Agrokomerc
Sign in to saveAgrokomerc is a food company headquartered in Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina with former operations extending across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. The company became internationally known in the late 1980s due to a corruption scandal known as the Agrokomerc Affair. During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fikret Abdić, the chief executive officer of the company, used his wealth and political influence to establish the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, an unrecognized state.
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Vinony's link graph records 265 inbound references to Agrokomerc, and connects out to food industry, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Vinony files it under Bosnian War, Companies of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Companies of Yugoslavia.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Agrokomerc
- Company.logo
- Agrokomerc.jpg
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo of Agrokomerc
- Company.type
- Food
- Company.industry
- Agriculture (farming and livestock) Food production (meat, dairy, baked goods, and processed foods) Poultry farming (egg and chicken production) Packaging and distribution of food products
- Company.foundation
- , in Velika Kladuša
- Company.founders
- Fikret Abdić
- Company.location_city
- Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Company.locations
- 200+ (peak)
- Company.area_served
- Region of the former Yugoslavia
- Company.num_employees
- 13,000+ (peak)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Initial growth
- Agrokomerc Affair{{anchor|The Affair}}
- In the war
- After the war
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Books
- Films
Agrokomerc is a food company headquartered in Velika Kladuša, Bosnia and Herzegovina with former operations extending across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. The company became internationally known in the late 1980s due to a corruption scandal known as the Agrokomerc Affair. During the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fikret Abdić, the chief executive officer of the company, used his wealth and political influence to establish the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia, an unrecognized state.
==Initial growth== Agrokomerc is located in an area that was put in an economic blockade by the Yugoslav Communist party immediately after World War II. At the time, the company consisted of one farm bordering Croatia.
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