Groupe Socota’s origins date back to 1930 when Socota, the Group’s first entity was founded as a textile trading company in Madagascar. In the late 1950’s, a new industrial venture began with the creation of a fabric mills - La Cotonnière d’Antsirabe (COTONA). Today the fabric mill forms a key part of SOCOTA Textiles and Apparel, our vertically integrated design, fabric, and garment operations offering unique fashion solutions to European and African markets.
Groupe Socota started to diversify its activities in Aquaculture with the establishment of OSO in 1976, which, in 2006, became the first world’s organic shrimp producer (AB Label).
Recently, Groupe Socota has further expanded with two new lines of business: Seafood Distribution – R & O – in Europe and Real Estate in Madagascar and Mauritius under the brand Socota Phoenicia.