History
Papapolitis company was founded in 1967 by Konstantinos Papapolitis. The first shop opened in the center of Athens, a tiny shop of 27 square meters retailing sanitary ware and tiles.
In 1977 the company moved to a new, larger building of 1.000 square meters in Pagrati. This place acted as the headquarters of the company for almost 20 years.
After thirty years of hard work the company is proud to trade the best products of the sector and is also proud to serve loyal and satisfied customers.
The secret of our success is the very strong substructure: the quality, the reliability and the morals. The biggest asset of the company, its reputation, has finally been established.
During the last fifteen years the second generation took charge of the management, stepping on the same values introduced by the founder. The company has further developed, proceeding in the necessary administrative reorganization that came with the dawn of the 21st century. Innovation and teamwork were added to the list of the company values.
In 1997 the headquarters moved to Voula, where they remain so far.
In a short period of 10 years, four mega-showrooms were created, all of them in the Athens area. The first one in the south of Athens in Voula in the year 1997 (2,500 m2), the second one in the north, in Kifissia in 2002 (also 2,500 m2) , another one in the east, in Markopoulo Attica in 2005 (1,500 m2) and the newest one close to the center of Athens, in Agia Paraskevi in 2007 (1,000 m2).
In 1998 the company introduced the first Greek website of sanitary-ware and tiles (www.papapolitis.gr).
Additionally, the year 1998 also saw the company starting a collaboration with top companies of relative sectors of the construction business. This was done in an effort to offer more products to its customers. Step by step, various “shops in shop” were established inside Papapolitis stores: Kitchen furniture by the German Miele and the Italian Snaidero, Marble Stones by Sofikitis and indoor & outdoor Pool specialists by Interacqua.
In 2004 the Information Systems of the company were upgraded to use the SAP application, the leading ERP software in the world. Human resources and marketing departments were also created.
In 2005 the Logistics & Distributions Centre of the company was created in Markopoulo Attica (warehouse of 7.500 m2 in a plot of land of 20.000 m2) using the best contemporary technological solutions (SAP R3, WMS, RF labeling & bar-coding, lot monitoring etc). It has the potential to serve the future needs of the company.
At the same time two new departments were created. These were (a) the sales department for building constructors and (b) the sales department for special projects. These were created in order to cover the needs of big construction companies and hotels.
In the year 2006 we introduced the installation service “Full Package” («Με το Κλειδί στο χέρι») in order to cover the need of the proper installation of the products.
The “Full Package” service offers reliable installation, with the guarantee of the best plumbers and tiles-installers of the market.
In 2008 the company becomes the first Greek retailer of the sector to apply the international quality system (EN ISO 9001).
The year 2008 also saw the total renovation of the showroom of Voula, completed in 2010, presenting the new face of the company by upgrading the level of aesthetics and functionality.
Since 2012 Papapolitis company offers to its customers the “Best price guarantee”.
Since 2017 the company has strong presence in the social media: facebook, instagram, pinterest and youtube.
In 2020 a new shop in shop was created in the showroom of Voula, a kitchen furniture studio established by Snaidero by Gruppo Cucine.
This story of success is confirmed by the honor as one of the "Diamond” companies of the Greek industry and trade (according to the Statbank) and one of the “Strongest Companies in Greece” by ICAP. The last years the company was honored by many leading supplier companies as "the best dealer of the year".
Today, during the global financial crisis and despite the decrease in turnover, the company continues increasing its market share. It has been established as one of the leading names of the building sector in Greece, while it continues the development and the continuous effort to achieve and maintain our philosophy of “Total Quality”.
