For over 50 years our McPherson facility and family proudly served our customers and our community. In 1965, Paul Werler, a humble chemical engineer and family man, opened Chemstar’s McPherson facility with a local partner, in order to provide high-quality drilling starch to the growing oilfield market. Chemstar’s McPherson plant quickly became renowned for its […]
We are proud to announce that our Brookhaven production facility achieved 1,000 safe days without a recordable injury on May 20th. The team celebrated the milestone with a pancake breakfast in the morning and grilled “sausage-dogs” for lunch. Way to go Brookhaven team!
As COVID-19 continues to impact our community and the world, the Chemstar team would like to share a brief update: Our primary concern is the health and safety of our employees. Therefore, we have enacted a number of protective measures, such as staggering work schedules, providing additional paid leave, and mandating remote work, wherever possible. […]
More companies are under pressure to make changes to improve operations due to increasing raw material costs, environmental regulations and technological advances. Chemstar is no exception. Over the last year we have been implementing changes to our production facilities to add capacity and streamline efficiencies to overcome these challenges. With a surgical approach to improving […]
We’ve all been around That Guy. The person who talks about sensitive business information in inappropriate places – such as the airport, elevator or restaurant. On a recent flight everyone in my row was an unwilling participant in a gentleman’s conversation to a colleague describing a piece of new business he was going after. […]
I have been a member of the American Association of Drilling Engineers for about 15 years. It has been rewarding to see it grow from a small group of regional chapters into an international association. One event I always am sure to attend is their bi-annual National Fluids Technical Conference and Exhibition, as it’s one […]
Many companies talk about being customer focused. But in order to deliver on our promise of Our Science. Your Solution, we emphasize a focus on customer collaboration you won’t find with too many businesses. So what does it mean to have a customer-centric culture at Chemstar? There are a few ways we look at it. […]
Since 1988 Chemstar has recognized and rewarded employees who achieve milestones in safety training and injury reduction through our annual Plant Safety Awards. These awards reinforce our focus on safety and are an important component of achieving our ultimate mission of an injury free workplace. Plant Safety Awards are given out to individuals who meet […]
Chemstar has been a member of the American Petroleum Institute for more than 40 years. It’s important to us and our customers to be active in an organization that’s involved in setting standards and specifications for oil drilling around the world. We recently had the honor of sponsoring its 2014 Exploration and Production Winter Standards […]
I joined Chemstar one year ago as the operations and manufacturing director, with responsibility for the continuous and measurable improvement of all our manufacturing operations. The first thing that stood out to me was the quality of our engineering team. I’m no stranger to working with engineers. For the past 25 years I’ve worked on […]