Our history We have been a pioneering force in the wheel and tyre industry for more than 55 years. STARCO is founded on a passion for tyres, entrepreneurial spirit and a striving to continuously develop. Today, we are market leaders in some of our fields of expertise and markets. Just like back in the day, we still have a great team bound by a passion to develop, manufacture and deliver clever wheel and tyre solutions, and to understand our customers and the use of their application or vehicle. 1961 Founded . 1962 STARCO acquires C. G. Enterprises Ltd (British subsidiary). 1995 STARCO acquires Hwa Fong Handels GmbH (German subsidiary). 2001 STARCO establishes itself in Poland and our Eastern Group. 2002 Start up in Russia and opening new factory in Croatia. 2004 Acquires STARCO in Belgium and starts up STARCO Sweden. 2005 Expansion in various countries. 2006 Expansion in Russia – and new subsidiary in Ukraine. 2008 Acquires subsidiary in France. 2011 New factory in Sri Lanka. 2012 Central warehouse in Winsen relocated from Lüneburg Germany and start up in South Africa. 2015 New management team in place. Peer Ejlersgaard was part of the board until his sudden death in 2016. 2016 Primary aftermarket activity sold off to Bohnenkamp. STARCO exits South Africa too, and later STARCO phases out most replacement market activity in remaining countries. Focus in on OE customers and national distributors. 2017 31st of March 2017 STARCO phases out all traditional replacement activity except in the UK, sales of solid tyres for fork lift trucks in Poland, aftersales services of trailer and caravan assemblies in Benelux, and sales of dual wheel solutions and made-to-measure across Europe. 2017 STARCO joins the Kenda group. Besides a good cultural, organisational and strategic fit, both companies see significant long-term opportunities. The aim is to benefit from these synergies and unleash the joint potential, growing both companies in North America and Europe. Read more here. Learn more about STARCO today here 23.01.2018 Meet us at the UK’s biggest caravan show 20-25th February 2018 With 20 years’ of experience in supplying the caravan market, it is time for the industry’s best kept secret to join its first camping and caravanning fair. STARCO is there to display its premium and standard wheel and tyre solutions for caravans and ‘talk wheels’ with both the caravan manufacturers and end-users. They want to learn from both ends of the market what features of a wheel and tyre are important to the consumer. 08.01.2018 Complete solutions and optimum compatibility is the new black (and round) One and a half years have gone by since STARCO started to serve more than 70 new trailer-customers as a part of a larger business deal with Bohnenkamp. Most customers have, during the transition, changed to STARCO’s product portfolio of complete wheel solutions. One of the customers is German trailer producer wm meyer, which recently committed to the next period with STARCO as sole supplier. 20.12.2017 STARCO appoints distributor AGRIEST key partner in France From 1 January 2018 national distributor AGRIEST is ready to supply the French replacement market with STARCO’s product range. 09.11.2017 STARCO reinvents the hay tedder tyre The new STARCO HT Pro wheel and tyre solution allows for better performance in the field and reduces maintenance costs Read more news STARCO® IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK | Copyright 2018 by STARCO - all rights reserved Contact our webmaster | Legal notice | STARCO Online Privacy Policy STARCO uses cookies to create the best user experience and to ensure the most secure and effective website for our customers. Want to know more? Please read our Online Privacy Policy. ACCEPT