- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- Ezzahra Tunisia
- IPO Date
- Jul 24, 2008
- Business
- Poulina Group Holding SA is a Tunisia-based diversified industrial conglomerate engaged in agribusiness, manufacturing, packaging, building materials, real estate, tourism, and services. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Ezzahra, Tunisia, the group operates through seven primary business segments: Poultry and Agri-food, Ceramic Tiles and Construction Materials, Metal and Mechanical Works, Packaging and Paper, Real Estate and Tourism, Wood and FMCG Distribution, and Services and Information Technology.
In the Poultry and Agri-food division, the company manufactures and distributes animal feed, premixes, and poultry nutrition; produces day-old chicks, broiler chickens, and table eggs; operates poultry slaughterhouses and meat processing facilities under the El Mazraa brand; and produces processed food items including biscuits, wafers, chocolates, margarines, dairy products, ice creams, fruit juices, and canned goods. In the Ceramic Tiles and Construction Materials division, the company manufactures and markets ceramic wall and floor tiles under the Carthago Ceramic brand, sanitary ware, roof tiles, and red bricks. In the Metal and Mechanical Works division, it produces galvanized steel tubes, welded steel pipes, structural metal frameworks, scaffolding, agricultural machinery, and industrial metal packaging. In the Packaging and Paper division, the company manufactures corrugated cardboard boxes, folding cartons, flexible plastic packaging, and recycled paper products. In the Real Estate and Tourism division, it engages in residential and commercial property development, hotel management, and leisure park operations, including the Medina Mediterranea cultural complex in Hammamet. In the Services and IT division, the group provides corporate IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud hosting, and data center services through its Dataxion subsidiary, alongside engineering, logistics, and wholesale commodity trading services.
Geographically, Poulina Group Holding SA operates extensive manufacturing, logistics, and distribution facilities across Tunisia, while maintaining international subsidiaries and commercial operations in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and France, with export distribution reaching broader European, African, and Middle Eastern markets.
Recent major corporate developments include the execution of group-wide energy transition and decarbonization projects, featuring the deployment of utility-scale rooftop and ground-mounted photovoltaic solar installations across its primary agro-industrial and manufacturing plants. The group has also expanded its technology infrastructure business through ongoing capacity extensions at its Dataxion Tier III data center to accommodate rising enterprise demand for sovereign cloud and colocation services in North Africa. Across its core industrial divisions, the company has completed capital expenditure programs focused on the automation and modernization of its Carthago Ceramic tile manufacturing plants, upgraded processing and cold-chain logistics capacities across the El Mazraa agro-food network, and expanded grain and raw material storage facilities. Additionally, Poulina Group Holding has intensified its export expansion strategies targeting Sub-Saharan Africa and neighboring Maghreb markets while continuing the operational restructuring and portfolio integration of its subsidiary network to streamline supply chain synergies and enhance capital allocation efficiency.