Kraton Corporation (KRA)

Company Profile

Kraton Corp. engages in the manufacture and marketing of styrenic block copolymers, specialty polymers, and other products primarily derived from pine wood pulping co-products. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas and currently employs 1,751 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2009-12-17. The firm manufactures styrenic block copolymers (SBCs), specialty polymers, and performance products primarily derived from pine wood pulping co-products. The firm operates through two segments: Polymer segment and Chemical segment. The Polymer segment, which comprises of its SBCs and other engineered polymers business. The Chemical segment is comprised of its pine-based specialty products business. The Company’s SBCs is an engineered synthetic elastomer, which is used in a range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and personal care products, sealants, lubricants, medical, packaging, automotive, paving and roofing, and others. The company also sells isoprene rubber (IR) and isoprene rubber latex (IRL), which are non-SBC products primarily used in applications such as medical products, personal care, adhesives, tackifiers, paints, and coatings. The company offers crude tall oil (CTO) and crude sulfate turpentine (CST).

Company Info

Kraton Corporation

15710 John F Kennedy Blvd Ste 300

Houston TEXAS 77032

P: 18004572866.0

CEO: Kevin M. Fogarty

Employees: 1751

Website: http://www.kraton.com