
Half a century ago, in
1950 the founder of the group Mr.
Aphlaton Khandji started the first
endeavor of his business under the
company K&K with the aim of introducing
all kind of merchandise into the Syrian
market and to represent the
international exporting companies in
Syria.
In 1957 he directed his trade interests to the Far East countries,
especially China. Which at the time was
a young industrial country trying to
market its products in the whole world.
In order to take advantage of the
potential business opportunities Mr.
Aphlaton Khandji focused on the Chinese
market products and started to visit
China on regular basis. Essentially
being a pioneer in introducing the
Chinese products in Syria. China in turn
realized the first trade links under the
patronage of K&K and this straight
business relation flourished over 53
years until today.
In the early 1960s, he established a sister company specializing in
importing and distributing Hair Care &
Cosmetics products especially from West
Germany. In 1962 the firm of Khandji &
Zahka became the sole agent of Wella -
Germany in Syria producing and
distributing a wide range of Wella hair
Care products.
In 1968 he set up a new trading company under the trade name of Aphlaton
Khandji, taking on his own the handling
of the international business including
importing and exporting of raw
materials, chemical products, and
machinery.
His company represented also many of the European companies being their
agent and representative in Syria like
the firm of Elsa S A in Greece.
In 1984 he established a new company under the name of Khandji Trading
Co. joining the second generation of the
family together with him and its aim was
to handle a larger business and a wider
line of products.
For over 50 years our late founder Mr. Aphlaton Khandji was workeing very
hard to enlarge his companies and to
expand their activity successfully and
tried his utmost to build up his trading
companies reputation in Syria as well as
the neighboring countries and the
overall Middle East markets.
Currently, our second generation is enhancing the reputation and values
that have been brought to us from our
founder and father and thus we continue
to forge in his steps in managing and
enlarging our companies and their
services to our valued clients. |