The Stara was decorated with the 2019 Innovation Champions Award, according to the Amanhã magazine in a partnership with the IXL-Center (Center for Innovation, Excellence and Leadership), from Boston – USA. The IXL-Center is a world reference in the research of the best practices on the innovation management.  Among the 50 most innovative companies in the southern region of Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and Paraná), the Stara reached the 12th place, standing out on the agricultural machinery sector. The award reinforces the innovative Stara DNA, which comes over the years in constant evolution, improving its products, processes, and technologies. The HR manager, Volmir Amann, and the IT manager, Mariano Lopes Machado, represented the Stara at the awards event held on last April 16th, in the Technological Park Tecnosinos in São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil.