Sternfenster Named One of Region’s Best-Performing Businesses

Starglaze, the holding company for respected Lincoln-based window and door trade fabricator Sternfenster, has been named one of the East Midlands’ fastest-growing companies in a recent authoritative study.

The East Midlands Top 200 Report, compiled by financial advisers Grant Thornton and the CBI, ranked Starglaze/Sternfenster 57^th among the region’s 200 most dynamic firms, which includes businesses operating in areas as diverse as finance, agriculture, services and property and construction. The fabricator is also Lincolnshire’s 5^th best performing company, according to the same study.

In recent years, Sternfenster has seen impressive growth thanks to its forward-thinking investment in product development, new manufacturing technologies, increasing operational efficiency, and strengthening its brand. With invoice sales growing 64% between January 2014 and January 2015, the fabricator is a strong contributor to the East Midlands’ economy and, alongside the other companies mentioned in the top, has helped generate an increase of 36% in new jobs in the region over the past three years.

“We’re delighted to feature in the report,” commented Sternfenster managing director, Mike Parczuk. “It is part of the pay-off for our long-term investment and product development strategy we’ve been pursuing in recent years. As a proud family business, we believe that the surest route to growth is doing our utmost to help our customers grow – offering them innovative, desirable products to give them an edge in competitive markets and assist them to differentiate their offering, backed with industry-leading customer service that includes strategic sales and marketing support.”

“In the coming months, we’ll be continuing to invest in our people and products. Most notably, we’ll be opening a new aluminium factory which will generate a further 53 jobs over the next three years, and we’ll also launch a series of innovative products.”

“One of these is a brand new addition to our hugely successful StyleLine range, a timber alternative flush sash PVC-U window designed to suit period properties, based on Deceuninck’s Heritage flush sash system.”

Founded in 1974, today Sternfenster operates from a state-of-the-art 80,000 sq. ft. factory in Lincoln, employing close to 170 people. Directors Mike and Simon Parczuk, who spearhead the company, are sons of the original founders.