Stonestar
Stonestar is a privately-held Australian diversified industrial company that assembles semi-trailers, distributes wheels, tyres, and solar components, builds wind turbine parts, operates a Panamax vessel fleet and shipyard, supplies medical products, and develops residential property from its Melbourne base.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1997
- HeadquartersMordialloc, Australia
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Stonestar does
Stonestar is a privately-held Australian diversified industrial company headquartered in Mordialloc, Victoria, founded in 1997 and operating with a small core team of 11-50 employees. The company runs seven distinct business lines from Melbourne-area facilities: assembly of brand-new semi-trailers and machinery at a Dingley Village factory; wholesale distribution of wheels and tyres (alloy and steel rims, plus truck tyres) to the Australian transport industry where it has 25 years of operating history; wholesale distribution of solar components including panels, inverters, and battery storage from major international brands; manufacture of wind turbine components from locally-sourced materials with own crawler cranes and a jack-up ship for offshore and inland installation; a shipyard capable of building, repairing and converting vessels up to 250x33m and 76,000 tonnes alongside a chartered fleet of 5 Panamax vessels; supply of medical products including the Ace128 CT scanner, VivaChek blood glucose monitors, rapid antigen tests, and PCR multiplex Covid/Flu tests to Australian businesses and government departments; and residential property development, including a project at 1 Studley Park Rd, Kew VIC 3101.
The company generates revenue primarily through hardware sales across its trailer, wheel/tyre, solar, wind, and medical lines, supplemented by maritime charter fees and one-time property transactions. Customer segments are correspondingly broad: transport and logistics companies, solar installers, renewable energy developers, global shipping and freight operators, Australian healthcare providers and government departments, and residential property buyers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and quotes are obtained via direct phone or email contact. Sales and marketing rely on direct outreach (phone and email), the corporate website, and physical presence at Melbourne locations rather than digital performance channels. The underlying technology is largely physical-industrial — trailer assembly, shipyard fabrication, solar/wind component supply, and real estate — with no disclosed proprietary software platform; the single algorithmic reference point is the Deep Learning Reconstruction algorithm embedded in the third-party Ace128 CT scanner Stonestar distributes.
Stonestar firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Stonestar
- Legal name
- Stonestar
- Website
- https://stonestar.com.au
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1997
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Stonestar is a privately-held Australian diversified industrial company that assembles semi-trailers, distributes wheels, tyres, and solar components, builds wind turbine parts, operates a Panamax vessel fleet and shipyard, supplies medical products, and develops residential property from its Melbourne base.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Stonestar industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution
- NAICS
- Tire Manufacturing (32621), Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Ship Building and Repairing (336611)
- SIC
- Truck Trailers (3715), Tires & Inner Tubes (3011), Industrial Trucks, Tractors, Trailors & Stackers (3537)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Trailer Components & Subassemblies Manufacturing (Couplers/Landing Gear/Kingpins) (IMACAGAL)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Specialty Tires (OTR, Industrial, Agricultural, Mining, Aviation, Marine) (TLAKADAJ), Wind Blades, Towers & Foundations Manufacturing (EUAMAHAE), Launch & Retrieval Infrastructure (Slipways, Cradles, Travel Lifts, Launching Systems) (IMAJALAE)
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Where Stonestar is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Mordialloc
- HQ country
- Australia
- HQ region
- Oceania
Offices3 records
Markets served
Stonestar business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Semi-Trailers & Machinery Sales: Assembling and selling brand new semi-trailers and machinery from their Melbourne factory and trailer yard.
- Wheels & Tyres Distribution: With 25 years of experience, distributing quality rims (alloy and steel) and tyres to the transport industry at affordable prices.
- Solar Components Wholesale: Stocking and distributing market-leading solar brands including panels, inverters, and battery storage to solar installers for residential and commercial systems.
- Wind Turbine Components: Building wind turbine components from locally-sourced materials to support Australian electricity network stability, with capabilities for offshore and inland installation using their own crawler cranes and jack-up ship.
- Maritime Shipping/Chartering: Operating and chartering a fleet of 5 Panamax vessels for international logistics and freight operations worldwide.
- Medical Products Supply: Supplying medical consumables including CT scanners, health monitoring devices, rapid antigen tests, and PCR multiplex tests to Australian businesses and government departments.
- Property Development: Creating residential developments in Australia to address the growing housing problem through property investment.
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels3 records
Stonestar product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Stonestar is a diversified Australian industrial company that manufactures semi-trailers and machinery from its Melbourne factory, distributes wheels and tyres (alloy and steel rims, truck tyres), wholesale solar components (panels, inverters, battery storage) to installers, builds wind turbine components from locally-sourced materials, operates a shipyard capable of building/repairing vessels up to 76,000 tonnes and a fleet of 5 Panamax charter vessels, supplies approved medical devices and diagnostics to Australian businesses and government departments, and develops residential property in Victoria.
Product overview
Stonestar is a diversified industrial company operating across multiple sectors in Australia. The company offers semi-trailers and machinery assembled from their Melbourne factory, a comprehensive range of wheels and tyres (alloy and steel rims in various finishes, plus truck tyres), wholesale solar energy products (panels, inverters, and battery storage from major brands), locally-manufactured wind turbine components, shipyard and maritime services for vessels up to 76,000 tonnes, medical devices and diagnostics, and residential property development. These product lines operate independently rather than as an integrated platform.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Semi-Trailers & Machinery Brand new semi-trailers and machinery assembled at Stonestar's Melbourne factory and sold direct from the trailer yard in Dingley Village, targeting Australian transport and logistics operators.
- Wheels & Tyres Commercial vehicle rims (alloy machined, alloy chrome, alloy polished, steel silver, steel chrome, spider demountable) plus truck tyres including HA105, HA201, HA505, and HD368 models for the transport industry.
- Solar Energy Products Wholesale distribution of solar panels (Jinko, Longi, JA Solar, Trina, Canadian Solar, Eging PV), inverters (Fronius, Sungrow, Goodwe, Huawei Fusion Solar, Growatt, SolarEdge), and battery storage (LG Energy Solution, BYD, Growatt) for residential and commercial solar installations by installers.
- Wind Energy Components Locally-manufactured wind turbine components built from locally-sourced materials to support Australian electricity network stability, including offshore and inland installation services using Stonestar's own crawler cranes and jack-up ship.
- Shipyard & Maritime Chartering Shipyard services for building, repairing and servicing ships up to 250x33m and 76,000 tonnes, plus international chartering of a fleet of 5 Panamax vessels for global commodity shipping operations.
- Medical Products Medical devices and diagnostics including the Ace128 CT Scanner with DLR (Deep Learning Reconstruction) algorithm, VivaChek Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, VivaChek Self-Testing and Professional-Use Rapid Antigen Tests, and VivaChek PCR Multiplex tests for Covid-19 and Influenza A/B detection, approved for use in Australia.
- Property Development Residential property development creating new homes in Australia, including the Kew, Victoria site at 1 Studley Park Rd, addressing Australia's housing shortage through new residential investment.
Quantifiable outcome
- Shipyard capacity to build, repair and convert vessels up to 250x33m and 76,000 tonnes
Companies that use Stonestar
Customer profileSegments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Stonestar technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature2 records
Stonestar partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- VivaChekcoreStonestar is the official Australian sponsor for VivaChek's medical products including Self-Testing and Professional-Use Rapid Antigen Tests, Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems, and PCR Multiplex tests for Covid/Flu detection.
- Jinko SolarcoreStonestar stocks Jinko Solar solar panels as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- Longi SolarcoreStonestar stocks Longi Solar solar panels as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- JA SolarcoreStonestar stocks JA Solar solar panels as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- Trina SolarcoreStonestar stocks Trina Solar solar panels as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- Canadian SolarcoreStonestar stocks Canadian Solar solar panels as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- Egat PVminorStonestar stocks Egat PV solar panels as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- FroniuscoreStonestar stocks Fronius solar inverters as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- SungrowcoreStonestar stocks Sungrow solar inverters as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- GoodwecoreStonestar stocks Goodwe solar inverters as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- Huawei Fusion SolarcoreStonestar stocks Huawei Fusion Solar inverters as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- GrowattcoreStonestar stocks Growatt solar inverters and battery storage as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- SolarEdgecoreStonestar stocks SolarEdge inverters as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- LG Energy SolutioncoreStonestar stocks LG Energy Solution battery storage products as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- BYDcoreStonestar stocks BYD B-Box Luna battery storage as part of their wholesale solar component distribution.
- Stonestar ShipyardcoreSeparate shipyard operation (stonestarshipyard.com.au) with capacity to build, repair and service ships up to 250x33m and 76,000 tonnes. Capabilities include offshore and inland wind turbine installation using their own crawler cranes and jack-up ship.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Stonestar competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Energy Matters: Australian solar retailer and distributor selling panels, inverters, and batteries. Comparable to Stonestar's solar distribution business in the residential and commercial installer channel.
- Beaurepaires: One of Australia's largest tyre retail and distribution networks, supplying passenger, commercial, and truck tyres. Direct comparable to Stonestar's 25-year wheels and tyres distribution business serving transport operators.
- Solar Juice: Leading Australian wholesale distributor of solar panels, inverters, and battery storage to installers. Direct competitor to Stonestar's solar components wholesale business, stocking overlapping brands like Jinko, Longi, and Sungrow.
- MaxiTRANS: Australia's largest trailer manufacturer, producing semi-trailers, rigid bodies, and road transport equipment. Directly comparable to Stonestar's semi-trailer assembly business in Melbourne, competing for the same Australian freight operator customers.
- Vawdrey Australia: Australian trailer manufacturer specializing in semi-trailers, tautliners, and specialized road transport equipment. Direct competitor to Stonestar's trailer assembly operation, with similar Australian freight and logistics customer base.
- JAX Tyres & Auto: Australian franchise tyre retailer and wholesaler distributing commercial and passenger tyres. Comparable to Stonestar's wheel and tyre distribution segment, with overlapping transport-industry customers.
- Austral Ships: Australian shipbuilding and ship repair yard operating on the east coast. Comparable to Stonestar's Shipyard subsidiary for large-vessel repair and construction capability.
Broad incumbents
- Brickworks Limited: ASX-listed diversified Australian industrial group spanning building products, property development, and investments. Comparable as a diversified private/family-controlled Australian industrial conglomerate, though with much greater scale and public-market discipline.
- Device Technologies Australia: Major Australian distributor of medical devices and capital equipment to hospitals and government. Comparable to Stonestar's medical products division as a channel partner to Australian healthcare, but with a far broader and deeper product catalog and longer tender track record.
- Forgacs (Civmec/Singapore): Large Australian shipbuilding and heavy engineering company with significant ship repair capacity. Comparable to Stonestar's shipyard for large commercial vessel work, but at meaningfully greater scale and with broader marine/oil & gas exposure.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Stonestar social profiles
Digital presenceStonestar compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Stonestar financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Stonestar leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Stonestar subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
Stonestar funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Stonestar M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Stonestar
What does Stonestar do?
Stonestar is a diversified Australian industrial company that manufactures semi-trailers and machinery from its Melbourne factory, distributes wheels and tyres (alloy and steel rims, truck tyres), wholesale solar components (panels, inverters, battery storage) to installers, builds wind turbine components from locally-sourced materials, operates a shipyard capable of building/repairing vessels up to 76,000 tonnes and a fleet of 5 Panamax charter vessels, supplies approved medical devices and diagnostics to Australian businesses and government departments, and develops residential property in Victoria.
Is Stonestar a public or private company?
Stonestar is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Stonestar founded?
Stonestar was founded in 1997. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Stonestar based?
Stonestar is headquartered in Mordialloc, Australia, in the Oceania region.
How does Stonestar make money?
Seven revenue lines are on record. Semi-Trailers & Machinery Sales are the primary driver. The others are wheels & Tyres Distribution, solar Components Wholesale, wind Turbine Components, maritime Shipping/Chartering, medical Products Supply and property Development.
Who are Stonestar's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Energy Matters, Beaurepaires, Solar Juice, MaxiTRANS, Vawdrey Australia, JAX Tyres & Auto and Austral Ships. Broad incumbents are Brickworks Limited, Device Technologies Australia and Forgacs (Civmec/Singapore).
Does Stonestar have an API?
No public API is recorded for Stonestar.
What industry is Stonestar in?
Stonestar's product category is Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMACAGAL, Trailer Components & Subassemblies Manufacturing (Couplers/Landing Gear/Kingpins), with a secondary code of TLAKADAJ, Specialty Tires (OTR, Industrial, Agricultural, Mining, Aviation, Marine). Its NAICS code is 32621 and its SIC code is 3715.