History
January 30, 1990 is written in the hearts of the Kamchev family as a date when Ilija Kamchev founded "Orka", his own private company. The beginning of 1990 marked a beginning of a new era in the Macedonian economy. That day began to live a reality - creating a powerful company with its own capital and efforts. Successes of Orka that we are now proud of are preceded by hard work, selfless investment and skillful management, trust and security.
YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED...
1990-1999
- • Establishing the Orka Company
- • The first Orka store
- • The first production with 30 employees
- • Adidas, Silstar, Kettler, Rossignol, Stiga, Molten, Reebok and Bruggi dealership
- • Opening a duty free shop
- • The first Adidas store
- • The first women's clothing store
- • Evita Peroni dealership
- • Joint investment in production with the English company Jayroma and opening a factory in Kriva Palanka
- • General Representation of Fila and Wilson
- • Opening of the largest sports shop in the Balkans - Orka Gallery
- • Starting the Orka Basketball Club
- • Signed agreement to be general sponsor of the Macedonian sports team
- • Large retail expansion
2000-2009
- • Start of construction and opening of the Orka facility, that has 14.000m2 and is the largest investment in the private sector
- • The first serious investment in healthcare was made with the opening of the "Mala Bogorodica" Gynecological Hospital
- • Establishing companies in neighboring countries: Bulgaria, Federation of Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia
- • General representation of New Balance for all former Yugoslav states, Romania and Bulgaria
- • Opening the Orka Travel travel agency
- • Damat and Tween brands dealership
- • Customer Loyalty Award by forming the Orka Club
- • The largest shareholder in the sports newspaper "Makedonski Sport"
- • Orka opened its own stores in Sofia and Belgrade
- • Opening of production capacities in Delchevo, Demir Hisar and Krushevo with dynamic production development
- • Establishing the Kara brand, the first Macedonian export-oriented brand
- • Kara stores opened in Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro
- • Opening of a production capacity for shoes in Kumanovo
- • Opening of the first store for children's clothing (Kara Girls) in Skopje
- • General representation of Li-ning, the sports brand
- • Representation of Premaman brand and opening stores
- • Standardization of production and sale of fashion clothes, Certificate ISO 9001: 2008
2010-2019
- • Opening of Sistina, the first clinical hospital in Macedonia
- • Opening a medical office in Prishtina – Kosovo
- • Sistina Hospital became part of Acibadem Health Group, and the first hospital of the healthcare leader outside Turkey
- • Acibadem Sistina Hospital became part of the second largest hospital chain, the Malaysian group IHH
- • Acibadem Sistina Hospital received the golden seal of quality and safety from JCI - the most prestigious organization for hospital accreditation worldwide
- • Owner of the Media Print Macedonia media group
- • Opening of the first hotel Ibis Skopje City Center in Skopje, and then Ibis Styles as part of the ACCOR Hotel Group
- • Establishing PHI Nefroplus, the most sophisticated hemodialysis center in the country and the region
- • The Ilija Kamchev Foundation is actively involved in implementation of projects that contribute to the development of medicine, art and culture, humanitarian activity, sports and environmental protection
- • Shareholder at Stopanska Banka a.d. Bitola
- • Shareholder at ZK Pelagonija a.d. Bitola, a leading company within the agricultural business in Macedonia
- • Shareholder at Zdravje Radovo, the dairy for production of milk and dairy products
- • Shareholder at Zhito Polog a.d. - Tetovo for production of mill and bakery products
- • Shareholder at Beton Shtip, the construction trade company
2020 - ...
- • ISO/IEC 27001: 201 Management System Certificate