If you’re like us, 2015 is off to a hectic pace. In less than two weeks we’ll be exhibiting at World of Concrete in Las Vegas, showcasing our line of GlucoSol® products and discussing the advantages starch-based ethers bring to cement based mineral systems. This is our first time exhibiting at the event and we […]
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 […]
Chemstar has a long and storied history of working with the oil and natural gas drilling industry, dating back to 1965 when we first began providing extruded pre-gel corn products for oil drilling. However, when we mention our involvement with oil drilling to customers and prospects outside of the oil industry, or friends and relatives […]
Many of our customers are familiar with the GlucoStar® series of cold-water soluble polymers. GlucoStar was a generic name used for products that provided performance attributes to multiple industries. However, we are currently aligning our product families to be brand specific by industry. Part of this process is renaming a few products that were designated […]
Approximately six years ago we made our first inroad into the cement and gypsum-based construction materials market with GlucoSol® 235, a formulation primarily suited for a wide range of mortar and render systems. It allowed manufacturers to cost-effectively reduce the quantity of traditional thickeners while enhancing functionality and providing the ability to customize specific product […]
Today we wanted to spotlight GlucoSol®, one of the most versatile products we have ever developed at Chemstar. From its original formula to the various families of products we currently offer, GlucoSol has proven beneficial for applications ranging from a water-soluble rheology modifier in construction materials to a latex replacement in specialty adhesives. We began […]
At Chemstar we have been serving the textile printing industry for nearly 30 years. Carboxymethyl starch, also known as starch ether, is an important component of thickener systems for continuous run printing of textiles on rotary or flatbed screen printers. It is also a natural extension of our product lines. When we first got started […]
Last week America celebrated its independence from “sea to shining sea.” But while our products are produced in America’s heartland, they’re shipped to all corners of the world. Ensuring they are readily available to our customers outside of North America makes navigating those oceans an important consideration of our global logistics strategy. Chemstar has […]
It’s been an unusually long winter for most of the country. In fact, many of the northern states just recently saw the last of their snow melt. But by now the ground is visible and the frost line has receded in the northern states, and the rain season is about to begin in the west […]
We recently outlined the values that define our company. A perfect example of how we’ve used two of our values, Responsive and Squared Away, to guide our business decisions is our recent efforts to implement more effective Document and Process Management controls. We are listening to the needs of our oil and gas customers by […]