Western Polymer Corporation (WPC) of Moses Lake, Washington, is the largest wet-end cationic potato starch supplier to the paper industry in the U.S. Northwest. In addition, WPC supplies and services paper mills throughout the United States.
Western Polymer Corp. currently purchases recovered potato starch from all major North American French fry and potato chip processors.
Western Polymer Corp. has two facilities that receive recovered starch: Moses Lake, Washington and Grand Forks, North Dakota.
In 2013, Western Polymer Corp. also acquired the Aroostook Starch Company, LLC, in Fort Fairfield, Maine. Western Polymer will continue to process food grade potato starch at this location after some upgrades to the plant and equipment.
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March 03, 2019
Ingredion acquires potato starch manufacturer Western Polymer
Ingredient supplier Ingredion Incorporated has acquired the operations of Western Polymer, a company focused on the production of native and modified potato starches for food and industrial applications
February 21, 2014
Western Polymer Corporation to invest $1 million in Starch plant in Maine
Western Polymer Corporation (WPC), in partnership with LTWAW, LLC, was recently certified as eligible to receive economic development incentives from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) for its manufacturing facility in Fort Fairfield.
July 02, 2013
Aroostook Starch Company acquired by Western Polymer Corporation
Western Polymer Corporation (WPC) yesterday announced the purchase of the manufacturing plant and equipment of Aroostook Starch Company, LLC, in Fort Fairfield, Maine. This acquisition will be the third starch manufacturing site for the Corporation.
January 30, 2012
Washington State newspaper is 'home grown' using potato starch
Some of the components that go into making the actual newsprint paper of the The Columbia Basin Herald come from Columbia Basin farms.Contact Information
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