American Starlinger-Sahm

What American Starlinger-Sahm does

American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc. (ASSI) is the wholly-owned North American sales, service, and spare-parts subsidiary of Starlinger & Co GmbH, an Austrian family-owned industrial machinery group founded in 1835. Established in 2015 in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, ASSI operates as the exclusive regional hub for three machinery lines: Starlinger (woven plastic bag production and PET recycling/refinement systems), Georg Sahm (precision winding technology for high-performance fibers, carbon fibers, monofilaments, and slit film tapes), and STC Spinnzwirn (monofilament extrusion and high-speed winders). The company additionally represents Robco Engineering twisters and SAB material handling products in the region. ASSI's defining capability is an in-house technology centre where customers run production trials using their own materials on equipment such as the recoSTAR dynamic 105 recycling line coupled with the viscoZERO 600 deodorization unit — a turnkey configuration that produces FDA-approved recycled PET, PP, HDPE, and PS for food-contact applications.

The product portfolio spans capital equipment (tape extrusion lines, circular looms, coating and conversion lines, printing systems, AD*STAR block bottom valve sacks, and PP*STAR pinch bottom sacks) plus FDA-grade recycling/refinement plants and precision winding machinery for the converting industry. ASSI monetizes through one-time industrial machinery sales, recurring spare-parts supply, and technical service contracts; pricing is quote-based with no public list. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via dedicated division-level sales managers (Packaging, Viscotec, Recycling, SAHM, Robco) backed by service engineers for on-site troubleshooting, with marketing concentrated on industry trade shows (Techtextil North America, Plastimagen) and direct trial demonstrations at the Fountain Inn facility.

ASSI serves industrial manufacturers producing woven plastic packaging, FIBCs, cement and bulk-goods sacks, and food-grade recycled materials, as well as converters in rope-making and high-performance fiber processing. Competitive positioning rests on worldwide patents on AD*STAR and PP*STAR sacks, FDA non-objection letters and brand-owner approvals for recycled food-contact materials, and the Starlinger brand's installed-base recognition across more than 130 countries. As a wholly-owned subsidiary, ASSI's strategic and financial decisions are aligned with the parent group's global export-oriented growth model, with North America representing one of eleven regional sales and service centers the Starlinger Group maintains worldwide.

Name

American Starlinger-Sahm

Legal name

AMERICAN STARLINGER - SAHM, Inc.

Website

https://starlingersahm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

American Starlinger-Sahm is the North American sales, service, and spare-parts subsidiary of Austrian machinery maker Starlinger, supplying industrial equipment for woven plastic bag production, FDA-grade PET recycling, and precision winding technology to industrial manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Packaging Machinery

SIC

Special Industry Machinery (No Metalworking Machinery) (3550), Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)

akta.pro primary industry

Packaging Line Automation, Robotics & Integration (Controls, Turnkey Lines) (IMALAOAL)

Keywords

• Industrial packaging machinery
• Woven plastic bag production
• PET recycling equipment
• Precision winding machinery
• Fiber processing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Fountain Inn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Machinery Sales: Sale of complete plants and machinery for woven plastic bag production, PET recycling, and winding technology to North American industrial customers
2. Spare Parts Supply: Supply of spare parts for Starlinger, SAHM, and represented brands to North American customers
3. Service and Support: Technical service, troubleshooting, processing of technical inquiries, and on-site service support

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc. (ASSI) is the North American sales, service, and spare parts subsidiary for Starlinger & Co GmbH, representing industrial machinery for woven plastic bag production, PET recycling and refinement, and precision winding technology. The company sells complete plants, equipment, and aftermarket parts to industrial manufacturers, supported by an in-house technology centre where customers can trial their own materials.

Product overview

American Starlinger-Sahm, Inc. is a sales, service, and spare parts organization for the North American market representing industrial machinery manufacturers. The company offers a portfolio of products across three main divisions: (1) Starlinger recycling technology and viscotec for PET recycling and refinement, featuring the recoSTAR dynamic 105 and viscoZERO 600 as a turnkey FDA-approved recycling solution; (2) Starlinger textile packaging machinery including tape extrusion lines, circular looms, coating lines, printing, and conversion equipment, plus patented sacks like AD*STAR and PP*STAR; and (3) SAHM winding solutions for high performance fibers, carbon fibers, monofilaments, and tapes. Additionally, the company represents Robco Engineering for twisting, rope making, and winding equipment, and SAB material handling products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Starlinger Textile Packaging machinery Complete systems for woven plastic bag production, including tape extrusion lines, circular looms, coating lines, printing, and conversion lines for industrial manufacturers of woven polypropylene and polyethylene bags.
• Starlinger Recycling Technology Machinery solutions for the recycling and refining of plastics including PE, PP, PA, PS, BOPP and PET, providing systems for turning used materials into food-grade recycled pellets.
• Starlinger viscotec PET refinement lines Machines and plants for the refinement of recycled PET for food contact and extrusion lines for PET sheet made from up to 100% rPET, for converters serving food-contact and packaging markets.
• recoSTAR dynamic 105 recycling line Recycling line component of the turnkey FDA-approved recycled PET, PP, HDPE, and PS plus deodorization solution, used in line with the viscoZERO 600 deodorization unit.
• viscoZERO 600 deodorization unit Deodorization unit used inline with the recoSTAR dynamic 105 for producing food-grade recycled PET, enabling FDA-approved food-contact rPET output.
• AD*STAR Block Bottom Valve Sack technology Worldwide patented block bottom valve sack format for cement and bulk goods packaging, supplied as part of Starlinger textile packaging systems.
• PP*STAR Pinch Bottom Sack technology Patented pinch bottom sack format for end-consumer applications, supplied as part of Starlinger textile packaging systems.
• SAHM Winding Solutions Precision winding machinery including winders for high-performance fibers, carbon fibers, monofilaments, tapes, and security tapes, complemented by handling and transport systems for fiber and tape manufacturers.
• Robco Twisting Equipment Represented twisting machines processing yarns from 1,000 to 1,350,000 denier, suitable for rope making and processing applications in North America.
• Robco Rope Making Equipment Represented rope making machines capable of manufacturing rope from 2 to 76 mm diameter with internal or external take-up options.
• Robco Winding Equipment Represented take-up and flex winders designed for precision winding of tapes following the extrusion process and rewinding various materials.
• SAB Material Handling Products (North American representation) Represented material handling products distributed in the North American market alongside Robco equipment.
• Spare parts supply for Starlinger, SAHM, and represented brands Spare parts inventory and supply service for Starlinger, SAHM, STC Spinnzwirn, and Robco equipment installed across North American customer sites.
• Field service and technical support On-site technical service, troubleshooting, processing of technical inquiries, and service engineering support delivered from the Fountain Inn headquarters for installed Starlinger, SAHM, and represented equipment in North America.
• In-house technology centre customer trials In-house technology centre at the Fountain Inn, SC headquarters where customers can run trials with their own materials on Starlinger and SAHM equipment prior to purchase decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Closed packaging loops reduce carbon footprint of plastic packaging
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Starlinger & Co GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company based in Vienna, Austria. Starlinger is the world's leading supplier of machines and complete systems for woven plastic bag production and PET recycling. ASSI is owned by Starlinger & Co GmbH and handles all sales, service, and spare parts for Starlinger products in North America.
• Georg Sahm (SAHM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnology leader for precision winding machinery based in Eschwege, Germany. SAHM develops and manufactures winders for high performance fibers, carbon fibers, monofilaments, and tapes. SAHM has been part of the family-owned Starlinger Group since 2002. ASSI handles SAHM sales and service in North America.
• STC SpinnzwirncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading manufacturer of complete solutions and single components for extrusion of monofilaments and slit film tapes, as well as high-speed winders and accessories for man-made fiber spinning plants. ASSI represents STC Spinnzwirn products in North America.
• Robco EngineeringminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDanish company (formerly Roblon Engineering) manufacturing rope making, twisting, and winding equipment since 1978. ASSI represents Robco twisters in North America, managed by Sales Manager Mark Easley based at the Fountain Inn office.
• SAB Material Handling ProductsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorASSI acts as representative for SAB material handling products in North America alongside Robco twisters.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Oerlikon Barmag (Saurer): German manufacturer of man-made fiber spinning, texturing, and winding systems. Comparable to ASSI's SAHM winding division in serving high-performance fiber, carbon fiber, and filament winding customers globally.
• Bandera (Luigi Bandera SpA): Italian manufacturer of extrusion lines for film, sheet, and specialized plastics. Comparable to ASSI's Starlinger packaging business in providing extrusion-based machinery to plastic packaging converters, particularly in Europe.
• Starlinger & Co GmbH: Parent company and the global leader in woven plastic packaging and PET recycling machinery. Directly comparable because ASSI exists to commercialize Starlinger's equipment in North America - same products, same technology platform, same end customers.
• Davis-Standard: U.S.-headquartered extrusion and converting machinery manufacturer serving packaging, industrial, and recycling applications. Comparable to ASSI as a competing North American-adjacent supplier of plastic processing and recycling capital equipment.
• Macro Engineering & Technology: Canadian-based manufacturer of film extrusion, coating, and recycling machinery. Comparable as a North American competitor serving plastic converters and recyclers with similar capital equipment and recycling technology lines.
• Reifenhäuser Group: German family-owned extrusion machinery manufacturer with broad product lines for film, nonwovens, and packaging. Comparable to ASSI's Starlinger business in the plastics extrusion and packaging value chain and as another European premium-machinery peer.
• Windmöller & Hölscher: German family-owned machinery manufacturer producing extrusion, printing, and converting equipment for flexible packaging. Comparable to ASSI's Starlinger packaging division in serving woven/flexible plastic packaging producers with capital equipment lines.
• Brückner Group: German family-owned machinery group producing film stretching lines, packaging equipment, and technical textiles machinery. Comparable to ASSI's Starlinger textile packaging division and shares the German mid-market industrial-machinery DNA serving plastic converters.
• SML Extrusion Technology: Austrian-based manufacturer of extrusion and converting lines for film, sheet, and tape. Highly comparable to Starlinger's tape extrusion lines for woven plastic packaging, serving the same plastic-converter customer base globally.

Broad incumbents

• Hosokawa Alpine: German-Japanese plastics processing and recycling machinery manufacturer with broad film, compounding, and recycling capabilities. Comparable as a larger incumbent in the same plastics recycling machinery space where ASSI competes via recoSTAR technology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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