The Science Behind Innovation

The very essence of our business is, and always has been, an unrelenting commitment to successfully commercializing and applying new technologies and products that deliver substantial value that our customers and the general consumer demand.

About Us

National Starch & Chemical Company, a member of the ICI Group, is a market-driven, value-oriented, innovation-based leader in the development, production and application of industrial adhesives, specialty starches, electronic materials, and specialty polymer products.

With more than 9,500 employees worldwide, and sales of $3.29 billion (US) in 2004, National operates nine major R&D laboratories and produces thousands of differentiated, polymer-based products from an international network of 145 manufacturing and customer service centers located in 38 countries on six continents.

Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, National is organized into four product-based divisions and 18 business units defined by their industrial markets and application dynamics. All four of National’s product divisions – Specialty Industrial Adhesives, Specialty Starches, Electronic Materials, and Specialty Polymers – are closely related, historically and scientifically, through the company’s unique, dual technology platforms in natural and synthetic polymer science.


Whether you are a consumer, a customer, a business partner, an employee or a shareholder with the ICI Group, National Starch & Chemical Company delivers tangible, functional value in many ways, every day, around the world.