Product History
Omstar's Original Formulation
The original formulation was developed for the United States military in 1944 by Morton Z. Fainman to allow Allied forces to effectively burn methanol when gasoline and diesel supplies were beginning to run low. The need for a reformulator was to provide additional lubricity to the new fuel because it was dryer and caused the engines to run very hot.
Refining the Product
The basic formulation was a success, yet after military operations ceased, the formulation was shelved for many years because it was not cost effective given the low cost of plentiful fuel supplies. In the mid 1980's Dr. Fainman turned again to his original formulation and began refining it and patented it as d-1280x in the late 1980s.
Omstar Today
Omstar Environmental Products was formed to manufacture and distribute Dr. Fainman's fuel reformulator, and he was an active participant in the company until he passed away in 1993. Since that time the product has been used around the world and tested over millions of miles with resounding success.