Starwin Products

Starwin Products
Type	Public limited company
Traded as	GSE: SPL
Industry	Pharmaceutical
Founded	1960
Headquarters	Starwin Products,; Adjuma Crescent Ring Road,; South Industrial Area,; Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Key people	Nik Amarteifio (Chairman); Yaw Opare-Asamoah (CEO)
Products	Rapinol, Asmadrin, Painoff, Paraking, milk of magnesia, liver salts
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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.

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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