STI Group

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STI Group

logo
legal form GmbH
founding 1879
Seat Lauterbach (Hesse)
management Jakob Rinninger, Andrea Wildies
Number of employees > 2000
sales around 300 million euros (2018)
Branch Paper industry
Website www.sti-group.com

The STI Group is a packaging and display manufacturer in Europe as well as a full-service partner for all aspects of product presentation at the point of sale (PoS) . According to the company, 15 of the 20 most popular international brands as well as leading retail groups and agencies are customers of the STI Group. The company is based in Lauterbach in East Hesse .

The group has 8 production locations in 4 countries, numerous design and sales offices and cooperation partners all over the world. The STI Group thus has an international network for the implementation of global campaigns.

In 2018, the group of companies generated sales of around € 300 million with around 2,000 employees.

Product areas

Packaging

The group develops and manufactures packaging solutions, mainly from cardboard and highly refined corrugated cardboard. Folding boxes, transport and shipping packaging are designed and manufactured as well as sales and shelf, gift and luxury packaging.

POS solutions

The STI Group develops and produces logistics displays, experience placements, long-term displays and shop-in-shop systems. Large punch figures, displays with light and movement elements, shop window decorations and long-term displays with language, music and light effects are also part of the portfolio.

Services

The STI Group offers holistic solutions for all aspects of the presentation of goods at the point of sale (POS) - from advice, planning and implementation of the campaign to co-packing and logistics services. The consulting services have been bundled in an independent company since 2008. The agency team stands for packaging design and the development of holistic sales promotion concepts; the after-sales area includes co-packing and merchandising, i.e. H. Equipping and setting up the displays in retail up to the conception and implementation of promotions.

history

It all began in a bookbinding business that was founded by Gustav Emil Stabernack in Offenbach am Main in 1879 . At the beginning of the 20th century the company started the industrial production of cardboard packaging and was converted into a GmbH in 1917 under the name Gustav Stabernack GmbH . As early as 1920 the first branch was built in Pfungstadt , but closed again after a few years due to the poor economic conditions.

In 1926 Gustav Emil Stabernack handed over management of the company to his sons Georg and Richard Stabernack. In addition to fine cardboard boxes, the company also produced shoe boxes for the Offenbach-based leather goods industry. From 1940 a steam-powered laminating machine was developed for the production of corrugated cardboard. During the Second World War, the main plant in Offenbach was completely destroyed in a heavy air raid in 1944. With machines rescued from the rubble, production was provisionally resumed before the end of the war under the direction of Richard Stabernack in a riding hall in Sickendorf near Lauterbach in Vogelsberg .

Gustav Stabernack GmbH did not return to its place of origin Offenbach after the war, but moved its headquarters to Lauterbach, where a new main plant was built in 1951. In the 1950s, Stabernack developed the laminating technology, which for the first time enabled the production of stable and, at the same time, high-quality printed corrugated cardboard packaging. In the 1960s, the company was one of the first in Europe to start manufacturing displays . In 1958 the branch in Freiensteinau was opened . From 1964 two more plants were built in Fulda and Grebenhain-Oberwald .

In 1990 the family business was divided between the brothers Wilhelm and Gustav Stabernack. The previous branch in Fulda was transferred to Fulda Verpackung & Display GmbH (Gustav Stabernack), which was taken over by the Swedish group SCA in 2002 . It has been owned by the British packaging company DS Smith since 2012 . Both companies began national and international expansion in the 1990s . Gustav Stabernack GmbH (Wilhelm Stabernack) in Lauterbach rose during this time to one of the leading European packaging and display manufacturers through the takeover of Schröter + Bake AG in Neutraubling and the establishment of a new branch in Rumburg (Czech Republic) .

In 1998 the new umbrella brand STI (for: Service-Technology-International ) was introduced for the group of companies . The previous Gustav Stabernack GmbH and its subsidiaries have been operating under the uniform name STI Group ever since . In addition to strategic partnerships with non-European display and packaging manufacturers, a new corrugated cardboard plant was established in Alsfeld in 2002 with STI Corrugated GmbH . In 2007, the STI Group took over the Hungarian folding box manufacturer Petõfi Nyomda Kft. In Kecskemét , and in 2009 the Lilyfield Group, based in Sydney (Australia), was the first production facility outside of Europe . The opening of a location in Gdynia, Poland, also took place in 2009 . In 2009 the STI Group took over the folding box manufacturer Schräder KG in Greven , and in 2010 Line Packaging & Display Ltd. in Gillingham (Great Britain) .

Due to a realignment of the group, the locations in Freiensteinau and Gdynia were closed at the beginning of 2014. The Australian plant was sold to Blue Star in the same year . In Great Britain, the subsidiary there has been operating under the InContrast brand since 2015 . In spring 2019, the company announced its intention to sell the group - but talks with potential investors remained unsuccessful. Due to a lack of interest, the sales efforts were finally stopped again towards the end of 2019. Most of the production in Rumburk, Czech Republic, which was only extensively modernized in 2016, was closed at the end of 2019, and the majority of employees had to end their service shortly before Christmas. A small final production of pre-produced parts will remain in the Czech Republic until further notice.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ STI Group: STI Group. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f STI Group: History. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  3. ^ Osthessen News from April 5, 2011: Packaging company STI Group: 60 years of the Lauterbach location. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  4. ^ Fuldaer Zeitung of May 7, 2004: 125 years of the STI Group. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 12, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.fuldaerzeitung.de
  5. ↑ Osthessen News from October 25, 2014: DS Smith plant in Fulda celebrates its 50th anniversary - 300 employees. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  6. ↑ New packaging: STI takes over folding box manufacturer. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Lauterbacher Anzeiger of December 21, 2013: The Stabernackers are our strength. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on January 6, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Lauterbacher Anzeiger dated December 4, 2013: STI locations in Freiensteinau and Grebenhain will be merged. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015 ; Retrieved May 18, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Osthessen News from December 3, 2013: STI plant is shut down. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  10. ↑ ProPrint of 15 April 2014: Blue Star buys STI Lilyfield. Retrieved February 24, 2016 .
  11. ↑ What will happen next with the "STI Group"? Lots of open questions. March 16, 2019, accessed March 3, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Oberhessen-live: STI Group is not being sold. In: Oberhessen-Live. December 5, 2019, accessed on March 3, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ STI Group strengthens presence in CEE - new packaging - new packaging. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .