improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources starco news newspapers books scholar jstor free images may 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message starco europe industry manufacturing and service founded 1962 founder poul henrik julius ejlersgaard headquarters galten denmark 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 number of employees 700 2016 website www.starco.com 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 . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 production capacity 4 technology 5 production facilities 6 interesting facts 7 references 8 external links history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message 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 . 2 3 2011 starco set up a solid tire manufacturing plant in sri lanka 4 5 2012 the company celebrates its 50th anniversary ; a new central warehouse is open in winsen germany . 6 2013 starco announced the creation of starco za a bridgehead for further expansion on the african continent . 7 2013 gebr der schaad becomes starco gs . 8 2015 richard todd appointed starco coo . 9 2016 starco chairman and owner peer ejlersgaard dies . 10 products edit solid tires flt steel wheel rims agro trailers industrial and forest vehicles dual wheels agro tractors flex barrow wheels internal transport horticulture production capacity edit 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 edit starco implemented the e coat nanotechnology treatment during the steel wheel production . 11 production facilities edit starco huanmei 2008 starco beli manastir d.o.o. 2002 starco dml ltd. 2005 starco lanka pvt ltd. 2011 starco gs 1982 interesting facts edit former employee of the company rikke laumann nielsen managed to win gold at the european vaulting championship 2013 in austria . references edit editorial january 12 2010 . agility on the move for starco . logistics business magazine . retrieved 2010 01 12 . editorial november 10 2011 . starco prepares for new generation of schaad management . tyre industry publications ltd. retrieved 2011 11 10 . editorial may 22 2012 . fritz schaad retires dual wheel production continues under starco brand . tyre industry publications ltd. retrieved 2012 05 22 . editorial october 29 2011 . danish entrant in sri lankan tyre market . plastics and rubber asia pra . retrieved 2011 10 29 . editorial october 12 2011 . danish starco group establishes solid tyre manufacturing plant in sri lanka . lanka business today global media networks ltd . retrieved 2011 10 12 . editorial december 1 2011 . goodman to develop 11 400 m warehouse for starco in winsen de . europe real estate rep . retrieved 2011 12 01 . written by staff reporter july 2 2013 . a new starco subsidiary in south africa . sa treads international tyre portal . retrieved 2013 07 02 . stephen goodchild november 26 2013 . gebr der schaad becomes starco gs . tyrepress . retrieved 2013 11 26 . editorial january 22 2015 . richard todd appointed starco coo . tyrepress . retrieved 2015 12 22 . editorial march 7 2016 . starco chairman and owner peer ejlersgaard dies . tyrepress . retrieved 2016 03 07 . editorial january 27 2012 . starco introduces nano coating to steel wheel range . tyre industry publications ltd. retrieved 2012 01 27 . external links edit starco homepage in english and basic european languages this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this danish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title starco & oldid 709155859 categories tire manufacturerscompanies established in 1962danish brandsmotor vehicle company stubsdanish company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from may 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles needing cleanup from december 2012all pages needing cleanuparticles with sections that need to be turned into prose from december 2012all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 9 march 2016 at 13 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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