SIOF – Société Industrielle Oléicole de Fès

The Société Industrielle Oléicole de Fès (SIOF) was founded in 1961 by the Lahbabi family, starting with olive crushing, olive-pomace oil extraction and olive canning. In 1966 it was authorised to build an edible-oil refinery, and in 1972 it added packaging manufacture and oil bottling. The company states that its core activities are olive crushing, pomace-oil extraction, edible-oil refining, packing of table oil, olive oil and sunflower oil, and canning of olives and capers; it also makes harissa, preserved lemon and harira soup. It supplies oils in flexitanks, in bulk, and in glass and PET bottles, under brands including Andaloussia and Inaoune. It is based in the Dokkarat industrial zone of Fès with a second site in the Sidi Brahim industrial zone. It states that it exports to 30 countries and employs about 220 people, and it displays FSSC 22000, IFS Food, Star-K Kosher and Halal certifications.