Star Industries

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Star Industries
Type	Public
Founded	New York City, U.S. (1934)
Headquarters	Syosset, New York, U.S.
Area served	New York metro
Key people	Martin Silver(CEO)
Industry	Alcoholic beverage
Products	Alcoholic beverages
Employees	20
Website	Star Industries

Star Industries is an alcoholic beverage producer and importer founded in Sunnyside, Queens, New York in 1934. It is today based in Syosset, New York and offers an extensive line of beverage products, including vodka, gin, rum, cachaça, wine, liqueurs, and alcopop.

Star's best known product is likely Georgi vodka, heavily advertised in the New York metropolitan region. Georgi's logo uses the Cyrillic letter Я in place of an R, an example of faux Cyrillic.

In 2003, Star Industries sued Bacardi and Anheuser-Busch over the use of a circular "O" on Bacardi's "Bacardi O" alcopop. Judge Harold Baer, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Star's claims.^[1]