Starwin Products

Starwin Products Ghana is a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Ghana. It is the first pharmaceutical company to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. It is a component of the GSE All-Share Index. The company currently produces 8 brand name products.

Starwin Products
Public limited company
Traded asGSE: SPL
IndustryPharmaceutical
Founded1960
Headquarters
Starwin Products,
Adjuma Crescent Ring Road,
South Industrial Area,
Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Key people
Nik Amarteifio (Chairman)
Yaw Opare-Asamoah (CEO)
ProductsRapinol, Asmadrin, Painoff, Paraking, milk of magnesia, liver salts
Website

History

Starwin began as the Ghana branch of Sterling Products International in 1960. In 1976, under the Ghanaian government's indigenization program, the company sold 50% of its stock to entrepreneurs in Ghana. In 1987, Sterling, the original company, was bought by Kodak and Starwin Products was born. On January 13, 2004 Starwin became a public limited liability company and in December 2004 the company was listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

Operations

The company's product line includes Rapinol, Asmadrin, Painoff, Paraking, milk of magnesia and liver salts.


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