SG initial stages exists since year 1947 when the founder, Mr. Omar Sankar, established his initial business ventures in the automotive sector while the family was already well establish in the food wholesale business. The inherited talents of the family led them to set up several chains of workshops in different Syrian cities which focused mainly on building wood and metal trailer containers and tankers, besides car maintenance.
In 1960 those workshops were integrated into one big industrial group holding the name of Omar Sankar Company. The FACTORY, as it was known at that time, was primarily specialized in fabrication of different types of bodies for any transport vehicles, chassis and heads.
The line of production ranged from wooden or steel platform trailers and sidewalk semi-trailers, to large drinking water and industrial tanks. Applying the finest Technology and know-how of those days, Omar Sankar Company soon became prominent in the region as one of the premium manufacturers of tankers, truck-bodies and trailers.
In 1977, Dr. Ihsan Sankar who was well experienced in his father’s business became the CEO of the company.
In 1982, Dr. Ihsan Sankar the decided to renovate his father’s food processing plant which was carrying the official manufacturing license No.’1′ in Syria in 1954 and which is considered now as one of the most sophisticated plant of its kind in the region.
In 1983, with a long experience in the automotive sector, Sankar family became the exclusive agent of Mercedes-Benz in Syria for three decades. This was followed by exclusive agencies for Syria of Porsche and Daimler Chrysler vehicles, Michelin and Continental tires, and many other companies in the years to follow. In the 1990s and 2000s Sankar family was one of the leading business families in Syria with a vast diversified businesses.
In January 1997, the holding was the first privately owned company in Syria to obtain the ISO 9002 certificate for quality of products and services.