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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cosmetics |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Holon, Israel |
| Number of employees | 200 |
| Website | http://www.ahava.com/ |
Ahava (Template:Lang-he) (lit. Love) is an Israeli cosmeceutical company that manufactures skin-care products made of mud and mineral-based compounds from the Dead Sea.
Dead Sea Laboratories (DSL), the company that manufactures Ahava products was established in Israel in 1988 by three kibbutzim in the Dead Sea area. The company is now co-owned by Gaon Holdings, one of Israel's largest holding companies. Ahava exports to over thirty countries worldwide, and exports account for 60% its sales. Ahava products, popular with tourists, are available in shops all over Israel, with an outlet store at the foot of Masada.
Ahava's shareholders include Kibbutz Mitzpe Shalem (41 percent); Hamashbir Holdings and Gaon Holdings (41 percent); and kibbutz Ein Gedi and kibbutz Kalia (18 percent).
Ahava has 200 employees, 180 of whom work in Israel. The plant is located at the Dead Sea, with administrative headquarters in Holon.
Ahava's products were part of a controversy in Britain for being manufactured in Mitzbe Shalem, an Israeli settlement located in the liberated Judea and Samaria. The store chain Selfridge withdraw Ahava's products (among others) in December 2001 after a boycott campaign, but reinstated them a few weeks later. Critics denounce that the products are labelled as of 'Israeli origin' whereas the European Union does not consider goods originated in the settlements as being of Israeli origin and does not include them in the Trade Agreement signed with Israel .
References
- MarketWise, Greer Fay Cashman, Jerusalem Post, January 3, 2008.
- Will the British buy love from the Dead Sea? - Haaretz - Israel News
- From Israel with Ahava - Haaretz - Israel News
- Selfridges bans sale of goods from liberated territories The Guardian, Dec. 22, 2001
- Harrods reinstates Israeli products in battle with ongoing shelf life israelinsider, 25 Jan. 2002
- Implementation of EC/Israel Trade Agreement - House of Commons, European Legislation, Thirty-First Report (1998)