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The bottle cap king is Greek

Astir Vitogiannis has surpassed multinational giants

Newsroom January 13 11:39

35-year-old Stelios Vitogiannis creates 12 billion bottle caps per year. His company, Astir Vitogiannis, surpasses multinational giants in terms of production. Astir Vitogiannis began as a bottler but soon specialized in the creation of metal bottle caps used for glass bottles for beer or soft drinks.

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Mr. Vitogiannis, is the grandchild of the company’s founder, and has managed over the last five years to blitzkrieg his company across the international market with billions of bottle tops. 90% of his production covers the needs of 45 countries.

“The company has developed enough over the last five years, essentially doubling its size with steady, organic and healthy development each year,” says Mr. Vitogiannis in an interview with Fortune Greece. “We are continuing to lay the groundwork for further expansion and development, according to a carefully laid plan that takes into account international coincidence, possible weaknesses of the competition, and the current financial situation of our company and new opportunities we are trying to take advantage of as the situation proceeds.”

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