By JAMES E. CASTO
For The State Journal
HUNTINGTON — Star Technologies LLC, which manufactures a broad array of high-tech metal fasteners for the transportation industry, has no customers in West Virginia even though it sells its West Virginia-made products to customers nationwide and abroad.
Earlier this year, when the West Virginia Development Office and the West Virginia Export Council honored more than 50 state companies for adding new countries to their list of foreign customers, Star Technologies was recognized for adding Brazil, Canada and Mexico to its list of foreign buyers. The Huntington manufacturer long has exported its fasteners to Great Britain, Japan and a number of other countries, including such unlikely locales as Poland and Malaysia. (…)
