Aiba Kompani

The entrepreneurial dynasty of the Duke brothers

Every dynasty or "empire" starts from a small, seemingly insignificant situation or act. With the courage and will inherited from generations, the two brothers Agron and Armand Duka started their journey in the business world in 1990 by opening a coffee bar in their hometown in Shijak, and with the income from this activity provided capital for trading then various household appliances such as "Beko", "Hilal" chocolates, with car trade, etc.

Four years later, on March 10, 1994, together with two other partners, they founded the company "Aiba" with the object of activity is the production and marketing of livestock feed for the existing poultry farms and small pig farms in Tirana, Kavajë, Elbasan, Lushnje. For this purpose, the Duka brothers privatized the former livestock feed factory (FUB) located in the Shkozet area. A few months later, in the warehouses of this factory, a new initiative and innovation for Albania of those times, the exclusive trading and servicing of "Scania" vehicles, would be initiated with the same desire.

Under the impetus of the free initiative that had undergone an "explosion" in Albania, in 1994, the shareholders of "Aiba" decided to invest in a flock with 5,000 heads, given that they had already stabilized livestock feed on the market.

Sacrifice and experience increased proportionally, the challenges for the "Aiba" company knew no limits. In the mid-90s, agreements were reached with well-known international companies such as "Divella" in 1995 and "Ariston" in 1996 for the exclusive marketing of their products in the Albanian territory.

In 1999, the sole shareholders of the "Aiba" conglomerate decided to invest in the expansion of the poultry farm by cooperating with the leading company in the construction and assembly of modern poultry houses "Facco", expanding it to a significant size and turning the "Aiba" company into one of the most important factors in the egg industry, where nowadays it has secured the position of leader in the egg production industry in Albania as well as livestock feed, counting 500,000 chickens, 110 million grains average annual production, 4,000m² premises production, storage.

In 2010, following the expansion of activity and investments within the production industry, by setting up the first organic fertilizer factory, the first of its kind for a chicken which processes its waste by turning it into organic fertilizer for agricultural farms.

During 2019, the company "Aiba" extended its activity with the pasteurized liquid egg line, an investment worth 1 million euros and with a "business to business" orientation. This investment has marked a new era for the "Aiba" company, where its dimensions have already exceeded the borders of Albania.