{"id":3745,"date":"2025-04-24T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T15:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papoutsanis.wpdev247.com\/who-we-are\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T06:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:43:45","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papoutsanis.wpdev247.com\/en\/who-we-are\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From the first steam-powered olive oil and soap factory on Lesbos in 1870 to Europe\u2019s largest soap manufacturer. This is Papoutsanis.<\/span>
\n<\/span>With more than 155 years of heritage and deep expertise in the art of daily living, it remains a purely Greek company, with a history and achievements that shaped the soap category in Greece and paved the way for modern personal care products.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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\n Lesbos, 1870. The olive-covered island in the North Aegean inspired the visionary and entrepreneur of the time, Dimitris Papoutsanis, to build the region\u2019s first steam-powered olive oil and soap factory. Using pure vegetable oils as select raw materials, he began producing green olive oil soap, paving the way for the creation of a historic company that continues its successful journey to this day.\n <\/div>\n\n \n