Starco

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Website www.starco.com Founded 1962		Headquarters Galten, Denmark Number of employees 700

Industry Manufacturing and service Founder Poul Henrik Julius Ejlersgaard Key people Peer Ejlersgaard (1959-2016), Owner, CEO (1992-2014), Chairman (2014-2016) Carl Evald Bakke-Jacobsen, Chairman Richard Todd, COO Products Industrial solid tires, wheels, rims, dual wheels

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STARCO in early days a Danish family run tire business. Company was established in Aarhus, Denmark in 1962. It was owned and operated by Ejlersgaard family. The name, STARCO, is an acronym of "Scandinavian Tyre And Rim Company".

Now company is headquartered in Galten, Denmark. STARCO is a global group of companies with sales, distribution, engineering and wheel-manufacturing operations in more than 30 locations worldwide. The company manufactures solid, dual and flex tires, steel wheels and plastic rims.

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History

1961:Established as P. Ejlersgaard A/S (later STARCO) in Aarhus, Denmark.

1990:STARCO Europe is founded.

1994 - 1998:STARCO buys tire and wheel companies in Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Great Britain.

2001:East European departments established in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland.

2002:Departments in Russia established. Production of rims for agricultural machines moved from Great Britain to Croatia.

2004:STARCO buys tire and wheel companies in Belgium.

2005:STARCO S.R.L. in Italy is founded. STARCO Europe buys into the British company - new group is named STARCO DML Ltd.

2006:STARCO BEL in Belarus and STARCO UKR in Ukraine are founded.

2007:STARCO announces that major manufacturer of dual wheels and rims Gebr. Schaad AG has joined the STARCO Group.

2011:STARCO set up a solid tire manufacturing plant in Sri Lanka

2012: the company celebrates its 50th anniversary; a new central warehouse is open in Winsen (Germany).

2013: STARCO announced the creation of STARCO ZA, a bridgehead for further expansion on the African continent.

2013: Gebrüder Schaad becomes STARCO GS.

2015: Richard Todd appointed STARCO COO.

2016: STARCO chairman and owner Peer Ejlersgaard dies.

Products

Solid Tires (FLT)

Steel Wheel Rims (Agro, Trailers, Industrial and Forest Vehicles)

Dual Wheels (Agro Tractors)

Flex Barrow Wheels (Internal Transport, Horticulture)

Production capacity

Number of markets (countries): 22

Number of sales entities: 28

Number of production sites: 5

Strategic OEM assembly centers: 6

Strategic central warehouses: 4

Technology

STARCO implemented the e-coat nanotechnology treatment during the steel wheel production.

Production facilities

STARCO Huanmei (2008)

STARCO Beli Manastir d.o.o. (2002)

STARCO DML Ltd. (2005)

STARCO Lanka (PVT) Ltd. (2011)

STARCO GS (1982)

Interesting Facts

Former employee of the company, Rikke Laumann Nielsen managed to win gold at the European Vaulting Championship 2013 in Austria.

References

Starco Wikipedia

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