Stutensee Januarynbsp24 2011 The Oystar Group Has Bundled Its Us Business Under A Single Corporate Umbrella With Immediate Effect The Previous Us Subsidiaries Oystar Jones Covington Kentucky Oystar Usa Edison New Jersey And Oystar Packaging Technologies Davenport Iowa Will Now Have A Uniform Corporate Appearance As Ldquooystar North Americardquo The Existing Manufacturing Plants Will Continue To Operate But Will Now Be Entrusted To A Joint Management Team The Merger Will Also Bundle The Expertise And Knowhow Of The Individual Locations From Primary To Final Packaging Ndash American Customers Will Thus Receive All Of Their Oystar Machines And Services From A Single Source The Company Now Ranks Among The Largest Packaging Machine Suppliers In North Americanbspthe Us Merger Is A Further Result Of The Successful Restructuring Of The Oystar Group Ldquowe Began Restructuring One And A Half Years Agordquo Explains Oystar Ceo Tom Graf Ldquofrom The Outset It Was Our Goal To Centrally Manage Individual Product And Customer Groups And No Longer Through Several Subsidiaries The Past Financial Year Clearly Shows That This Was The Right Pathrdquo Compared With The Year Before The Oystar Group Was Able To More Than Triple Its Operating Result In 2010nbspabout Oystar Groupnbspoystar Ndash The Process Amp Packaging Group Is One Of The Worldrsquos Leading Suppliers Of Packaging Machinery Technology And Services Oystar Has Extensive Process Knowhow In The Key Industries Of Dairy Products Food And Consumer As Well As Pharmaceuticals And Cosmetics Based In Stutensee Near Karlsruhe The Holding Company Currently Represents 14 Manufacturing Companies As Well As Numerous Sales And Service Companies At Present Oystar Holding Employs A Workforce Of Approximately 2200 Worldwide And Generated A Total Of Eurnbsp402nbspmillion In Sales In 2009nbspwwwoystargroupcomnbsppress Contactlaura Wilmsmoumlller Prtel Nbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp 49nbsp0nbsp89nbsp45nbsp20nbsp7999email Nbspnbspnbspnbsp Lwmoellerprdeurlnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbspnbsp Wwwmoellerprde Nbsp