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n What does your company specialise in and why
is it the best at what it does? Please tell us
briefly about your main products.
Christopher Klose: STAROFIT specialises in distributing
buttwelding elbows and fittings in steel, alloy steel and stainless
steel. We are a major supplier in Europe; our extensive stock
programme enables us to satisfy unusual demands and cater
for complex requirements. Furthermore, STAROFIT’s success
relies on know how, motivated and well-trained employees
and reliability. I believe the confidence our customers place is
reasoned by our excellent customer service.
n Could you tell us about some of the recent
projects you have been working on at STAROFIT
and about the role and responsibilities of
STAROFIT in the market?
Claudia Renz: STAROFIT is known as a reliable partner in the
market, exclusively serving trading companies. Due to our
deep product range, we are not a typical supplier for entire
piping projects; rather we maintain the role as the niche
supplier for complementary piping products. This means we
provide our partners and customers with the ability to supply
complete project packages to their customers.
Stefan Reiners: We are continuously working on the extension
of our stock programme with new material grades and
dimensions to provide products that are sustainable under
extreme conditions. Our mission is to provide high quality
goods and services to customers, which makes it also our
responsibility that we are able to fulfil demands immediately.
n What are the future plans for your company?
Do you see a lot of potential for growth in the
developing areas of the world, for example?
Christopher Klose: Globalisation of the market is still going
on, which means the process of the internationalisation of
the market hasn’t stopped. It is obvious that STAROFIT can’t
ignore this development, which means we have to extend
our global network of partners to serve existing customers
on a new level and to reach new potential customers. In
this regard, we follow our philosophy to serve other trading
companies in the piping sector only and treat them as partners.
Additionally, as already mentioned we work continuously
on the extension of our stock programme. We are
extending our stock programme regarding the diversity
of dimensions and the variety of material grades.
We see our future as a niche supplier for value-added piping
products and excellent services to our partners and customers.
Interview with Stefan Reiners,
Steffen Knese, Claudia Renz and
Christopher Klose of Starofit
Stefan Reiners, Steffen Knese, Claudia Renz and Christopher Klose are sales managers at STAROFIT and work in the export team.
In total they have more than 30 years of experience in the steel trade industry.