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  • 1921
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    The beginning

    Abraham Minov Chalyovski is known by his contemporaries as the ‘Bulgarian Ford’. One of the biggest industrialists in Bulgaria, founder of the first tahini halva factory. The shepherd from Galichnik – Western Macedonia after the Liberation of Bulgaria emigrated in Sofia, where he sold boza in the streets of the capital.

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  • 1936
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    Battery installation ‘Bogaig’

    Тhe third branch of the company was founded by Chalyovski in 1936 at Iskar station. Vegetable oils, starch and glucose were produced there. The battery installation ‘Bogaig’ from Berlin was mounted. Cooper’s workshop for packaging was built. In the factory in Sofia he had his own printing house for labels and advertising templates.

  • 1947-1948

    State industrial factory ‘Geo Milev’

    Later in 1947 General Partnership ‘Abraham Chalyovski’ – factory for vegetable oils, glucose and starch in Sofia, Iskar station, together with the available movable and immovable properties was nationalized and State industrial factory ‘Geo Milev’ was established, as significant extension and re-equipping was performed. By NOTICE No. 17-48-VI / St. Gazette No. 22, 29 January 1948 / – was announced, that in compliance with the definition of the Court, the company department under.

    DIRECTOR KOSTA DIMITROV MADZHIROV

    No. 69 of January 16, 1948, was entered in the Single trade register under No. 17, from 1948, that in accordance with Art. 3, par. new from the Law on self-support of state and state-autonomous business enterprises was established on the basis of self-support the State Union ‘Sugar and Confectionery Products’, with registered address: city of Sofia, 16 ‘Slavyanska’ Str. The subject of the enterprise was: production of sugar and confectionery products, glucose, starch, dextrin, crystal glue. The company was managed and owed by the chief director, as Kosta Minov Madzhirov was appointed for such.

  • 1950
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    Bas-relief of Geo Milev

    On August 02, 1950 blast erupted in the workshop for production of vegetable oils in the factory; the workshop was entirely destroyed, the victims were 11. In their memory was erected a monument with bas-relief of Geo Milev, which to this day is found on the territory of the factory.

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  • 1975-1977
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    Crystal and medicinal glucose

    In 1975 a new factory for the production of crystal and medicinal glucose was put into operation.

    In 1977 the production of liquid glucose sharply increased and reached 40 t per day.

  • 1985
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    Grain foods and fodder industry

    In 1985 Economic Association ‘Grain Foods and Fodder Industry’ was founded, in which the factory for starch and glucose ‘Geo Milev’ was included.

  • 1991
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    The factory ‘Geo Milev’ went out of the Economic Association ‘Grain Foods and Fodder Industry’

    By Decree No. 176/05.09.1991 of the Council of Ministers and the Annex to it , it is evident that the factory for starch and glucose ‘Geo Milev’ went out of the composition of the Economic Association ‘Grain Foods and Fodder Industry’. The association was registered by Decision from 14.11.1991 by Sofia City Court – Company Department and published in State Gazette No. 108/91 and the same was represented and managed before third persons by the manager – Atanas Chorapchiev.

  • 1996
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    Manager Lachezar Mladenov

    By Decision No. 2 / 03.12.1996 of Sofia City Court – Company Department, on the basis of Order No. 573/07.10.1996  by the Minister of agriculture and food industry, was entered the change in the management of ‘Geo Milev’ OOD and Lachezar Mladenov was appointed for manager.

  • 2000-2005

    Association GM OOD became entirely private property

    The basic sphere of activity of the association is focused on the production of starch, glucose, dextrin and high quality ethyl alcohol. In 2005 a complete renewal of machines, equipment and technology in the enterprise was performed.

    Complete renewal of equipment

    The basic sphere of activity of the association is focused on the production of starch, glucose, dextrin and high quality ethyl alcohol. In 2005 a complete renewal of machines, equipment and technology in the enterprise was performed.

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  • 2010
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    Gas installation with self-power supply

    GM OOD invested funds for the construction of a gas installation with steam and self-power supply for the production capacities. Boiler steam plant was built, powered by natural gas. GM OOD invested funds for the construction of a gas installation with steam and self-power supply for the production capacities. Boiler steam plant was built, powered by natural gas.

  • 2015-2016
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    Factory for the production of ethyl alcohol, fermodyl and glucose syrups

    With the aim of maximum satisfaction of the client’s requirements for the quantity and quality of our products, in 2015 the company started the realisation of a great investment project, which will increase the efficiency of production and the energy security of processes, in the following directions: factory for the production of ethyl alcohol, factory for the production of DDG’s with the trade name fermodyl, installation for the production of glucose and glucose syrups, laboratory.

  • 1921
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  • 1950
  • 1975-1977
  • 1985
  • 1991
  • 1996
  • 2000-2005
  • 2010
  • 2015-2016
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1921

The beginning

Several years later with the money earned he bought pastry shop for Turkish delight and boza.

The small Jacan grew into a factory, which besides tahini halva produced sesame oil. Chalyovski established his second factory in 1921 in Burgas and he also established a factory for confectionery products.

The shepherd from Galichnik – Western Macedonia after the Liberation of Bulgaria emigrated to Sofia, where the same sold boza in the steets of the capital.

The two companies in Sofia and Burgas were named ‘Industrial house for the production of confectionery products, vegetable oil, tahini, cocoa, chocolate, biscuits, caramel, etc., founded in 1898 by Abraham Chalyovski’.  Apart from entrepreneurship, Abraham Chalyovski is famous for his extensive charity activities. He made a great donation to the Zograf Monastery, which on its turn gave him the icon of St. Spyridon the Wonderworker, who is the patron of the company.

He also donated a chapel to the Church of the Assumption of St. Ivan Rilski in the Rila Monastery. At Chalyovski’s lived and worked the famous woodcarver from Tryavna Gencho Marangozov for 17 years, who created a number of masterpieces. Furthermore, Chalyovski donated through his will aids, worth 550 000 BGN to the Bigorski Monastery, Church ‘St. Petka’ in his native village, ‘St. Dimitar’ in Burgas and ‘St. Nicholas of Sofia’ in Sofia.

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1950

Bas-relief of Geo Milev

Geo Milev – Georgi Kasabov Milev is a Bulgarian poet and literary critic, follower and defender of symbolism and expressionism in Bulgaria, keen supporter of individualism and aestheticism, impressed by ‘modern’ German poetry. At the beginning of World War I he moved to London in order to get familiar with English literature and then moved to Germany to continue his education as he was arrested in Hamburg by the German police as an ‘English spy’.

After returning to Bulgaria, he began to promote the works of the European modern poets. In March 1916 he was mobilized and in 1917 he was wounded, as a result of which he lost his left eye. He passed a surgery in Berlin (staying there until 1919). In Bulgaria he issued a magazine, called ‘Vezni’ (1919-1921).

His evolution towards revolutionary ideas found expression in the new magazine ‘Plamak’ (1925), which was suspended because of the poem ‘September’, as in accordance with the Law on State Protection the author was sentenced to 1-year prison and a fine amounting to 20 000 BGN. He was arrested on 15.05.1925 and then he was considered for ‘missing’.

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2000

Complete renewal of equipment

The basic sphere of activity of the association is focused on the production of starch, glucose, dextrin and high quality ethyl alcohol. In 2005 was performed entire renewal of the machines, equipment and technology in the enterprise. Completely renewed was the machine park of the silos for grain and sugar syrups. The whole production and technological process – from input to output – was entirely automated. The introduced automation entirely includes, controls and maintains the production processes and thus guarantees high quality of all produced in GM OOD products.

The implementation of strict input and output control of raw materials, packages and ready products, ensures permanently high quality of the performed products.

Good and constant quality, professionalism at work and correct partnership – this is the formula of success of GM OOD – city of Sofia.

Thanks to the qualified and well-motivated personnel, the company is aimed at providing its clients with the best products.

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