ADDING PRECISION AND VALUE
TO MATERIALS HANDLING Stellana is a global leader in the development and manufacture of thermoplastic, polyurethane, and rubber wheels for the materials handling industry. Philip Yorke talked to Peter Lindblom, the company’s sales and marketing director about the company’s move into new market sectors and its increasing investments in the world’s fastest-growing markets.
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tellana is part of the multinational Hexpol Group and was founded in Sweden in 1946 to manufacture polymeric products; it has since grown to become one of the world’s biggest producers of Vulkollan, thermoplastic polyurethane tyres for forklift trucks. The Hexpol Group is focused on two business areas: compounding and engineered products, of which around 95 per cent are exported to global markets. Nine of the group’s 24 produc200 Industry Europe
tion sites are located in the expanding regions of Asia, Mexico and Eastern Europe. Today Stellana plays a vital role in the group’s manufacture of high quality rubber wheels and solid tyres for the transport and material handling industries. Stellana operates state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in North America, Europe and Asia. Together the Stellana/Elastomeric brand names are recognised as significant global partners to the leading
OEMs and parts suppliers of the material handling and transportation equipment industries. Stellana currently employs more than 1,400 people worldwide and in 2012 recorded sales of more than SK185 million.
Standard and tailor-made solutions Stellana offers a wide range of standard Vulkollan, polyurethane and thermoplastic products designed for fork lift and pallet
