NEWS & ARTICLES

The personnel from STAR Headquarters  and Mcconnell & associates had the opportunity to visit Crafco’s supply  center and their show room.  The show room whi...

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 ...

Quimica, SA, located in Chile, is the largest manufacturer of various types of asphalt emulsions for the paving industry, with two manufacturing locations. Q...

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...

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 lo...

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 bo...

Hercules Sealcoat Manufacturing, Inc., a member of STAR, Inc., today announced it has opened its 2nd asphalt sealcoat facility in ATLANTA, GA to directly mar...

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, 201...

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 spot...

As featured in Construction in Focus, August 2018

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 ...

Are they based on sealer concentrate or final sealer mix – and why you need to know the difference. Read full article at forconstructionpros.com

9 Questions to Ask When Selecting a Pavement Sealing Supplier Whether you are new to the sealcoating industry or a veteran sealcoating contractor, your relat...

As most sealcoaters know, water is the major component of sealcoatings. The sealer is supplied as a concentrate and contains typically 60% water by volume. A...

Over the last several years, more precisely since the ban on the use of RTS in Austin, TX, in January 2006 there has been a great deal of enthusiasm amongst ...

STAR Specialty Technology & Research, Inc. is a major manufacturer of pavement sealcoatings with a comprehensive line of performance-driven, pavement mainten...

With all the snow and ice over the last winter season, I thought it would be an appropriate time to look at some of the identifiable ways asphalt is adversel...

If you use refined coal tar sealers and have recently received resistance from new or existing customers regarding their safety, you may not have immediate a...

Entrepreneurship is engrained in the psyche of most Americans. A stage comes in the lives of hard-working people when they feel compelled to have the freedom...

Sealcoating professionals frequently ask how to change the mix design to suit the weather-related conditions, sand/aggregate loadings or simply in the amount...