American Starlinger-Sahm, which is owned by Austrian company Starlinger, has completed the move into its new North American headquarters. Located in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, the facility comprises a total of 23,000 sq ft and consists of a machine exhibition area, spare parts warehouse, and office space.
"North America is an important market with strong growth potential both in woven plastic packaging production and in plastics recycling. In our new headquarters with its machine exhibition area our customers can see Starlinger and Sahm machinery in operation and make test runs with their respective input materials", says Jimmy Cranford, President of American Starlinger-Sahm
In the new location Starlinger and Sahm will offer the full range of their products and services. In the course of the summer machinery from Starlinger textile packaging, Starlinger recycling technology, Starlinger viscotec, and Sahm will be set up in the new machine exhibition area. "A recoSTAR universal recycling line, the viscoSHEET and deCON equipment, and Sahm winders will be available to our customers for demonstration runs and trials", adds Cranford.
The grand opening of the new headquarters will be held as a 2-day event on September 23 and 24, 2015. Starlinger and Sahm customers will have the opportunity to network, attend expert lectures on textile packaging, recycling and winding technology and witness live machine demonstrations with customer materials. The official inauguration ceremony will take place on the evening of September 23, 2015, and will be attended by local dignitaries and experts from the plastics industry.
American Starlinger-Sahm handles sales/service activities and spare parts supply for Starlinger that provides lines for woven plastic bag production and PET recycling and refinement, and the winder specialist Georg Sahm.
(PRA)
