KARALIS SA – Epirus Dairy Industry

The dairy industry Karalis S.A. is the largest production and export industry of Kefalograviera PDO cheese. It started and continues to process sheep’s milk from Epirus and produce the well-known traditional cheeses of Epirus.

Over the years, it has continually improved the hygiene of its products and followed market demands for tasty and nutritious traditional products, available in various packaging options.

Although it has converted to a Joint Stock Company, the Karalis family remains the shareholders and manages the company at all levels.

The dairy industry Karalis S.A. is the largest production and export industry of Kefalograviera PDO cheese. It started and continues to process sheep’s milk from Epirus and produce the well-known traditional cheeses of Epirus.

Over the years, it has continually improved the hygiene of its products and followed market demands for tasty and nutritious traditional products, available in various packaging options.

Although it has converted to a Joint Stock Company, the Karalis family remains the shareholders and manages the company at all levels.

The company’s main competitive advantage lies in its experience in cheese making, good relationships with its suppliers, and the excellent reputation it has built and promoted worldwide for Epirus cheeses.

The Karalis family’s relationship with cheese making spans three generations. Mr. Konstantinos Karalis, raised in a dairy farming family, pursued the profession of cheese maker.

He established the first modern dairy in 1965 in Petra, Preveza, from where exports began in 1982. Initially, exports were to the United States and Canada, and shortly after to Australia.

In 1998, he created a new state-of-the-art dairy plant in Filothei, Arta, covering an area of ​​5,000 sq.m., capable of processing 120,000 kilograms of sheep’s milk per day.