StarchTech, Inc.
720 Florida Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426
(800) 597-7225 (PACK)
sti@starchtech.com
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StarchTech listed in 2010 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the US
Inc. Magazine
August, 2010
Inc Magazine has, once again, chosen StarchTech as one of the United States' Fastest Growing Private Companies. Of the 5000 companies on the list, StarchTech is listed as number 3815. StarchTech is honored to be counted among other companies that are growing and thriving in the United States. Our thanks go out to our customers and distributors for their belief in using eco friendly packaging products.
[view company profile on Inc.com]
StarchTech: The Future of Packaging
SmartPlanet.com
July, 2010
CBS has recently completed a report on The Future of Packaging profiling StarchTech, among other options available today. The story discusses the current environmental impact of packaging and the energy required to produce it. StarchTech offers a compostable and "green" alternative.
[view the video on smartplanet.com]
StarchTech Named One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the Twin Cities
Business Journal
October, 2009
For the 5th time in eight years, StarchTech has been named as one of the Twin Cities 50 Fastest Growing Private Companies by the Minneapolis and St. Paul Business Journal. Listed as number 34 on the list, StarchTech celebrated with other companies and industries who are defying the current economic conditions and trending towards growth!
StarchTech One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the US
Inc. Magazine
September, 2009
StarchTech is pleased to announce that they have been noted as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States by nationally recognized Inc. Magazine!
Inc. Magazine's September 2009 issue features America's Entrepreneurial Superstars and their exclusive annual report of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the United States.
[more eco packaging accolades]
Businesses work to protect the environment
By Dave Kaiser
12 News Business Beat, April 8, 2009
Local News TV Station, Channel 12 News, interviews StarchTech on it's popular Business Beat program showing how local businesses protect the environment through creative thinking by using innovation to eliminate waste.
[view news video]
From demolition to farming, and from light bulbs to newspapers, going green is taking over.
Now, add packing peanuts to the list!
RHINELANDER (October 20, 2008) - Doctors Foster and Smith in Rhinelander switched from [foam] peanuts to green peanuts to use in packages they ship.
The peanuts are made of starch and dissolve in water.
Officials say because Foster and Smith caters to pet owners, the starch peanuts are [pet-friendly] if they were to eat them.
[read entire article]
Cost-efficient, clean cushioning for collectibles
By Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor
Published in Packaging World Magazine, May 2008
Ensuring that mail-order products get from the distribution center to the customer intact requires careful packing of shipping cases to protect the contents from damage in transit.
Many times, expanded polystyrene packing peanuts are added to a shipment because they provide the most cost-effective means of protection. In the past, shippers were faced with a dilemma of whether to go "green," by choosing natural, biodegradable loose-fill products, or to save green, by using petroleum-based materials.
But that has changed within the last few years. As the costs for petroleum-based products have increased, more companies are finding that they can save the planet while saving cash, too. Such was the case for Specialty Merchandise Corp., a Fontana, CA, direct-sales marketer of collectibles and home décor items.
[read entire article]
Crutchfield Extends its Environmental Commitment by Becoming First Shipper in Virginia to Make Own Biodegradable Packing Peanuts
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (March 11, 2008) — Crutchfield, one of the nation's leading catalog and Internet retailers of consumer electronics, is the first warehouse operation in Virginia to install a machine that makes earth-friendly packing peanuts from starch pellets.
Only a few other shippers in the U.S. have made the investment in such a packing machine, according to Dean Bartels, General Manager of StarchTech Inc., Crutchfield's supplier.
"Crutchfield is at the leading edge of a growing trend of companies recognizing the benefits of producing starch peanuts in-house, saving money as well as the environment," Bartels said.
The $75,000 extruding machine is the same kind that's used to make cheese puffs and breakfast cereal. Consumers who receive packages containing the static-free starch peanuts may re-use them or dispose of them by dissolving them with water or placing them in a compost pile.
[read entire article]
 "Has what it takes to be a successful
business for many years to come."
2007 Small Business of the Year Award
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce
February, 2008
The Small Business of the Year Award
StarchTech, Inc. was awarded the Small Business of the Year award for their manufacturing and marketing of Biodegradable Loosefill Packaging product, which is made from renewable resources.
[read entire article]
From Loose Fill to Solid Solution
Composting Corn-Based Peanuts
By Sharell Benson
November, 2007
Working towards a complete, closed cycle–from corn to "peanuts" to corn again (when composted).
Chemical engineer and CEO Ed Boehmer had a vision in 1996 to produce ecologically superior packing'peanuts' as an alternative to other transport cushioning products that were piling up in landfills at the end of their trip. Marketed as the 'Packing Peanuts that Saved the World,' StarchTech's products may do just that.
The green technology, naturally static-free qualities, ease of use, and biodegradability have attracted customers as far away as Australia, Italy, and Belgium–countries ahead of the U.S. in mandating sustainable packaging technologies. The environmentally friendly peanuts dissolve in water or can be composted, unlike the more common polystyrene foam peanuts.
[read entire article]
Protect your product
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