Starwin Products

Starwin Products
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
 Mensa Otabil (Chairman)
Kwasi Yirenkyi (CEO)
Products Rapinol, Asmadrin, Painoff, Paraking, milk of magnesia, liver salts
Website

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 10 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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