Packaging
OYSTAR Combines Cup Division
Friday 15. April 2011 - The packaging machine manufacturer OYSTAR is bundling its cup division: OYSTAR Gasti in Schwäbisch-Hall is being expanded into a development and service center. In future assembly of the Gasti machines will be concentrated in Ranstadt in Hesse where Hassia and Hamba machines are manufactured. The Dairy Packaging Team will continue to be responsible for sales.
The OYSTAR Group thus continues with its strategic restructuring: “As a corporate group it is our aim to employ our resources as efficiently as possible and to offer our customers the optimum in terms of technology,” said OYSTAR CEO Tom Graf. “And we are taking an important step in this direction by recombining development, production, service and sales of our cup filling and sealing machines.”
In the future OYSTAR Gasti in Schwäbisch-Hall will concentrate on the development of sophisticated packaging solutions for the dairy and food industry as well as on maintenance and service. Assembly of the Gasti machines, however, will be concentrated in the Hessian town of Ranstadt. There Hamba and Hassia brand forming, filling and sealing machines are already being manufactured for the dairy and food industry. Thus OYSTAR will be able to develop substantial synergies when it comes to manufacturing.
The companys employees were already informed last week about the planned changes. As a result of the new structure the workforce at the Schwäbisch-Hall location will be reduced from approximately seventy to around fifty. No layoffs for operational reasons are planned. On the contrary, plans are to expand the site over the medium term.