by staradmin | Jan 30, 2020 | blog
STAR is at the 2020 National Pavement Expo in Nashville, Tennessee. The group is well represented and we are having an excellent turnout! We will be here from January 29th to February 1st. Come see us at booth 409!
by staradmin | Oct 28, 2019 | blog
Quimica, SA, located in Chile, is the largest manufacturer of various types of asphalt emulsions for the paving industry, with two manufacturing locations. Quimica is a full line distributor and applicator of STAR Products including sealcoatings. They have done...
by staradmin | Sep 10, 2019 | blog
You could call him an untiring activist for better sealcoating – and a better sealcoating industry. Girish C. Dubey is passionate about how the advantages of improved performance in products made by his company, STAR Inc., can benefit every American who ever puts...
by staradmin | Sep 6, 2019 | blog
Don Anstine, one of the pioneers of pavement maintenance, passed away August 23, 2019 at the age of 90. He began protecting and preserving asphalt parking lots in 1966 as a Cosmicoat distributor/applicator. He was later to become one of their first plant owners when...
by staradmin | May 2, 2019 | blog
Simply defined Additives are materials added to enhance the properties of a product. In this article we will be discussing the materials that are added to boost the performance of sealcoatings which may be based on refined tar, asphalt or any other resin. The use of...
by staradmin | Apr 13, 2019 | blog
Hercules Sealcoat Manufacturing, Inc., a member of STAR, Inc., today announced it has opened its 2nd asphalt sealcoat facility in ATLANTA, GA to directly market its premium brand of STAR-SEAL products in Alabama, north Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina,...
by staradmin | Apr 11, 2019 | blog
Girish Dubey, president of STAR Inc., was inducted into the Pavement Hall of Fame at the National Pavement Expo in Nashville, Tennessee on February 27th, 2019. This prestigious award recognizes Mr. Dubey’s contributions to the pavement industry over the past...
by staradmin | Apr 9, 2019 | blog
As featured in Construction in Focus, August 2018 In the business of developing and delivering highly innovative products and solutions, Specialty Technology and Research, best known to its customers as STAR, Inc., has remained at the forefront of the sealcoating and...
by staradmin | Apr 9, 2019 | blog
Why rust forms in asphalt pavement and how to treat it. It may sound awkward but yes, asphalt pavements also rust — or more correctly they develop rust spotting and steaking. It is more common that you may want to acknowledge and is seldom addressed in...
by staradmin | Nov 15, 2018 | blog
This letter was written in response to a letter written by a property management engineer advising against sealcoating parking lots. He writes, “I’d like to ask you to reconsider this since my experience says that you don’t seal pavements as it leads to earlier...
