Starches As Biomaterials

National Starch's biopolymers are a sustainable alternative to synthetic chemicals and polymers in many applications. Derived from renewable sources, such as corn and other starch bases, our speciaty starches can help reduce the carbon footprint of packaging while increasing its degradability. This allows manufacturers to increase the sustainable content of their products while taking advantage of potential cost-in-use advantages of specialty starches.

National Starch Biomaterials Innovation serves the markets described below wither directly or through allied suppliers. For more information about how National Starch Biomaterials Innovation can help make your product or process more efficient and greener, please contact Kendrick Horn at +1 908 575 6184 or by e-mail at Kendrick.Horn@nstarch.com.

Applications for starch biomaterials include:

Adhesives and industrial emulsion formulations
Biodegradable packaging
Construction compounds
Glove dusting
Fabric and home care
Glass fiber
Personal care

	Adhesives and Industrial Emulsions National Starch Biomaterials Innovation supplies specialty starches and dextrins to adhesives formulators to create desirable functional benefits in both water- and solvent-based adhesives and hot melts. With more than 100 years of experience in starches made for high-performance adhesives, National Starch provides high-tech, nature-based ingredients to help adhesive formulators control adhesion, tack and drying properties. The company also makes and markets specialty starches that facilitate formation of oil emulsions and are suitable for use in certain adhesives, paints and polymer systems.

	Biodegradable Packaging Through an alliance with Plantic Technologies , National Starch's specialty starches are the foundation of new biodegradable food-grade packaging which can replace plastics in many applications. National Starch's deep understanding of starch science combined with Plantic’s expertise in bioplastics technology, provides a powerful partnership aimed at helping food and consumer packagers increase the sustainable content of their products. With Plantic's innovative technology, starches replace synthetic plastics derived from petroleum products with a nature-based ingredient which not only improves the sustainable content of the package but also raises recyclability levels and reduces how much waste consumers are forced to send to landfills. Through our long relationships with food manufacturers, National Starch can bring this packaging innovation to you.

	Construction With a long history supplying biomaterials for construction applications, our technologies can be used to influence hydration and adhesion in dry mix mortars, pastes and cements.

	Fabric and Home Care National Starch is allied with AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry in designing and marketing specialized starch-based ingredients for detergents and other laundry products. National Starch's supplies innovative natural polymer technology to AkzoNobel which creates value-added ingredients which function as encapsulation agents to protect sensitive fragrances, oils and other actives. Also offered are products which modify the physical form of difficult-to-handle additives.

	Glass Fiber National Starch and Celanese are allied to make and market starches for glass fiber sizing applications. Specialty starches can influence formation and weaving properties and make an excellent alternative to formaldehyde- based thermosetting resins.

	Medical Gloves Specialty starches used as coatings and dustings in manufacturing of surgical and examination latex gloves.

	Personal Care AkzoNobel Surface Chemistry's Personal Care Group and National Starch collaborate on creation of specialty starches to control sensorial properties of skin lotion such as texture, gloss and smoothness. In hair care products, natural polymers provide hold and styling benefits. Contact AkzoNobel Personal Care for more information.