Our History

1922

Mr. John D. Saracakis establishes in the city of Thessaloniki a business that will become one of the largest commercial and industrial Groups in Greece.

1922 – ’40

Many world-renowned companies, such as Renault, Fiat, Dunlop, Hudson and General Motors are represented and supported in Northern Greece by Saracakis company.

1941

The Head offices of Saracakis company are relocated to Athens.

1950

Volvo appoints Saracakis as its exclusive importer and distributor for Greece.

1956

Startup of the Apollon insurance brokerage firm.

1959

Ioannis D. Sarakakis meets Honda Motor during the first racing presence of a Honda motorcycle in Europe in the context of the Isle of Man T.T. At that point he decides to become the first Importer - Distributor of motorcycles of Japanese origin in Greece.

1962

The Group starts its construction activity.

1963

Honda Motorcycles and Mitsubishi Motors appoint Saracakis Group as their exclusive importer and distributor for Greece.

1965

The first Volvo buses are delivered from Saracakis industrial facility. In the same year Komatsu appoints Saracakis as its exclusive importer and distributor for Greece.

1968

The cooperation with Honda is expanded to include passenger cars, marine engines and power products.

1977

The first articulated bus, of 18m length , nicknamed Dinosaur was first put into operation in the city of Thessaloniki. A simpler model based on the Volvo B10M frame was built for the district of Piraeus.

1987

The Group starts officially its cooperation with Irizar buses.

1999

The industrial sector of Saracakis Group manufactures 120 articulated buses for the Athens bus company ( ETHEL ). The model was named ATHÍNA and was the first tri-axle articulated bus to be produced worldwide. The bus had a low bottom floor across its entire length.

2000

The industrial sector of the Group innovates again with the production of the first stainless steel bus (40 buses for the city of Thessaloniki).

2001

The King of Sweden awards Dimitrios J. Saracakis the insignia of the Commander of the Royal Order of the Polar Star.

2002

Saracakis Group becomes the official importer and distributor of Renault trucks for Greece.

2005

The Group expands its activities in neighboring Bulgaria with the establishment of a subsidiary company that handles the development of Renault Trucks in the country. In the same year, the group begins its cooperation with the Chinese manufacturer Anhui Heli for the import and distribution of their forklifts in the Greek market. This year also marks the development of various company owed retail sites for passenger cars throughout the country.

2007

Saracakis Group signs an agreement with Volvo Construction Equipment for the import and distribution of their products in the Bulgarian market.

2009

The activities of the Group are expanded to the Cypriot market were it is awarded the import and distribution of Volvo Trucks and Buses.

2011

The Group becomes the official importer and distributor for the Italian warehouse equipment manufacturer OMG and the French generator set manufacturer SDMO.

2013

The Group expands in the battery and tire market and becomes the official importer and distributor of the following brands: Infinity, Titan, Apollo, and Kumho tires as well as Sigma Motion batteries.

2018

Activities are expanded into the agricultural sector by becoming the official importer and distributor of Massey Ferguson agricultural products in Greece.

2020

Financing and leasing operations are added through strategic partnership with Kinsen Hellas S.A.

2021

The Group expands its activities in neighboring Romania by becoming the distributor of Massey Ferguson establishing Sigma CVM Romania S.R.L in new, modern and functional facilities in Bucharest.

2022

Saracakis Group becomes the exclusive importer and distributor for Segway Powersports and Horwin motorcycles in Greece.

2023

Saracakis becomes the exclusive importer and distributor of Peugeot motocycles in Greece.

2024

The acquisition of En.Ser. S.A. leads to expansion of business activities into the promising Environmental Services sector.