Beiruting News

Forbes Middle East recently held a lavish gala event in Beirut to recognize and applaud the achievements of Lebanon's top business leaders and its most influential people that are supporting the growth of the country's economy.

As a highlight of the exclusive evening, Forbes Middle East unveiled its "Lebanon 100"-a list compiled of the most inspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders helping Lebanon to transform.

Khuloud Al Omian, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Middle East said, "At our very first event in Lebanon, we have seen the energy and enthusiasm of these business leaders. We have explored Lebanon in our special edition. The future of the country is promising, and it is heading towards a positive future."

Peter Daniel, CEO of Castania has earned the prize of top 35 Influential Lebanese business personalities by Forbes.

As a second-generation leader, Peter Daniel was raised in a family oriented towards business and has started working in the industry at 18 years old. He took all the risks to develop the product, the brand and the enterprise with passion and faith.

Family spirit, commitment, involvement, honesty, respect for the individual, passion and quality are the great values Peter Daniel has learned from his parents.

Peter believed in Castania products and wanted to take it beyond borders. He took the initiative to revamp the whole brand, increase the capacity of production, automate the process, enlarge the sales force, introduce new products and target international markets.

With Peter Daniel's hard work, dedication, help of God and the family, Castania is succeeding!

Castania has been awarded the prize of Top 30 Lebanese Companies by Forbes

The Lebanese Roasting Company Castania was founded in 1985. Castania has attained a sustainable growth rate since its inception. It currently leads the Lebanese nuts market with a wide range of products and capture a substantial market share.

Castania products are available in more than 41 countries worldwide.

Its clients are operating in some countries of North & South America, Europe and Arab World, and Castania products are displayed in all key account outlets, covering the market's retail stores with a fleet of vans rendering services twice a week to each customer, in addition to the most prominent hotels, restaurants and nightclubs in Lebanon.

Castania guarantees the Finest quality of nuts with high safety standards with the ISO 22000 certificate. It also provides unique packaging techniques and materials giving the nuts their crispness and freshness, not to mention that it was the first in Lebanon to implement the dry roasting technique (roasting without any added oil).