Industrial Starches
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We are the industry leader in industrial starches. Our corn-derived starches provide superior functionality and support across paper, packaging, adhesive and building applications.
ANCHOR® LR Acid Modified Corn Starch is a dent acid-modified corn starch with several uses. It improves efficiency in linerboard production and corrugating. It can also be used in a variety of paper applications including size press and calendar size.
ANCHOR® LR Acid Modified Corn Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
CLEER-COTE™ Surface Treatment Starch is a waxy starch used in paper manufacturing in both size press and coating formulations that provides excellent film forming, water holding, machine cleanliness and runnability.
CLEER-COTE™ Surface Treatment Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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CLEER-COTE™ Surface Treatment Starch improves the water holding and runnability in applications.
Paper
CLEER-COTE™ Surface Treatment Starch is ideal for use in paper products.
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ECLIPSE® Functional Industrial Starch is an acid-modified corn starch. It can be used in corrugated board production and applications to optimize corrugator efficiencies and initial tack.
ECLIPSE® Functional Industrial Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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ECLIPSE® Functional Starch forms medium-to-low viscosity cooked starch pastes at normal usage levels of 10-18%
Adhesive Applications
Use ECLIPSE® Functional Industrial Starch in formulations for lamination, tube winding, bag making and carton sealing adhesive applications.
The ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch family offers a complete range of ethylated starches for surface sizing and coating applications. These starches provide system cleanliness, viscosity stability, adhesive strength, pigment binding, and excellent water retention. Hydroxyethyl substitution significantly alters the functional properties of the starch, and the various degrees of thinning provide near tailor-made solutions for size press or coating applications.
ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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Precisely manufactured, with varying degrees of molecular weight modification, ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch provides optimum viscosity for substrate penetration and film-forming for size press applications.
Adhesive Applications
Use ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch in bag-making adhesive formulations.
Paper
ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch can be used at the size press and calendar stack, for both clear and pigmented surface sizing. It can also be used in coating applications as a binder, capable of replacing latex in many formulations. Its wide range of viscosities allows you to create tailor-made and cost-saving solutions.
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GYPGRIP® Wallboard Starches provide increased strength in gypsum board. Their primary function is to improve bond between gypsum crystals. They gelatinize during the manufacturing process and provide increased strength in the gypsum core.
GYPGRIP® Wallboard Starches are available in:
1 Region
- North America
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GYPGRIP® Wallboard starches improve the functionality and workability of building products.
Building Materials
Improve the quality of gypsum wallboard during construction.
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ICB® Instant Coating Binder starches are a series of modified starches that are water-soluble binders designed for excellent compatibility with latex, fillers, and a variety of other coating and binding additives. Instant Coating Binder starches are soluble in cold water and require no cooking. They enable lower viscosity in color coating preparations, without reducing stability, viscosity or runnability in your formulations.
Instant Coating Binder starches can be used in pelletizing, herbicides, and ceramics formulations.
ICB® (Instant Coating Binder) starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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ICB® (Instant Coating Binder) starch is ideal for use in a variety of industrial and paper formulations.
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ICB® (Instant Coating Binder) starches offer excellent compatibility with latex, fillers, and a variety of other coating and binding additives, ideal for use in pelletizing, herbicides, and ceramics formulations.
Paper
ICB® (Instant Coating Binder) starch can improve the quality and finish of paper coating, improving binding quality across your paper product range.
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INTERBOND™ Wet End Starch is a dent-based cationic starch that performs extremely well in terms of strength, retention, and drainage in a variety of paper stock systems (acid to alkaline). It is widely used as a wet end additive to increase strength and retention.
INTERBOND™ Wet End Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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INTERBOND™ Wet End Starch can improve drainage and quality across a variety of paper applications.
Paper
INTERBOND™ Wet End Starch can be used in applications ranging from lightweight coated raw stock, to heavyweight bleached paperboard, to tissues and towels.
Pearl is a dent unmodified starch, ideal for use in paper of all grades. It can be used to improve surface properties across your paper product portfolio.
Pearl Dent Unmodified Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
General Information
Pearl starch can be used in size press applications.
Paper
Improved binding, ink holdout, and corrugating in paper applications.
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STADEX® Corn Dextrins are a group of dextrinized starch-based products used in a variety of industrial applications.
STADEX® Dextrin partially hydrolyzed starch dextrins are prepared by heating or dry-roasting starch in the presence of an acid catalyst. The dextrin exhibits a thinner-cooked paste viscosity, increased cold-water solubility, and color change from off-white to yellow.
STADEX® Corn Dextrins are useful in a variety of products that require a liquid or dry binder.
STADEX® Corn Dextrins range from lightly thinned to very highly hydrolyzed, offering a wide range of cold-water solubility and functionality. The highly hydrolyzed dextrins permit the make-up of quick drying, high solids formulas that are extremely tacky.
STADEX® Dextrin is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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STADEX® Dextrins act as a binder and film former across your application range. This starch increases water solubility and viscosity stability in formulations, helping produce pastes that are less viscous.
Adhesives Applications
STADEX® Dextrins can be used in lamination, tube winding and remoistenable adhesive formulations.
Building Materials
Use our STADEX® Dextrin variants in building materials and wallpaper paste formulations
STA-LOK® Cationic Corn Starch is a waxy and dent-based cationic and amphoteric starch family that supports internal strength, retention, and drainage in a variety of paper stock systems (acid to alkaline).
STA-LOK® Cationic Corn Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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The STA-LOK® Cationic Corn Starch family can reduce your system’s sensitivity to changes in pH and zeta potential (charge balance).
Paper
STA-LOK® Cationic starches can be used in a variety of paper applications, including printing and writing grades, lightweight-coating raw stock, heavyweight bleached paperboard, virgin and recycled linerboard and in tissue and towel.
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STARAMIC™ Modified Corn Starch are modified corn starches pregelatinized to be soluble in cold water. They are easily dispersible, highly substituted, nonionic water-soluble polymers designed for use at lower solid levels in wall treatments, adhesives, tile mortar, tile grout, and oil-drilling mud, among other applications. The polymer is modified to give enhanced water-holding capacity and provides resistance to shear breakdown.
STARAMIC™ Modified Corn Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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STARAMIC™ Modified Corn Starch can be used as binders and thickeners in products such as joint cements, interior wall coatings, craft paints, ceramics, and various adhesives.
Adhesive Applications
Use STARAMIC™ Modified Corn Starch to improve strength across your adhesive product range.
Building Materials
STARAMIC™ Modified Corn Starch water-soluble polymers are ideal for use in building products, such as joint cements and interior wall coatings, and can improve the consistency of paints and coatings.
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STARPOL® Starch Polymers are water-soluble polymers, ideal for use in a range of building products and adhesives. They are easily dispersible, highly substituted, nonionic water-soluble polymers designed for use at lower solid levels in wall treatments, adhesives, tile mortar, tile grout, and oil-drilling mud, among other applications. The polymer is modified to give enhanced water-holding capacity and provides resistance to shear breakdown.
STARPOL® Starch Polymers are available in:
1 Region
- North America
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STARPOL® Starch Polymers can improve the binding and thickening consistency of formulations.
Adhesive Applications
STARPOL® Starch Polymers offer water holding capacity, improving control across your adhesive product range.
Building Materials
STARPOL® Starch Polymers can be used in drilling or mining based products. Their low solid levels and resistance to shear breakdown make them ideal for use in industrial strength herbicides and pesticides.
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STARPOL® Starch Polymers can be used in drilling or mining based products. Their low solid levels and resistance to shear breakdown make them ideal for use in industrial strength herbicides and pesticides.
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STASIZE™ Modified Starch is a premium-quality starch, used in paper manufacture to support oil and grease resistance.
STASIZE™ Modified Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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TAL-FILM™ Surface Treatment Starch is an oxidized starch.
TAL-FILM™ Surface Treatment Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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TAL-FILM™ Surface Treatment Starch provides adequate film-forming for size press applications.
Paper
TAL-FILM™ Surface Treatment Starch is ideal for use in paper products.
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WALLBOARD BINDER Starch is a dual-purpose starch, acting as both a strength and adhesion agent. Its primary function is to form an adhesive bond between the paper liner and gypsum. It will gelatinize during the manufacturing process and migrate to the surface of the gypsum slurry, where it concentrates at the paper liner interface, creating an excellent bond between the two.
WALLBOARD BINDER Starch is available in:
1 Region
- North America
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WALLBOARD BINDER Starch is ideal for gypsum wallboard applications.
Building Materials
Improve the quality of gypsum wallboard for construction work.