Five star service
Keith Sykes, works director of UK flightcase manufacturer 5 Star for 11 years, has purchased the majority shareholding of the company.
MD Jim Willis, has retired from the Wisbech-based business after a quarter of a century service, Sykes and Willis having worked together for many years, building the company from when it initially made its mark as a guitar and keyboard case manufacturer.
Sykes joined in June 1991 when 5 Star acquired Pro-Tect Cases, an Ipswich-based case-making operation that he’d managed for some years. Sykes was made a director and shareholder of 5 Star Cases in 1997.
For the immediate future, Willis will continue to support specific key accounts he has managed, culminating in a strategic hand-over to a recently re-structured sales team.
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