We’re taking a brief pause from our Strictly Starch blog for the holidays. Our next post will be January 9th. Over the coming months we will focus on new product launches and take a closer look at solutions we’re developing for a variety of industries. We’ve also noticed that articles about our staff are some […]
No matter where you look these days, from professional sports to food production to society’s driving habits, there is a growing emphasis on safety. Manufacturing is no different. At Chemstar, we’ve put additional muscle behind our safety programs in recent years. In fact, I was hired earlier this year to further improve our safety culture […]
Last month we wrote about Chemstar participating in the Movember movement for the first time ever. Between me, Paul Werler and Chemstar, we pledged a total of $150 for each new moustache. We also agreed to donate $300 for the person who grew a perfect handle-bar moustache, which we affectionately dubbed the “Cornstar” recipient. Since […]
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 […]
Being a family-run business sets us apart from many of our competitors. We strive to provide that extra touch of personal service and commitment you don’t find with larger enterprises. With that in mind, we thought you might enjoy getting to know a few of the personalities that help make everything run smoothly at Chemstar: […]
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 […]
Certain industries, such as paper manufacturing and charcoal briquetting, have historically bought and cooked raw starch for their production needs. While we understand the desire to manage your own supply chain, and in many ways admire it, there are direct and indirect costs associated with cooking your own starch. Operation of the boiler, maintenance of […]
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 […]