Achdut Factory for Tahini Halva and Sweets (Achdut-Achva)
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אחדות בית חרושת לטחינה חלבה וממתקים בע"מ (אחדות-אחוה)
Head office: 39 Yasmin St., Ariel West Industrial Zone, 4070000 Ariel, Occupied Palestinian Territory. Tel.: +972-3-9068020
A private Israeli food manufacturer. The company specializes in the production of sesame products: Tahini, Halva and bakery products, sold under the brand name Achva.
In 2022, the company held a 36% market share in tahini, 56% in halva, and 26% in cakes, in the Israeli market. About 20% of the company's products are intended for export and sold in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, the CIS countries, Western Europe, and Central and North America.
Settlement Production
The company’s main production and logistics facilities are located in the Ariel West Industrial Zone in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. This industrial zone is built on lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Salfit.
Achdut operates a production complex in the Ariel West Industrial Zone, which includes a tahini and halva production factory, a baked goods factory, and a logistics center, occupying a total area of about at least 32,000 square meters.
In 2010, the company inaugurated a 14,000 square meters production facility in the Ariel West Industrial Zone. In 2011, the company began construction of a second factory in the Industrial Zone with an additional 10,000 square meters. In 2017, the company began construction of an additional factory in the industrial zone at an estimated cost of NIS 25 million, adjacent to its existing 8,000 square meters logistics center.
The company has an additional address in the Barkan Industrial Zone near the settlement of Barakn in the occupied West Bank.
For more than a decade, the company received millions of NIS indemnifications intended for Israeli manufacturers based in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan.
The company received indemnification from the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry under the budget line for the “indemnification of exporters from Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and the Golan” through the Israeli Export Institute. In 2022, the company received NIS 89,013 under this budget. In 2021, the company received NIS 496,450, and in 2020, NIS 713,824. Between 2011 and 2017, the company received a total of additional NIS 1,579,363.
Ariel University
Achdut has an academic partnership with Ariel University in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Students from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management are partners in a project at the Achva factory.
Food supply for the Israeli military
The company is an authorized supplier of the Israeli military and security forces.
In 2019, the Israeli Ministry of Defense purchased 21 tons of sweets from the company for Israeli soldiers.
In 2007, the company signed an agreement with the IMOD to supply raw tahini, halva, cakes and cookies to the Israeli military’s kitchens and combat rations. The scope of the agreement amounted to NIS 5.5 million.
Interestingly, upon the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, the company decided to stop selling its products to the Palestinian market, which then constituted 25% of the company's sales, and to focus on exporting its products internationally.
Achdut products are sold in the online stores of Amazon, Walmart, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Sayona UK.
A private Israeli food manufacturer. The company specializes in the production of sesame products: Tahini, Halva and bakery products, sold under the brand name Achva.
In 2022, the company held a 36% market share in tahini, 56% in halva, and 26% in cakes, in the Israeli market. About 20% of the company's products are intended for export and sold in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, the CIS countries, Western Europe, and Central and North America.
Settlement Production
The company’s main production and logistics facilities are located in the Ariel West Industrial Zone in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. This industrial zone is built on lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Salfit.
Achdut operates a production complex in the Ariel West Industrial Zone, which includes a tahini and halva production factory, a baked goods factory, and a logistics center, occupying a total area of about at least 32,000 square meters.
In 2010, the company inaugurated a 14,000 square meters production facility in the Ariel West Industrial Zone. In 2011, the company began construction of a second factory in the Industrial Zone with an additional 10,000 square meters. In 2017, the company began construction of an additional factory in the industrial zone at an estimated cost of NIS 25 million, adjacent to its existing 8,000 square meters logistics center.
The company has an additional address in the Barkan Industrial Zone near the settlement of Barakn in the occupied West Bank.
For more than a decade, the company received millions of NIS indemnifications intended for Israeli manufacturers based in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan.
The company received indemnification from the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry under the budget line for the “indemnification of exporters from Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and the Golan” through the Israeli Export Institute. In 2022, the company received NIS 89,013 under this budget. In 2021, the company received NIS 496,450, and in 2020, NIS 713,824. Between 2011 and 2017, the company received a total of additional NIS 1,579,363.
Ariel University
Achdut has an academic partnership with Ariel University in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Students from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management are partners in a project at the Achva factory.
Food supply for the Israeli military
The company is an authorized supplier of the Israeli military and security forces.
In 2019, the Israeli Ministry of Defense purchased 21 tons of sweets from the company for Israeli soldiers.
In 2007, the company signed an agreement with the IMOD to supply raw tahini, halva, cakes and cookies to the Israeli military’s kitchens and combat rations. The scope of the agreement amounted to NIS 5.5 million.
Interestingly, upon the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, the company decided to stop selling its products to the Palestinian market, which then constituted 25% of the company's sales, and to focus on exporting its products internationally.
Achdut products are sold in the online stores of Amazon, Walmart, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Sayona UK.
Achdut Factory for Tahini Halva and Sweets (Achdut-Achva)
אחדות בית חרושת לטחינה חלבה וממתקים בע"מ (אחדות-אחוה)
Head office: 39 Yasmin St., Ariel West Industrial Zone, 4070000 Ariel, Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Tel.: +972-3-9068020
A private Israeli food manufacturer. The company specializes in the production of sesame products: Tahini, Halva and bakery products, sold under the brand name Achva.
In 2022, the company held a 36% market share in tahini, 56% in halva, and 26% in cakes, in the Israeli market. About 20% of the company's products are intended for export and sold in Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, the CIS countries, Western Europe, and Central and North America.
Settlement Production
The company’s main production and logistics facilities are located in the Ariel West Industrial Zone in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. This industrial zone is built on lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Salfit.
Achdut operates a production complex in the Ariel West Industrial Zone, which includes a tahini and halva production factory, a baked goods factory, and a logistics center, occupying a total area of about at least 32,000 square meters.
In 2010, the company inaugurated a 14,000 square meters production facility in the Ariel West Industrial Zone. In 2011, the company began construction of a second factory in the Industrial Zone with an additional 10,000 square meters. In 2017, the company began construction of an additional factory in the industrial zone at an estimated cost of NIS 25 million, adjacent to its existing 8,000 square meters logistics center.
The company has an additional address in the Barkan Industrial Zone near the settlement of Barakn in the occupied West Bank.
For more than a decade, the company received millions of NIS indemnifications intended for Israeli manufacturers based in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan.
The company received indemnification from the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry under the budget line for the “indemnification of exporters from Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and the Golan” through the Israeli Export Institute. In 2022, the company received NIS 89,013 under this budget. In 2021, the company received NIS 496,450, and in 2020, NIS 713,824. Between 2011 and 2017, the company received a total of additional NIS 1,579,363.
Ariel University
Achdut has an academic partnership with Ariel University in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. Students from the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management are partners in a project at the Achva factory.
Food supply for the Israeli military
The company is an authorized supplier of the Israeli military and security forces.
In 2019, the Israeli Ministry of Defense purchased 21 tons of sweets from the company for Israeli soldiers.
In 2007, the company signed an agreement with the IMOD to supply raw tahini, halva, cakes and cookies to the Israeli military’s kitchens and combat rations. The scope of the agreement amounted to NIS 5.5 million.
Interestingly, upon the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada in 1987, the company decided to stop selling its products to the Palestinian market, which then constituted 25% of the company's sales, and to focus on exporting its products internationally.
Achdut products are sold in the online stores of Amazon, Walmart, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Sayona UK.
Ownership
The company is owned by Ya'acov Malach (75%) and Tsipora Malach (25%) through Achdut Achva Holdings Ltd.
Subsidiaries
Achdut Achva Holdings also fully owns Achdut Achva (Z.Y.M) Property (2007) and Achdut Achva Property (2004), both are also listed in the settlement of Ariel.
Partners
Achdut products are sold in the online stores of Amazon, Walmart, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Sayona UK.
* This section refers to the company's general business partners