Native name Штарк Number of employees 1,030 (2013) Headquarters Belgrade, Serbia Founded 1922 Total assets 79.32 million EUR (2013) | Type Food manufacture Website www.stark.rs Revenue 73.24 million EUR (2013) Net income 6.8 million EUR (2013) Total equity 8.19 million EUR (2013) | |
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Key people Matjaž Vodopivec (Director) Products Branded food, candies, chocolate, biscuits Owner Droga Kolinska Group (100%) | ||
Štark (full legal name: Soko Štark d.o.o. Beograd, pronounced Shtark) is a food manufacturing company located in Belgrade, Serbia. The main products of the company include candies, biscuits and chocolates. It is one of the most stable companies in Serbia, and has lived through some very turbulent times when it comes to politics and economics. One of its hallmark products is Najlepše Želje a chocolate bar that means "Best Wishes" in Serbian.
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History
The factory dates back to 1922 when a French soldier founded it under the name "Louit" after returning from the Thessaloniki front in World War I. He later changed it to La Cigogna. The firm grew over time into a large factory. It witnessed many political upheavals, starting as a privately owned enterprise and finally being nationalized by the state. It was joined with other smaller companies, creating one large food company in 1966 and changing the name to “Soko Štark”. While it was in socialist Yugoslavia, the company was managed by the workers' organization, with workers themselves having a say in the way the company was run. In 2001 the company changed its status to a stock company at the Belgrade Trade Court and entered the public stock market. It also went through another name change, and is now simply called “Štark”. Štark products are imported into the United States by A.B Company, Inc.
Štark's product line includes: