Starlinger intern, 2024/01 - Issue 36

STPM – STP MACHINERY LTD. INDIA OWN BRAND WITH PRODUCTION SITE IN INDIA

Starlinger India Pvt. Ltd. has founded the Indian subsidiary STP Machinery Ltd. India in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in order to implement the two-brand strategy adopted as part of Absolut Starlinger 2028 – textile packaging. With a population of 5.6 million, Ahmedabad is the fifth largest city in India and the economic centre of the Indian textile and plastics industry. It is planned to manufacture tape extrusion lines for standard woven bags here at low cost in the future. They will complement our existing machine portfolio for price-sensitive markets, thereby safeguarding our production sites in Europe. In this way, follow-up orders for winders, looms, and coating, printing and conversion systems can be generated from Austria and Germany. STPM will be marketed as an independent brand backed by Starlinger technology. Norbert Wirth, who joined the Starlinger Group on 1 October 2023 and is CEO of STP Machinery, is responsible for setting up and managing the new production site, with Martin Horvath supporting him as project manager from Starlinger. Production is scheduled to start and the first extrusion lines are to be completed by the end of the Indian financial year in March 2025.

Martin Horvath (left) and Norbert Wirth on the premises of STPM. © N. Wirth

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WELCOME TO THE STARLINGER CANTEEN IN WEISSENBACH!

Since 9 April 2024, Starlinger employees have been able to drop by our canteen for breakfast, snacks and lunch from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm. Bernhard and Sabine from Weilhartner Snack GmbH serve snacks, three main courses for lunch (traditional fare, healthy and vegetarian) as well as soups, seasonal salads, and desserts and various cakes for those with a sweet tooth. If you don’t manage to eat everything, you can pack up the leftovers and take them home with you; it is also possible to heat up your own food in the microwave ovens provided. The latest weekly menu can be found on the notice board and on the works council website (www.staco-br.at).

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