The Group’s History

Cevital is a family-run Group whose success and reputation are rooted in its history, its track record and its values.

As the first private Algerian company to have invested in a wide variety of business sectors, it has passed significant historical milestones to achieve the size and recognition it enjoys today.

From the food-processing and mass distribution industry to electronics and domestic appliances, the iron and steel industry, the flat glass industry, industrial construction, the automobile industry, services and the media, etc.; as these investments have been made, the Cevital Group has focused on the key principle of creating an economic unit.

With the support of its 18,000 employees located on three continents, it is the flagship of the Algerian economy, working continuously to create jobs and wealth.

historical stages of group

1971

LAUNCH OF METAL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS*

  • *1971 SOCOMEG (ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN THE COMPANY)
  • 1975 PROFILOR (CREATION)
  • 1979 SOTECOM (ACQUISITION)
  • 1984 SACM (ACQUISITION)
  • 1985 ENALUX (CREATION)
  • 1986 NORD METAL (CREATION)
  • 1986 METALLOR (CREATION)

1988

CREATION OF METAL SIDER (STEEL MANUFACTURING)

1991

ACQUISITION OF IBM ACTIVITIES IN ALGERIA

CREATION OF THE DAILY NEWSPAPER, LIBERTE

1997

CREATION OF HYUNDAI MOTORS ALGERIA

1998

CREATION OF CEVITAL SPA

FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY

2006

CREATION OF NUMIDIS AND IMMOBIS;
ACQUISITION OF COJEK

2007

SAMHA - SAMSUNG PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION /
CREATION OF MFG (FLAT GLASS)

2008

NOLIS - MARINE TRANSPORTATION /
COMMERCIALIZATION OF FLAT GLASS IN EUROPE /
CREATION OF NUMILOG

2009

INCREASE IN SUGAR PRODUCTION BY 1 MLN T/YEAR

2013

OXXO (France) / ALAS (SPAIN)

2014

BRANDT (FRANCE) / AFERPI (ITALY) FORMERLY LUCCHINI PIOMBINO