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Look to CM Starches to Replace Polyanionic Cellulose

Polyanionic cellulose (PAC) is a common additive to water-based drilling muds. Often used in regions with hard-rock applications, such as…

Changes to Our Production Facilities Add Capacity and Efficiencies

Chemstar has been in the starch production business for nearly 50 years. During that time we’ve opened three production facilities,…

History of Growth Defined by Values

As we move into 2013 and begin a new chapter in the Chemstar story, it seems fitting to look back…

Water-Based Polymers Make It Easier to Go Green

There has been a growing commercial emphasis in recent years to “go green.” At Chemstar we kind of chuckle at…

Supporting Our Communities: Part of the Chemstar Tradition

Last week we took a break from our regular blogging schedule to celebrate Thanksgiving. At Chemstar, we take great pride…

Super-Size Sales with Lunch & Learns

Although technology has changed the nature of business meetings, there is still a tremendous amount of value in face-to-face meetings. …

A Look Inside the Chemstar Lab

Most of our stories discuss how we developed starch formulations in our lab to overcome a specific challenge for a…

How HydroStar Improves the Electrowinning Process

We wanted to share an interesting story of how we partnered with a global leader in base metals to overcome…

Developing a Polyanionic Cellulose Alternative That Passes Microtox Standards

Starch is an incredibly versatile polymer. When the right science is applied it provides benefits for a variety of industrial…

New Polymer Solutions for Construction Products Provide Synergistic Benefits with Cellulose and Synthetic Polymers

As we’ve described in previous posts, Chemstar started out supplying starch based solutions for the oil and gas drilling industry.…