orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2011 prapopoulos bros s.a. is a privately owned company involved in the production and distribution of agricultural industrial and vineyard equipment based in patras greece . it is one of the 25 oldest surviving firms in greece 1 . contents 1 business activities 2 history 3 chairmen of the board of directors 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links business activities edit prapopoulos bros s.a. business activities include the manufacture and wholesale distribution of gardening and agricultural spraying machinery . industrial spraying machinery . agricultural dusting machinery tools and professional equipment for home and garden . tanks and containers suitable for the storage of liquid foods . enological equipment covering the home wine making lifecycle . history edit the company was founded in 1886 by constantine and george prapopoulos 2 and in 1929 and became an anonumous company acronym s.a. . the company engaged itself with the manufacture of crop sprayers pins nails cutlery aluminum utensils portable gas cookers and other metallic products . due to the appearance of mildew in the vineyards at the time sprayers ranked first in the products produced by the company since as it is known at the time the port of patras had a significant position in the export of raisins . soon the company began to grow and in 1893 a new manufacturing plant was built in the centre of patras . in 1898 the greek palace awarded the company the title by appointment producers of sprayers to the greek royal court of king george 1st . in 1900 the company won the silver medal groupe vii in classe 36 at the exposition universelle de paris and in 1900 a gold and silver award for its agricultural tools in the 1st exhibition of chania in crete . during the 1920s the company having enough installed capacity was able to sell electrical power to private businesses and the then electricity company of patras . in 1936 the company was awarded the special organizers prize of the 6th thessaloniki international trade fair commemorating 50 years of business . with the outbreak of the second world war the factory was bombarded by the italian air force . it remained in operation manufacturing caravans and canteens for the needs of the greek army up to the arrival of german troops in patras in the spring of 1941 . after the war the factory continued to operate normally although with some problems concerning disputes between its shareholders and in 1977 moved to new premises 2 500 m2 27 000 sq ft in the outskirts of patras . in 2006 it was awarded the special organizers prize of the 21st agrotica exhibition in thessaloniki commemorating this time 120 years of business . the company is currently employed in the manufacture and sale of plant protection equipment sprayers garden tools stainless steel containers for storing liquid foods and wine making equipment for the amateur winemaker . 3 many of the construction activities are currently being outsourced but and the company still manufactures in house the traditional line of copper sprayers . it also keeps in house and the final stages of assembly and quality control of its products . in recent years the company operates outside of greece cyprus macedonia and albania . chairmen of the board of directors edit constantine p. prapopoulos 1929 1932 george p. prapopoulos 1932 1958 marios g. prapopoulos 1958 1970 george m. prapopoulos 1970 1999 marios g. prapopoulos since 1999 references edit 25 longest surviving greek firms kathimerini newspaper greek sarafopoulos nikolas historical album of achaian industry 1825 1975 edition patras technological park pages 179 188 isbn 978 960 85817 3 9 general information about the company from the web site of prapopoulos bros s.a. further reading edit l.s. skartsis greek vehicle & machine manufacturers 1800 to present a pictorial history marathon 2012 isbn 978 960 93 4452 4 ebook see also the prapopoulos family greek article in the greek wikipedia external links edit official prapopoulos bros s.a. website greek icap greece retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title prapopoulos bros s.a. & oldid 743758175 categories agricultural machinery manufacturersmanufacturing companies of greececompanies based in patrasagriculture companies established in 1886manufacturing companies established in 18861886 establishments in greecegreek companies established in the 19th centuryhistory of patrasgreek brandshidden categories articles with greek language external linksorphaned articles from june 2011all orphaned articlesuse dmy dates from september 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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