Recently, CHEM-STOR lost its leader, Ken Anderson.

Ken was more than a founder. He was a builder in the truest sense. Someone who saw a gap in the market and quietly engineered solutions that would go on to shape an entire category. In 1985, he developed, patented, and introduced the CHEM-STOR product line, starting with a handful of standard storage buildings and a clear vision for what safe, reliable hazardous material storage could become.

Over time, that vision expanded. Ken introduced the first available secondary containment platform in the industry, integrated solar power systems into the CHEM-STOR product line, and evolved the buildings themselves into modular structures reaching up to 50 feet in length. Drawing on his background in explosion-proof electrical systems, he engineered advanced electrical designs that became a defining feature of CHEM-STOR hazardous material storage buildings.

What Ken built was not just a product line. It was a standard. One rooted in safety, practicality, and forward-thinking design.

Today, that standard continues. CHEM-STOR remains a family-owned and operated business, with the next generation carrying forward the principles, discipline, and craftsmanship that defined Ken’s life’s work. From its manufacturing facility in Los Banos, California, the company continues to produce CHEM-STOR products with the same commitment to quality and innovation that Ken established decades ago.

His legacy lives on in every structure, every design, and every decision made in the business he built.