITIS
PAPER INDUSTRY CONSULTANT specialized in tissue

HEADQUARTERS

150 IERA ODOS STR.
GR-12242 - ATHENS
TEL.: +30-210-6248700
TEL.: +30-210-6204250/260
FAX: +30-210-8071469

e-mail: zeritis@zeritis.gr

[Olympios]

and how many greek companies are around........
we have all these companies and we as a nation importing same stuff from different companies outside our nation...anyway.
This thread is absolutely great!
It's called globalization and it's very good. Of course the Greek economy has many other more important and non-productive (but with enormous interest) branches like tourism, the naval trade fleet, banking and telco.

[MetroGuardian]

Let's move to chemicals:
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/templates/default/images/logo_en.gif

Core activities of Neochimiki are the production, blending and packaging of chemicals, as well as the distribution representing leading multinationals.

Production

Greece

* Emulsions
* Resins
* Powder Coatings
* Fertilizers

Serbia

* Oils & Lubricants

Logistic Centers and Factories:
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/files/maps/map_en.jpg

Logistic Centers in
Atalanti
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/files/facilities/atalanti_large.jpg

Thessaloniki
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/files/facilities/thessaloniki_large.jpg

Avlida
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/files/facilities/avlida_large_2.jpg


Factories in:
Lavrio
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/files/facilities/lavrio_large.jpg

Volos
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/files/facilities/volos_large.jpg

International facilities and offices:
http://www.neochimiki-lavrentiadis.gr/default.asp?pid=119&la=2

[Almopos]

http://www.ase.gr/Imgs/_anylang/Logos/000501_GR.GIF http://www.spirou-intl.com/title.files/image002.gif

Spirou House of Agriculture is active in the fields of agricultural technology, that is research & development, production and distribution of advanced technology varieties and hybrids of seeds and seedlings, offering to professional farmers a wide range of vegetables seeds and field crop seeds.

The company operations are spread all over the world in order to create products for a wide range of climatic requirements, and in order to support sales all over the Mediterranean region and the Greater Middle East.

http://www.spirou.gr/

[MetroGuardian]

Motor Oil owns one of the 4 oil refineries of Greece (the other 3 belonging to Hellenic Petroleum - controlled by Latsis and the Greek Gov.). The company is controlled by the famous Vardinogiannis family.

http://www.irprofiles.com/img/companies/logos/123x94/20436832.jpg
The Refinery with its ancillary plants and offsite facilities forms the largest privately held industrial complex in Greece and is considered as one of the most modern refineries in Europe. MOH exports its products in more than 30 countries while the product mix it offers to its clients includes the entire range of oil products.

http://www.stratelis.gr/1/images/ergo2.jpg

http://www.moh.gr/articles/images/location-01.jpg

http://www.moh.gr/articles/images/location-02.jpg

The company headquarters from Dimitrios Rizos
http://ktizon.blogspot.com/2007/04/motor-oil-headquarters-athens.html

[ELLIN]

Apivita
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc19/athenian82/logo.gif


we are inspired by
We are inspired by the teamwork shown by bees, and the amazing bounty they produce.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc19/athenian82/central_photo.jpg
By the rich biodiversity of plant life in Greece.
By the impact Greek philosophy has had on modern thinking.
"If you have a dream you will achieve it,
and if you achieve it you will dream again."
Nikos Koutsianas, co-founder
We contribute to modern man' s quest for balance and harmony, harnessing the power and potential of nature.
We work to fulfil current and future consumer needs with sensitivity and integrity.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc19/athenian82/thumb_Tonic_269.jpg
We encourage a sensible and highly responsible attitude to product manufacturing, with an ongoing commitment to promoting awareness of natural well-being and sustainable development.
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc19/athenian82/thumb_purifying_103.jpg
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc19/athenian82/thumb_Multi-Gyn_144.jpg


Just as the bees - our inspiration - busily fly from flower to flower, APIVITA has spread its wings to the world... to department stores, specialty stores and upscale pharmacies, reaching out to consumers in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Stockholm, Brussels, Dubai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka and many, many others... Outside of Greece, APIVITA products are to be found in more than 2000 locations in 16 countries

[Almopos]

http://www.eurodrip.com/images/logo.gif

Eurodrip S.A. was founded in 1979 and is the first European company to become involved with drip irrigation. Its innovative method of incorporating drippers into the pipe results to water conservation and greater crop yield.

The company applied a revolutionary manufacturing method by which drippers made out of polyethylene (PE) were internally embodied directly in the pipeline during the extrusion process (with no internal attachments) forming a single piece of irrigation line. This ensures controlled water supply by pushing droplets through the exit holes. This procedure is the most advanced and cost effective in the industry.

Eurodrip S.A. is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, and has a market presence in over 50 countries, with operating subsidiaries in Greece, USA, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Romania and Mexico. Eurodrip has a 60% market share in the Greek market and is a leading player in Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and fast growing in USA, Mexico and Romania.

[Olympios]

Time for an update

http://www.micrelec.gr/img/micrelec_logo.jpg

Micrelec Electronics

Micrelec Electronics S.A. is a leading European Retail-IT equipment manufacturer and solutions provider. Its products and solutions are aimed towards Retail & Hospitality Information Technology, covering the entire spectrum of the business.

We are constantly driven by our mission to be the preferred manufacturer and provider of retail-IT products and solutions globally. Technological innovation, high quality, reliability and flexibility, being some of the main characteristics of our products, made Micrelec a technology leader in the field of Retail-IT, guaranteeing its wide acceptance into overseas markets.

Currently, our business spans across three continents with presence in over 15 nations! Retail-IT and manufacturing experience spanning three decades, combined with the dedicated efforts of our professional team, have been the foundation of our very successful presence in all these challenging and demanding markets.

Our product line covers an entire spectrum - from small portable Electronic Cash Registers, to sophisticated networked retail-IT systems and PoS solutions, and from an elaborate set of Electronic Document Authentication Solutions, to a state-of-the-art EFT PoS Financial Transaction Processing Integrated Solutions – all designed, developed and manufactured at our 20,000m2 state-of-the-art factory in Greece.

Our technological ability to create custom based products lead to the successful completion of several fiscalization projects across many nations, and to the design/manufacturing of several products at the behalf of world-class OEMs.

Our excellence in production and timely delivery has been backed by a long and proven experience in electronic component master-distribution, a business performed in parallel by Micrelec for a long time now.

Through introduction of new and innovative technologies, modern design, quality H/W manufacture, and extensive development of S/W solutions, Micrelec Electronics simply marks an one stop shopping, whatever your Retail-IT needs are!

-Factory

http://www.micrelec.gr/img/categ_themes/basic/categ_photo_company.jpg

http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/mm_gallery/24_2_2005__14_52_45.jpg


-Products

Displays

http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/eshop/products/images/23_2_2005__10_55_34.jpg


Keybords

http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/eshop/products/images/23_2_2005__10_59_57.jpg


Industrial High-Performance printers

Rhodos
http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/eshop/products/images/23_2_2005__10_8_24.jpg

Andros
http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/eshop/products/images/1_3_2006__23_26_54.jpg

PoS systems

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3491/2111200719959my4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/eshop/products/images/13_6_2006__12_48_48.jpg
Software

Challenge
http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/eshop/products/images/1_3_2006__23_11_28.jpg

Presence at CeBit 2007

http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/mm_gallery/18_4_2006__10_52_38.jpg


info from:
www.micrelec.gr
www.micrelec.it
www.micrelec.cz

[MetroGuardian]

3 companies in the production of CDs and DVDs. The first two of them are located in Komotini.


http://www.arcadiagrp.gr/arcadia%20copy.png



This is the largest independent producer of digital and optical media in Greece. The 15.000 sq.m. factory in Thrace was an investment of 45.000.000€.

http://www.arcadiagrp.gr/arcadiabuilding.jpg

http://www.arcadiagrp.gr/iperesies3.jpg



The second one is Digithrace (http://www.digithrace.com/).

http://www.digimastering.com/Images/MASTERING2.jpg http://www.digimastering.com/Images/duplication1.jpg


http://www.microsoft.com/hellas/dynamics/images/logos/Oditec_logo2.jpg
The last one is near Thebes.

http://www.oditec.gr/images/photo1.jpg

http://www.oditec.gr/images/photo4.jpg http://www.oditec.gr/images/photo3.jpg

http://www.oditec.gr/images/photo6.jpg http://www.oditec.gr/images/photo10.jpg

[Olympios]

A video for the production in Micrelec

http://www.micrelec.gr/images/cms_used/documents/videos/CEB2004B.wmv

[MetroGuardian]

http://www.papazoglouoe.gr/Images/Fulgor.gif

One of the largest cable producers in Greece (energy distribution and fiber optics)

http://www.fulgor.com/dynamic/images/left_col/products.jpg http://www.fulgor.com/dynamic/images/db_images/20051208055244cable_1.gif



The company has extensive facilities near Corinth, covering a 190.000 sq.m. area.

http://www.fulgor.com/dynamic/images/db_images/20051208051828pan_011.gifhttp://www.fulgor.com/dynamic/images/db_images/20051208051812ergost_023.gif

[MetroGuardian]

http://www.miltech.gr/images/top.jpg


Miltech is a small Greek company that produces a lot of specialized products for Defense Applications and products.




Those are photographs of products of Miltech for the following systems:


Thales Air Defense - Arabel Fire Control system
http://www.miltech.gr/images/arabel3.jpg

Asrad - Anti Aircraft missile system (designed by Miltech for the Greek Army)
http://www.miltech.gr/images/asrad.jpg

http://www.miltech.gr/images/asrad1.jpg

Migget Defense - Aerial Targets
http://www.miltech.gr/images/TDK39-Prod4.jpg

http://www.miltech.gr/images/TDK-39-Tow-Target1.jpg


More info about projects here:
http://www.miltech.gr/index.htm

[Olympios]

ENISA-European Network and Information Security Agency

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7052/202020202020202020europfm2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.enisa.europa.eu/

and the Tech Park of Crete STEP-C

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/2139/2020202020stepc20panorarl3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4202/202020202020science20anju9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Both of them are part of the greater ITE-Forth installations.

[arxeos]

Guys does anyone know about the space industry in Greece ? the only thing i know is about antennas on some island

[1821]

I think there was maybe still is, a company in Greece that developed and produced some part or parts for the current space shuttles. I'm not entirely sure, I do remember reading about it, as well as some companies that work on and develop satellites, which I think is involved with the Helios project?

[Olympios]

Guys does anyone know about the space industry in Greece ? the only thing i know is about antennas on some island

Nothing serious. Greece is a member of ESA though.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/ESA-members-map.png

There was a report that the department of advanced ceramics of Demokritos institute has produced a new system of "thermomechanical" protection for ESA.

http://www.demokritos.gr/deltia_det.asp?deltio_id=41

[arxeos]

Ok but where are those 3 big space antennas placed on what island? ive seen a picture of them before maybe they where 2 i cant remember

[Olympios]

Are you speaking about the Aristarchos Telescope, inaugurated in late 2007?

http://www.astro.noa.gr/helmos/images/various/logo.gif

http://www.astro.noa.gr/helmos/images/image_gallery/helmos/image3.jpg


Amazing photo (notice the telescope).

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5882/image4uw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

some of the pictures taken by Aristarchos

http://www.astro.noa.gr/helmos/images/about_aristarchos/Picture3.png

http://www.astro.noa.gr/helmos/images/image_gallery/first_light/Picture1.jpg

Another one from the latest eclipse taken by our second observatory in Krioneri.

http://www.astro.noa.gr/VisCentre/me2007/images/Dsc_070303235430a1.jpg

[arxeos]

No i mean like big dishes , the same they use to look for aliens on some island ive seen a picture of them before by the way that telescope is it on Olimpos?

[Olympios]

^^ Det är på berg Helmos i Kalavrita.

Other news. It seems that the Greek UAV Pegasus II is operational.

http://assets.in.gr/AssetService/Image.ashx?c=7032934&r=0&p=0&t=0&q=85&w=800&v=1

http://www.tanea.gr/Article.aspx?d=20080416&nid=8207456&sn=&spid=876

The key says that it has an autonomy of 14 Hours and range 180km with 3 electro-optic/infrared sensors with real-time/live transmission via the Greek satellite Hellas-Sat. The article says that 4 of them are ready and other 12 will be produced soon. They'll probably be valuable during the summer period patrolling for fires. It also mentions the second phase of it's development, which has as an objective to arm the UAV giving to it attacking capabilities.

[Geokioy]

Arxeos: Do you mean, for instance, the two ground satellite stations of Greek telecom OTE in Thermopiles (Near Lamia) and Nemea (Peloponnese); They are used for telecommunications purposes, connecting Greece by satellites with all over the world and with the greek fleet of merchant ships.

[arxeos]

^^ To be honest i dont know exactly i even belive i saw the picture here on ssc and it was something about a space program they looked something like this :
http://shakar.net/ESW/Images/dish9.JPG?SSImageQuality=Full


i just took that picture from some random site i googled

[Olympios]

OK, I've something good for arxeos. :)

PDSM project
http://www.dreamsys.gr/picam/index.aspx
The PDSM project is about the implementation of a simulation module (PICAM Detector Simulation Module-PDSM) for testing specific features of the main control module of the PICAM device which will be sent to Mercury in 2013 as part of the BepiColombo Mission.

PICAM is an ion mass spectrometer operating as an all-sky camera for charged particles to study the chain of processes by which neutrals are ejected from the soil, eventually ionised and transported through the environment of Mercury.

The simulation module is implemented in hardware on a XILINX Spartan FPGA and is accompanied with control software implemented in C#.NET for configuration and logging.

The PDSM module is implemented at the Institute For Space Applications And Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens. The main leader of the complete implementation fo the PICAM device is IWF,Graz,Austria.

BepiColombo
http://bepicolombo.esa.int/science-e-media/img/f1/Mercury-fly-by410.jpg

http://www.dreamsys.gr/picam/Images/PICAM_TB.png

http://bepicolombo.esa.int/science-e-media/img/f0/MCS-Fregat410.jpg

[pilotos]

@Arxeos

I don't know if what you are searching could have any connection to the NESTOR project, which is actually one of the few neutrino detectors on earth, and is located in the sea bed of Pylos, the deepest point of mediterranean sea.

[arxeos]

^^ nah it was above the sea on a very dry island

[pilotos]

Ok then its probably something secret :D

[Olympios]

arxeos, be careful then or else...:D

[arxeos]

indeed i probebly shouldnt say anymore :shifty:

[Olympios]

Another update with
Hellas Sat S.A.
The satellite itself is produced from EADS but it offers services and it's quite profitable (internet, satellite TV, Greek military etc). The operational centers are in Athens and Nicosia.

Hellas-Sat Consortium Limited (Hellas-Sat) is the owner and a wholesaler of capacity and services of the Greek "Hellas-Sat-2" satellite, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May 2003 to the 39E orbital position in the Geostationary Satellite Orbit.
Hellas-Sat has developed a network of strategically-located teleport partners with DVB platforms, carrying over 100 television channels, and IP-based services through its two fixed beams over Europe, and two steerable beams over the Middle East and South Africa. It offers high-power, direct-to-home transmissions as well as occasional video feeds and Internet access services.

One of Hellas-Sat’s strategic partners is STN Satellite Telecommunications Network, which offers comprehensive television and/or radio channel distribution services. STN offers SDTV and/or HDTV play-out services, SDTV and/or HDTV turnaround services as well as encryption, subtitling, etc.STN was also behind the transmission of Euro1080-HD1 on Hellas-Sat-2, Europe’s first HDTV channel.

http://www.dte.gr/files/logos-exhibitors/hel%20sat%20logo.JPG

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9900/1010113yn5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://www.hellas-sat.net/files/file/Hellas-SatCloseRechdef.jpg

[Almopos]

http://www.compucon.gr/images/LogoCompucon.gif

COMPUCON is a leading technology company with an international presence in 62 countries and intensive export activities. COMPUCON develops leading technologies and innovative integrated applications including software and hardware solutions for specialized markets.

Founded in 1987 in Thessaloniki, Greece, it started as a software company serving the industrial embroidery sector. Skill and expertise soon turned it to a world leader in developing advanced specialised software, electronic automations, as well as product and services for integrated telematic solutions, e.g. personal safety through Telematics (personal tracking), Fleet Management (AVL) and Navigation systems.

http://www.compucon.gr/phpwcms_template/inc_cntpart/topimage/TopImage_aboutus_en.jpg

For more info: www.compucon.gr

[Almopos]

http://www.alumil.com/Templates/6/IMG3.gif

ALUMIL S.A. is the biggest aluminium extrusion group in Greece and among the leading suppliers of aluminium systems for architectural use in Europe. It has its own research and development department for the design, study and development of new products. These products are tested and certified from internationally recognized testing institutes like Ift Rosenheim (Germany), AAMA(USA), Instituto Jordano (Italy), etc.

ALUMIL has an autonomous commercial presence in more than 25 countries.

· It is among the market leaders in the architectural aluminium systems in Romania, Serbia, Albania, Cyprus, Bosnia, Hungary, Poland, Egypt, Turkey, Baltic countries, Russia, Dubai, etc.

· Its products are used by large industrial companies, with high quality standards, in the automobile industry, ship-building industry, railways, in countries as Great Britain, France, Germany, Holland, etc.

· In collaboration with more than 500 large technical companies and prestigious architectural office ALUMIL has taken and executed many projects as: The Ministry of Finance in Poland, the German University in Egypt, the railway station in Kiev (Ukraine), hotel Kempinski in Tanzania, hotel Kempinski in Dead Sea (Jordan), the Zara center in Amman (Jordan), the museum of Akropolis in Athens, the Rixos hotel in Turkey (the second 7-stars hotel in the world), etc.

· ALUMIL has a long experience in the demanding market of North America and in emerging markets of Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa.


For more detailed information visit: www.alumil.com

[pilotos]

A couple of Pharmaceutical companies:

Pharmathen S.A.
Pharmathen S.A. is an immiscibly Greek Pharmaceutical manufacturer which has been present in the pharmaceutical area for 39 years.

It was established in 1969 with basic activity to market pharmaceutical products. In 1972, a new period begins for the company with the construction of an industrial facility (3000 sq.meters) on proprietary land in Pallini Attiki.

During the period of 1992 until 1998, a strategic reallocation of the business activities occurs with goal to enter the European market

Today Pharmathen S.A. is one of the largest immiscibly Greek Pharmaceutical manufacturers appointed with a modern production facility with the capacity to produce solid dosage forms and Sterile Products.

The personnel of Pharmathen includes persons with advanced specialization and academic qualifications of the highest level.

Web-site (http://www.pharmathen.gr/default.asp?id=200010002&lcid=1033)

Famar


Established in 1949 in Greece, Famar is a leading European provider of contract industrial services to the Pharmaceutical and Health & Beauty industry, with over 500 million packs shipped in 2006.


Famar has enjoyed substantial growth over the last years, realizing acquisitions in France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Greece while setting forth plans for further expansion and consolidation in existing markets. Today, Famar claims a network of 11 production sites, 3 pharmaceutical development units, 1 Health & Beauty R&D unit, and 3 distribution centres, in 4 European countries.

Web-site (http://www.famar.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=NODE&cnode=3)

GALENICA S.A.

Established in 1974, GALENICA S.A. has succeeded in capturing a leading position in the Greek Pharmaceutical market, in less than a decade, due to its remarkable development rate. The secret of its success lies exclusively on the outstanding staffs, which are the “moving force” of the Company.

Throughout the company, from the Board of Directors to each individual employee, all members of GALENICA adhere closely to the Total Quality Management principles and follow a clear Marketing orientation that always keeps GALENICA on the top of the Greek Pharmaceutical Firms.

GALENICA S.A., besides its market recognition, holds a leading position among the Hellenic Pharmaceutical companies in terms of sales volume. It is the first Greek Company focusing on marketing licensed-in ethical products, pioneering in this vision since its foundation. The prominent market position and awareness among the Greek M.Ds reflect the success of this strategy.

Web-site (http://www.galenica.gr/company/)

Lavipharm

Established in 1911 Lavipharm, is today the largest integrated Greek Group of Companies that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes pharmaceutical, cosmetic and consumer health products in Greece and internationally.

With operations throughout Greece, France, Cyprus and the United States of America, Lavipharm cooperates with well-known international pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies. Lavipharm offers products derived from own research as well as high-level services not only to pharmacists but also to consumers. Our ultimate goal is the improvement of the quality of human life.

A pioneer in the area of pharmaceutical technology, Lavipharm develops new dynamic strategies that are flexible in the constantly evolving international environment, but are always in line with its vision. At the same time Lavipharm discusses and reviews new collaborations regarding its reinforcement and expansion not only in the Greek but also in the international scene.

Web-site (http://www.lavipharm.gr/english/home/index.asp)

Minerva Pharmaceutical s.a


Minerva Pharmaceutical s.a is a family owned Greek company.

The creation of first Greek pharmaceutical industry is owed in the decisive character and in the ambitions of Rovertos Fragetis and Petros Bacacos.

R. Fragketis adored Greece and gave in his 4 daughters ancient names: Minerva, Olympia, Leoni and Antigoni.

In 1916, Petros Bacacos, opens the first pharmacy in Athens, which in 1918 is transported in Omonoia square.

In 1920, P. Bacacos, creates affinal bonds with the more important pharmaceutical trader of that time R. Fragetis and in consequence, a dynasty of pharmacists is accomplished.

In 1933 Minerva pharmaceutical is founded as full partner company, placed at the Achilleοs 3 Road, in Omonoia square, as a laboratory.

In the company was given the name of R. Fragketis' first daughter.

In 1935, Minerva Pharmaceutical becomes anonymous company.

In 1954 Minerva Pharmaceutical having the form of an industry, the company is moved to its own premises in Peristeri, where it is still located.

In 1956 Minerva Pharmaceutical established progressively collaborations with pharmaceutical companies as the U.S. Vitamin, Wyeth, Janssen, Wellcome, Labaz, Bayer, Syntex, Nycomed, Warner Lambert, Stiefel Laboratories.

During the 60's, 70's and 80's the company produces pharmaceutical products on behalf of multinationals.

During the 90's, Minerva Pharmaceutical enters dynamically in the area of branded generics.

Web-site (http://www.minervapharm.gr/index.php?lang=2)


Vianex


The Company's history goes back to year 1924. It was an era of post-war hard times, but also an era of reconstruction. The pharmaceutical industry was slowly beginning to develop in Greece and the first imported trademark products (specialties) made their appearance.

Recognizing the coming rapid changes from the traditional in-store preparation of medicines by the pharmacists themselves, Dimitrios Giannakopoulos (the father of VIANEX main shareholders) set up in Athens a private company, for the distribution of pharmaceutical products.

The company rapidly grew and soon it started to import medicines from USA and Europe.

The first milestone of further development was the year 1961, when the PHARMAGIAN company was created in order to expand its commercial activities to the whole of Greece. PHARMAGIAN was for several years the representative of large international pharmaceutical companies, such as Janssen Pharmaceutical, Roussel and Alcon.

The second milestone was the year 1971, when the company was reconstituted as a societé anonyme (S.A.) and adopted its current trade name.

Since then VIANEX follows a course of rapid evolution and recognition, establishing strategic partnerships with leading international pharmaceutical companies.

Web-site (http://www.vianex.gr/htmlsite/index.asp)

[Ares_K]

http://www.thrakika.gr/en/products/present.jpg

THRAKIKA EKKOKISTIRIA is located in northeastern Greece, just outside the city of Komotini, capital city of Rodopi in Thrace, 280 kilometres from Thessaloniki and close to Greece's borders with Turkey and Bulgaria.

The Company was founded by the families Kouroudis and Kitsios and began to function in 1972. In 1985 it became an S.A.

Over the past several years, THRAKIKA EKKOKISTIRIA has enjoyed substantial growth and nowadays it is included among the top 100 most profitable Greek companies.

As do all Greek ginning mills, the company buys seed cotton from local growers and sells the raw cotton for its own account.

http://www.thrakika.gr/upload/iblock/31f/STACKS3.jpg


Homepage http://www.thrakika.gr/en/

[Ares_K]

http://www.tsiakiris.gr/upload/iblock/4a5/anapinisi.JPG

Located in Soufli, Thrace, the company produces raw silk as well as various silk products.

http://www.tsiakiris.gr/upload/iblock/60d/P002687.jpg


http://www.tsiakiris.gr/index.php

[Ares_K]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/skyscraper/santo.jpg

The headquarters and the winery of SantoWines are found in Santorini in the traditional village of Pyrgos, while it is a branch in Athens in Kolonos region for the serving of the customers from mainland Greece. The increased competition and the new challenges of the domestic and international markets necessitated the modernization of SantoWines and company's trailblazing. Towards this direction, a new high technology winery was erected and new investments took place concerning new machinery and company's staffing in specialized scientific personnel, while at the same time, new distribution networks were applied.
SantoWines has distribution network in whole Greece and exports its products to Europe (France, Germany), to the US, and to Canada.

http://greekproducts.com/santowines/images/map.jpg

http://www.santowines.gr/

[Almopos]

http://www.doppler.gr/img/logo2.gif

DOPPLER is a modern manufacturer of lift components and complete lifts, following high level of production automation fully complied with ISO 9001 and directive 95/16EC.

DOPPLER was established in February of 2000 by people with long term technical experience both in the Greek and International elevator market. Since November 2000 the company is based in its private industrial building located in Polykastro Industrial Park, north of Thessalonica, where the head offices and the industrial facilities are accommodated.

Sales network
http://www.doppler.gr/img/network.jpg

[Almopos]

http://www.alapis.gr/templates/default/images/logo.jpg

The Alapis Group was created by the merger of Veterin SA, Lamda Detergent SA, EBIK SA and Elpharma SA. The Group is involved in the manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceuticals and parapharmaceutical products, veterinary pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents and organic products.

Alapis is placed at the top of the production and distribution pyramid of a wide range of products with high quality standards, because of its know-how, specialised experience, long-lasting cooperation with major Greek and foreign multinational companies, and support from an extended network.

Activities in South-Eastern Europe

http://www.alapis.gr/files/maps/map-en.jpg

http://www.alapis.gr/

[kmartin]

The title of the thread caught my attention. What does Greece make? Last I heard its GDP was raised due to prostitution ( not joking)

[Almopos]

Since you have taken the time to post in this thread you should read some of the posts. It might answer your question.

[SouthernEuropean]

The title of the thread caught my attention. What does Greece make? Last I heard its GDP was raised due to prostitution ( not joking)

ok..welcome to our forum.

[greecelightning]

@kmartin

Prostitution is legal in Greece and constitutes an acceptable form of revenue. Maybe you are talking about the "black market", which is quickly being reduced due to governmental tax enforcement programs.

[1821]

The title of the thread caught my attention. What does Greece make? Last I heard its GDP was raised due to prostitution ( not joking)

Maybe you should have paid attention in primary school when they were teaching you how to read, then you could have read the thread and seen for you're self some of what is produced in Greece, instead of trolling.

[Sodnal]

Somebody turn off our moron firewall again?

[Bluedome]

The title of the thread caught my attention. What does Greece make? Last I heard its GDP was raised due to prostitution ( not joking)

The answer to your question is in the 6 pages you decided to skip instead of read. Greece lightning is also correct that prostitution is legal and should be considered in calculating the GDP. I am sure Holland and any other country with legal prostitution counts it when calculating the GDP. It makes no sense not to count it.

[Almopos]

http://www.mathios.com/images/MATHIOS-LOGOS.gif

www.mathios.com

The group of companies MATHIOS REFRACTORIES S.A., with 120 years of tradition in the industrial and building materials, refractory and acid-proof manufacturing, is today one of the biggest producing, trading and construction corporations not only in Greece and the Balkans but also Europe, with privately-owned installations in Aspropyrgos and in Rentis.

The term refractory refers to the quality of a material to retain its strength at high temperatures. Refractory materials are used to make crucibles and linings for furnaces, kilns and incinerators.

The company has been established as one of the bigger forces in a European level due to the permanent search for new products, in the specialised and continuous education of personnel, in the productive dynamics but also in the pioneering spirit of Administration for further growth and updating.

With the scope of production and trading of refractories, construction and decorative materials as well as the production of manufactured stone, it has accomplished to establish itself in the Greek market as the 1st customers choice and in addition to export in at least 40 countries world wide.

The technical sector has demonstrated appreciable results in the refractories and acid-proof manufacturing (study, supply of materials, manufacture, maintenance, supervision) in industries of energy, cement, aluminium, steel, lime, food, refineries, galvanization, incinerators, etc.

It has executed with success many big projects abroad, as in Iran, Arabia, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria, Nigeria, and it has collaborated with success with some of the biggest European Japanese and American construction companies.

In the news today:

Mathios Refractories wins contract to supply its products to ALSTOM POWER SYSTEMS for their new power plant in Bulgaria.

http://www.imerisia.gr/article.asp?catid=12691&subid=2&tag=9464&pubid=1845095

[Almopos]

http://www.helioakmi.com/images/i-1.gif

Helioakmi S.A. is a manufacturers of solar energy systems since 1973, specialising in forced circulation systems, as well as in solar water heater products (known worldwide as MEGASUN).

The high quality and the international exports of its products have brought Helioakmi in a position between the top solar water heater manufacturers in the world.

Helioakmi's products have been successfully exported for many years, under the trade name MEGASUN, in more than 60 countries around the world.

Some of these countries are:

Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Canary Islands, Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Albania, Cyprus, Australia, N. Zealand, Oman, Bahrain, U.A.E., India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Korea, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Grenada, Martinique, Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominican Rep., El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Senegal, Ghana, S. Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zambia, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar and others

http://www.helioakmi.com/solar-systems/installations.html

[Almopos]

http://www.prisma.gr/en/images/simaenglish.gif

Prisma Electronics SA is considered to be the specialist in the field of hi-tech applications. The last twelve years, the name of the company has become synonymous with electronics and information technology.

Since the begining of its operationg, the company dynamically follows the technology trends, monitors the increasing market needs and participates actively in the technological revolution of the digital era.
The result of this continuous and consistent attempt placed the company at the top between the big names of the Greek market.

The vision to play the role of the technological pole and its operations in the field of Electronics, IT, Telecommunications, lately with Energy and its involvement in National and European R&D programs, constitute the portrait of Prisma Electronics, on a national and international dimension.

The facilities of the company are : the headquarters and the IT sector (700m²) located at 85 Demokratias Ave., in the town of Alexandroupolis, while the electronics sector (1900m²) is located in the industrial area of the town.

Prisma Electronics S.A is accredited by ISO 9001:2000, by TUV.

Some of the projects that they are involved in:


Virtual guide system


Virtual Guide is a system developed under an R&D program and is used to create a new aproach to visitors experience at Museums, Libraries, Galleries, Exchibitions and events.

The Virtual Guide is a modern navigation system that provides dynamic, multimedia, and multilingual information to the visitors suitable for deployment in Museums, Libraries, Galleries and other exhibition areas. VG is a management tool, which can deliver the knowledge available inside the organization and museums.

An RFid label is placed on the exhibit which allows the wireless identification of the label. While the visitor enters the museum, he/she is supplied with a PDA with headphones. The PDA using the appropriate software, it communicates with the server of the Museum through the existing Wi-Fi network. By approaching the label of the museum, the PDA automatically recognizes the exhibit and represents to its screen all the available information including text, photographs, sound, audiovisual material to various web pages;


Prisma Sense Platform


Prisma Sense is an essential tool for implementing, fast and easily, applications focused on collecting wirelessly data from specified sensors, in a small amount of time and with low cost.
Providing fully detailed manuals, handbooks and software, the platform can be easily adapted to your demands delivering real time data acquisition. Based on this platform, you can develop your own products or solutions, interconnect incoming data with your own databases in systems like BMS, ERP, MRP, CMSS etc, by reducing to the minimum the designing cost.


More info: www.prisma.gr

[savas]

λ | LAMDA
WORDLS FIRST ULTRA PREMIUM EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
by SPEiRON


TO DREAM A NEW FORM IS TO GIVE BIRTH TO A NEW STATEMENT

Assumptions; efforts; drive into influential processes; lead to significant alterations. We should extend given borders, pull barriers down.
/2005/ Giorgos Kolliopoulos, a perfectionist and a true visionary; dreams of developing the most stunning olive oil in the world.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/november07/giorgos.jpg

/2006/ Giorgos founds Speiron and takes a training course on the organoleptic assessment method of olive oil (as it is implemented by the International Olive Oil Council).

/2007/ Speiron is breaking new ground in the international olive oil market by presenting λ /lambda/.

Corinna Michaelidou, graphic designer for several major advertising agencies in Greece. The two worked together developing the new product - the label, the bottle, the packaging - without any limitations whatsoever.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/november07/corina.jpg

DESIGN | TO BE OBSESSED BY EXCELLENCE IS TO RADICALLY CHANGE THE RULES

Ideas; actions; make definite statements; cause fundamental changes. We should exercise ourselves in differentiation, promote innovation.The form of a flask; unpretentious, straightforward; an innovative shape, although minimal. Effortless, the valuable liquid keeps its exquisite fragrances intact.

Two white circles, the upper one bigger; white as purity.

The Greek letter λ dominates the upper circle; on the lower circle, /lambda/ not only translates the letter-symbol, it also marks handmade perfection.

Distinctive, clear glass; for this is an olive oil like no other in its class.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/november07/lambdagiftbox.jpg

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/november07/lambda02.jpg

λ | LAMBDA | TO DETERMINE PURITY IS TO RESPECT NATURE’S VALUES

Longevity; prosperity; challenge society’s values; evolve our momentary perception. We should respect nature’s gifts, reinvent purity.

Olive oil, precious and blessed; its antioxidant ingredients have made Cretan diet the best in the world.

Extremely low acidity, unique organoleptic properties, exceptional flavour; λ /lambda/ is extraordinary, rare; it is considered to be the finest extra virgin olive oil of the famous Kritsa region in Crete, Greece and one of the best olive oils in the world. Therefore, in order to preserve its qualities, Speiron suggests a short-term consuming period for λ /lambda/.

An one-of-its-kind flavour for an one-of-its-kind olive oil.

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s108/voyatzer/november07/lambda04.jpg

CERTIFICATIONS | TO ENSURE UNIQUENESS IS TO CONTROL EVEN THE TINIEST DETAIL

Quality; superiority; every inner aspect has to be examined; life’s tiniest particle has to be explored. We should achieve excellence, reach perfection.

Supremacy leaves nothing to chance. Speiron can guarantee the exceptional organoleptic and chemical properties of λ /lambda/. We insist on analysing its chemical state every 4 months. λ /lambda/ is like no other olive oil in the world, a pure flow of excellence.

Acidity: 0.3° Location: Kritsa, Crete, Greece Variety: Koroneiki Harvest: by hand Extraction: first cold and very carefully extracted Colour: deep green Flavour: fruity Taste: intense fruity, medium pungent Volume: 500ml (16,9 fl oz).

http://www.speironcompany.com/

[Olympios]

There is a new trailer of Theseis.

I took some screenshots:
New trailer

http://img30.picoodle.com/img/img30/4/5/15/f_Picture1m_d85630f.png (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/5/15/f_Picture1m_d85630f.png&srv=img30)

http://img27.picoodle.com/img/img27/4/5/15/f_Picture2m_2bbc6cb.png (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/5/15/f_Picture2m_2bbc6cb.png&srv=img27)

Older trailer

http://img33.picoodle.com/img/img33/4/5/15/f_Picture3m_8361737.png (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/5/15/f_Picture3m_8361737.png&srv=img33)

http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/4/5/15/f_Picture5m_3847438.png (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/4/5/15/f_Picture5m_3847438.png&srv=img34)

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[pilotos]

I am actually surpised that noone posted anything about Pitsos (http://www.pitsos.gr/home.aspx), the leading Greek constructor of household electronic devices.

History of the company:
The company was established in 1865 to produce household devices and petrol machines, later the company produced everything that has to do with a house from kitchens to televisions and heating machines.

http://www.zabetakis.gr/images/pitsos.jpg

http://www.pitsos.gr/images/company/facilities1.jpg

http://www.pitsos.gr/images/company/facilities2.jpg

http://www.pitsos.gr/images/company/facilities3.jpg

http://www.kolomvounis.gr/files/productImages/Pitsos_HCB89655.jpg

http://www.kolomvounis.gr/files/productImages/Pitsos_DGS6502.jpg

https://www.eshops.gr/images/uploads/Pitsos-Vario-801-1.jpg

https://www.eshops.gr/images/uploads/Pitsos-60CM-KCR3401D-1.jpg

[Olympios]

HAI-Hellenic Aerospace Industry will execute a CCIP upgrade for 94 F-16s of USAF. The first upgraded fighter was delivered to USAF at the end of March.

http://www.defencenet.gr/defence/images/stories/F16HAIL1.jpg

http://www.haicorp.com/Flash_web/flash_html/gr/CP.jpg

[pilotos]

Good news, i guess HAI will be experienced enough to upgrade our own F-16 soon then :)

[Geokioy]

...xxxmmm interesting...and very good for us!!!

[Olympios]

Good news, i guess HAI will be experienced enough to upgrade our own F-16 soon then :)
That's what I think also. And our upgradable F-16s are fewer than 94 cause I don't see any chance-meaning of upgrade for the 32 block 30s.

[pilotos]

Well if they wish to exceed their career they will at least make a structural upgrade, so more or less the number is the same.

[arxeos]

Just saw this and remembered the phantom that crashed was it today or yesterday?

[1821]

Haven't heard anything about an F4 going down. Pilot survive?


Anyway on the topic, hopefully when our F16's are upgraded, and that presumably is done in Greece by HAI, it can serve as a basis for other nations F16's in the region and Middle East, to be upgraded in Greece by HAI. Would be great.

[Olympios]

EADS 3 Sigma

EADS 3 SIGMA is a Hellenic company focused in the Design, Development, Production and Services Provision of Airborne and Surface Target Drone Systems. Over the last 2 decades the company has been representing threats for a variety of Ground Based, Air to Air and Maritime Air-Defense Systems aiming to the evaluation and testing of the Weapon Systems as well as the evaluation and training of the personnel that serves them.

Photos from their site

http://www.eads-3sigma.com/portal/image/rnd/image008.jpg

http://eads-3sigma.com/portal/media/display_temp.jpg?406999624


Photo from a Finnish website, from the testing of the drones in Finland

http://www.robonic.fi/kuvat/hires_pictures/Picture11_Winterlaunch_www.jpg


And their experimental UAV, Nearchos

http://www.robolab.tuc.gr/ASSETS/IMAGES/RESEARCH/FIRE2.jpg

[pilotos]

I was wondering why this logo was on every single truck, and i thought it was the sellers logo, but i yesterday realized that it is a company in Volos that produces every kind of truck trailers, even tank carriers for the army and firefighting vehicles and also produces MAN buses, obviously under a license.

http://www.kioleides.com/assets/images/nk_logo.gif

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_v_1360%5B1%5D_934170882646619778.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_liquefied_transporter%5B1%5D_3505213681325017746.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_tank_transporter%5B1%5D_3674126061690830332.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_nk_1000_76%5B1%5D_7753126342038526196.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_refueler_tanker%5B1%5D_313732163279513137.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_mineral_oil_product%5B1%5D_3183621987116644793.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_man_lioncoach%5B1%5D_2045478273175016977.png

http://www.kioleides.com/media/image/photo_man_intercitybus%5B1%5D_9240188662337822316.png

[lysandros]

Not made in greece but the man who built this jewlery empire is a greek man fron epirus,sotirios voulgaris.

Sotirios Voulgaris (Greek: Σωτήριος Βούλγαρης; Italian: Sotirio Bulgari) began his career as a jeweller in his home village Paramythia (Epirus, Greece), where his first store is still to be seen. In 1877 he left for Corfu and then Naples. In 1881 he finally moved to Rome, where in 1884 he founded his company and opened his second shop in via Sistina.

The current flagship store in via dei Condotti was opened in 1905 by Bulgari with the help of his two sons, Constantino (1889-1973) and Giorgio (1890-1966). The store quickly became a place where the world's rich and famous came for the unique, high quality jewelry designs combining Greek and Roman art.

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/0/3987/51_2007/bulgari.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgari

[1821]

Bvlgari does some nice sunglasses and colognes and perfumes now.
I got a pair of $600 Bvlgari sunglasses.

[EngineerGreece]

^^

Wooooot??? $600...

No crisis for u huh???

[Almopos]

Ελληνικά «μάτια» στα Μιράζ 2000

ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΘΗΚΕ: Τρίτη 26 Μαΐου 2009
ΜΕ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ «μάτια» θα βλέπουν πλέον τα γαλλικής κατασκευής μαχητικά αεροσκάφη Μιράζ 2000 που υπηρετούν σε διάφορες Πολεμικές Αεροπορίες σε όλο τον κόσμο.

Πρόκειται για την τοποθέτηση στα 220 υπάρχοντα Μιράζ 2000 μιας νέας έγχρωμης ψηφιακής οθόνης που σχεδιάστηκε και κατασκευάστηκε από την ελληνική αμυντική βιομηχανία Μiltech Ηellas, μέσα από την οποία ο πιλότος βλέπει όλες τις κρίσιμες πληροφορίες για τα εχθρικά αεροσκάφη, την κατάσταση του κινητήρα του, τους διαθέσιμους πυραύλους και βόμβες και άλλα στοιχεία πτήσης και μάχης. Μέχρι τώρα στα Μιράζ 2000 - μεταξύ αυτών και στα 32 ελληνικά- οι πληροφορίες αυτές απεικονίζονταν σε ασπρόμαυρη αναλογική οθόνη που με τον χρόνο προκαλούσε προβλήματα. Ο σχεδιασμός και η ανάπτυξη από την ελληνική εταιρεία απαίτησαν εργασία 4 ετών και κόστισαν 5 εκατ. ευρώ με χρηματοδότηση στο πλαίσιο αντισταθμιστικών ωφελημάτων από τη γαλλική εταιρεία πυραύλων ΜΒDΑ.

Η νέα ψηφιακή οθόνη δοκιμάστηκε την περασμένη εβδομάδα στην Τανάγρα με επιτυχία, γεγονός που την καθιστά «με τη βούλα» το πιο υψηλής τεχνολογίας ελληνικό προϊόν σε αεροσκάφος. Ήδη η Μiltech έκλεισε το πρώτο εξαγωγικό συμβόλαιο με την Αεροπορία του Περού. Σταδιακά θα «φορέσουν» την ελληνική Ηead Down Display και τα 220 Μιράζ 2000, καθώς διακόπτεται η παραγωγή της αναλογικής οθόνης.

Source: www.tanea.gr

Miltech"s website: http://www.miltech.gr/

[the daydreamer]

The main activity of HelioSphera is the production of thin-film photovoltaic panels with an annual capacity of 60 MW, using Oerlikon’s micromorph technology.

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/top_slide_200_1.jpg

This high technology investment enjoys significant R&D potential in cooperation with Greek universities and European technology institutions. The company is working in cooperation with the thin-film technology department at Patras University.

Efficient micromorph thin-film modules are manufactured according to the highest quality standards in our new production plant near Tripoli (Greece), which includes a clean room of over 1500 m² and constant climate control. With a capacity of 60 MW, the plant delivers more than 500,000 modules yearly with dimensions of 1.30m x 1.10m. 180 highly trained employees from all over the world ensure an international quality standard.

The company's corporate headquarters are in Athens.

[EngineerGreece]

For now they mostly export their goods. Now with the new law which makes planting photovoltaic panels easier and lets you sell power to the electricity company they will sell many pieces in Greek homes as well.

[the daydreamer]

For now they mostly export their goods. Now with the new law which makes planting photovoltaic panels easier and lets you sell power to the electricity company they will sell many pieces in Greek homes as well.

I hope so, Greece has an incredible amount of energy, much cleaner than oil or gas: the sun. Thanks God almost every Greek home has a thermal solar panel, now we just need more photovoltaic ones.

[Aggelos]

yes,and the more simplified law for solar panels for each home is ready these days...

[EngineerGreece]

Το έχω ξαναποστάρει αλλά μιας και το έφερε η κουβέντα :D

Κίνητρα για φωτοβολταϊκά

source: http://www.otenet.gr/portal/portal/i...doview=2028049

Κίνητρα για εγκατάσταση φωτοβολταϊκών στις στέγες των σπιτιών, με απλές διαδικασίες και αυξημένη τιμή πώλησης προς τη ΔΕΗ, της ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας, που θα παράγεται από τον ήλιο, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα ο υπουργός Ανάπτυξης, Κωστής Χατζηδάκης.

Το πρόγραμμα θα υλοποιηθεί με κοινή υπουργική απόφαση των υπουργών Οικονομίας, Ιω. Παπαθανασίου, ΠΕΧΩΔΕ, Γ. Σουφλιά και Ανάπτυξης Κ. Χατζηδάκη, η οποία θα υπογραφεί το επόμενο δεκαπενθήμερο.

Όπως υπογράμμισε ο υπουργός, η εγκατάσταση των φωτοβολταϊκών θα γίνεται χωρίς γραφειοκρατικές διαδικασίες στις πολεοδομίες, χωρίς υποχρέωση ανοίγματος βιβλίων στην Εφορία, χωρίς φορολόγηση ή αδειοδότηση από τη Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Ενέργειας και το υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης. Στις πολυκατοικίες η εγκατάσταση θα γίνεται με απόφαση της γενικής συνέλευσης των συνιδιοκτητών και με την πλειοψηφία που προβλέπει ο κανονισμός.

Η ΔΕΗ θα αγοράζει την ενέργεια, που θα παράγουν τα φωτοβολταϊκά, προς 55 λεπτά την κιλοβατώρα, τιμή που ισχύει για όσες συμβάσεις υπογραφούν το 2009, 2010 και 2011 και θα είναι εγγυημένη για 25 χρόνια με τιμαριθμική αναπροσαρμογή. Με τα δεδομένα αυτά η απόσβεση της επένδυσης θα γίνεται σε διάστημα περίπου πέντε ετών.

Σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία, που έδωσε ο γενικός γραμματέας του υπουργείου, Κ. Μουσουρούλης:

-Ένα μέσο νοικοκυριό καταναλώνει 5.000 - 7.000 κιλοβατώρες το χρόνο.

-Ένας φωτοβολταϊκός σταθμός ισχύος 1 κιλοβάτ παράγει κατά μέσο όρο 1300 κιλοβατώρες το χρόνο.

-Συνεπώς, οι ανάγκες του νοικοκυριού καλύπτονται με φωτοβολταϊκό ισχύος 5 κιλοβάτ, που κοστίζει περί τις 25.000 ευρώ και για την εγκατάστασή του απαιτείται επιφάνεια 80 τ.μ.

Η ΔΕΗ θα συμψηφίζει το λογαριασμό με την αξία του ρεύματος, που θα αγοράζει από το νοικοκυριό. Αν η αξία της παραγωγής είναι μεγαλύτερη από τις χρεώσεις της ΔΕΗ, ο λογαριασμός θα είναι πιστωτικός.

Εκτός από τους ιδιώτες, δυνατότητα εγκατάστασης φωτοβολταϊκών, με τις συγκεκριμένες προϋποθέσεις και κίνητρα, θα έχουν και μικρές ή πολύ μικρές επιχειρήσεις, που απασχολούν έως δέκα εργαζόμενους και κάνουν τζίρο μέχρι 2 εκατ. ευρώ.

Η διαδικασία για την εγκατάσταση και λειτουργία του φωτοβολταϊκού, θα κοστίζει 300 - 500 ευρώ, θα ολοκληρώνεται το πολύ σε 70 ημέρες και θα περιλαμβάνει πέντε βήματα: κατάθεση αίτησης για προσφορά σύνδεσης στη ΔΕΗ, έγκριση εργασιών μικρής κλίμακας από την Πολεοδομία, υπογραφή συμβάσεων σύνδεσης και πώλησης της ενέργειας με τη ΔΕΗ και ενεργοποίηση της σύνδεσης. Όλες οι λεπτομέρειες της διαδικασίας θα καθοριστούν με την υπουργική απόφαση, ενώ θα υπάρξει και εγκύκλιος από το ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ για τεχνικές - αισθητικές παραμέτρους.

Ο κ. Χατζηδάκης και ο υφυπουργός Ανάπτυξης, Γ.Μπούγας, ανακοίνωσαν, επίσης, μέτρα για διευκόλυνση της εγκατάστασης φωτοβολταϊκών στο έδαφος, σύμφωνα με τα οποία, τα πάνελ θα μπορούν να εγκαθίστανται και σε μη άρτια και οικοδομήσιμα οικόπεδα, ενώ καταργείται η υποχρέωση έκδοσης οικοδομικής άδειας. Επιπλέον, απλοποιείται η διαδικασία για την αξιοποίηση γεωθερμικών πεδίων.

Σύμφωνα με τον κ. Χατζηδάκη, με τα μέτρα αυτά θα υπάρξει οικονομικό όφελος για τους πολίτες, τονώνεται η αγορά και ανακουφίζεται το ηλεκτρικό σύστημα της χώρας, ειδικά τις ώρες αιχμής του καλοκαιριού.

«Η Ελλάδα έχει την πρωτιά στην Ευρώπη με τους ηλιακούς θερμοσίφωνες, θέλουμε σε λίγα χρόνια να έχουμε την αντίστοιχη πρωτιά στα φωτοβολταϊκά», τόνισε ο υπουργός Ανάπτυξης.

[the daydreamer]

-Συνεπώς, οι ανάγκες του νοικοκυριού καλύπτονται με φωτοβολταϊκό ισχύος 5 κιλοβάτ, που κοστίζει περί τις 25.000 ευρώ και για την εγκατάστασή του απαιτείται επιφάνεια 80 τ.μ.


It is still a bit expensive, but the same thing was at the beginning with thermal solar panels. Let's hope people (especially rich people, at least at the beginning) understand photovoltaic panels are necessary, and that they could also bring money into our pockets.

[EngineerGreece]

It's quite expensive yes. But... in five years the cost will be dumped by selling power to the electricity company and not paying any bills. It's even better than buying a new car. The best investment I can say.... ;)

[the daydreamer]

Let's hope :) Back to topic now, I'm surprised nobody wrote about one of my favourite chocolate brands, ION chocolate factory. It was founded in 1930, and its biggest factory is in Athens.

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/Immagine3-1.png (my favourite)

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/Immagine6.png http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/Immagine4-1.png http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/Immagine2-1.png

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/Immagine1.png http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww320/daydreamer123_photos/Immagine5.png (Serano is also very good, but too sweet in my opinion)

[EngineerGreece]

ION one of the best Greek chocolates. But you forgot the most important ones:

Ion Milk Chocolate (The original Ion chocolate)
https://www.christosmarketplace.com/greek-chocolate-ion-100g-s.jpg

Ion Noisetta (In every house you visit they are going to treat you one of these awesome milk, with a hole hazelnut little chocolates)
http://minosimports.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ion%20noisetta.JPG

Break (I love the one with the coconut stuffing)
http://www.laikogroup.com/images/products/small/32085.jpg

Sokofreta. (Wafer chocolate. A true legend!!!)
http://bol.okmarkets.gr/eCatalog/eCatUploadFiles/AttributeValues/images/3/attrimg3_7893.jpg

[1821]

It's quite expensive yes. But... in five years the cost will be dumped by selling power to the electricity company and not paying any bills. It's even better than buying a new car. The best investment I can say.... ;)

They do this in Australia now, you still pay electricity bills.
If it was set up so the consumer pays no monthly or quarterly bills, then electricity companies would block such initiatives from being established because they'd be loosing money.

[EngineerGreece]

^^

With the new law you can sell electricity to the company and if you cut the electricity supply how will you pay any bills? Don't forget that the company is PUBLIC, on top of that they are buying oil and gas to run their factories paying billions every year. So I think they wish people to produce their own electricity. Less electricity demand less oil in use. And all the extra power produced can be sold to other countries outside Greece.

So this is only good...

[1821]

Well I don't know, doesn't make sense to me for an electricity company to start buying electricity from consumers, rather then selling it, how else will they make money?

Anyway...

http://minosimports.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ion%20noisetta.JPG

Every time I go to Greece or someone else, I make sure to bring some of this back or have some brought back. Can't get enough of it.

[EngineerGreece]

Me neither. Especially when I go to my grandmothers home I grab at least a handful of them :lol:. This little chocolate is like from heaven.

[Ares_K]

Website : http://www.motomarine.gr

Motomarine was established in 1962 and today is engaged with commercial and military boat building.

Magna 35C Lightning
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/ship1.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/ship2.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/ship3.jpg

Panther 57 MKII patrol boat, twin jet engines, 50+ Knots max speed
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/ggg.jpg



SAR 60 ARUN/MK II Class
Search and Rescue Boat
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z222/Ares_K_album/800px-20070407-Zea-NG513-b.jpg

[Bel Ludovic]

I love ION. I love everything about them: their branding, their packaging and of course the taste...

Whenever I go to Greece I bring back Amigdalou bars (milk chocolate with almonds) for co-workers back in London. They go nuts for it (no pun intended). ION should really start exporting their products here, because the Brits who know it... love it!

[Olympios]

Since you brought the thread up, I'll post some news from the Hellenic Aerospace Industry.

-Miltech Hellas finalized the Head-Down Display for the upgraded Mirage 2000:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/9806/miltech.jpg

-The Pegasus II passed the operational trials and it seems to operate. It is guided by HellasSat-2 and used, among others, to help with the firefighting.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/9963/pegasus22.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1139/uav.jpg

-EAB has delivered the rear fuselage of nEUROn, part of the Greek participation in the program.

http://defence.e-e-e.gr/assets/081205a.jpg

An old photo of the nEUROn model:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6519/610xaio.jpg

-An article (http://www.dreamsys.gr/picam/geotropio.pdf) (in Greek) for the PDSM Project of the National Observatory of Athens. This is the Greek contribution on the upcoming BepiColombo mission of ESA to Mercury.
Two photos of the PDSM (which, if I'm not mistaken, is the first Greek-made device ever sent on space):

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9622/picture1ltd.png

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8620/picture2ocp.png

More info from their website:
http://www.dreamsys.gr/picam/index.aspx