Oystar Group: Stutensee, February 7, 2012. Thanks to a steadily growing order situation, Hassia Packaging Pvt. Ltd. - a 100% subsidiary of the OYSTAR Group in India - has doubled its capacities to what is now a 4,033 m² large surface used for production and administration. With that, the site in Pune is capable of building 20 machines per month. Sales have increased by 45 percent in this past year alone. As part of this growth, 30 additional employees have been hired. The site in Pune now employs a total of 100 employees.

Hassia Packaging Pvt. Ltd. manufactures packaging machines for the food and chemical industries. This includes FS machines for filling and sealing preformed cups as well as machines with volume and weight filling systems for placing products into pouches, glass, cups and cans. The filling amounts range between 25 g and 50 kg. Customers primarily consist of international big corporations as well as small and medium-sized companies that manufacture their products in emerging markets.

About OYSTAR Group

OYSTAR - The Packaging Group is one of the world's leading suppliers of packaging machinery, technology and services. OYSTAR has extensive know-how in the key industries of dairy products, food and consumer, as well as pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Based in Stutensee near Karlsruhe, Germany, the holding company currently represents 11 manufacturing companies as well as numerous sales and service companies. At present OYSTAR Holding employs a workforce of approximately 2,200 worldwide and generated a total of EUR 420 million in sales in 2010.

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