From One Machine to a Global Manufacturer
Fleafel began in 1987 with one sewing machine and one workshop in Tulkarm. Eng. Zeid Othman founded it on a straightforward proposition: that bedding of the standard the world's hotels buy could be made in Palestine. Growing demand turned the workshop into a full-scale factory by 1995, and in 2000 the business was incorporated as Fleafel Company for Trading and Textile Industries and organised into five departments. Today it runs 3,600 square metres and 70 people, and exports to the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Japan.
Timeline
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1987
The beginning
One sewing machine, one workshop, and a decision to build a textile business in Palestine.
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1995
Building the foundation
Growing demand turns the workshop into a full-scale factory.
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2000
Formal establishment
Incorporated as Fleafel Company for Trading and Textile Industries, organised into five departments: cutting, sewing, quilting and embroidery, finishing and quality control, and packing and dispatch.
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2000s
Export markets open
Premium bedding exported to the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Japan.
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Today
Today
3,600 m², 70 people, 50 production machines, 35,000 pieces a month.
Craft since 1987. Incorporated as Fleafel Company for Trading and Textile Industries in 2000.