Company Profile

Australia
E: Vincent.Conserva@Kraton.com

China
P: +86-21-6289-6161
E: Sales.Inquiry-China@Kraton.com

India and SE Asia
E: Joydeep.Mukerjea@kraton.com

Japan
P: +81-3-5461-7430
E: Sales.Inquiry-Japan@Kraton.com

Korea
P: +82-2-508-3812
E: Isshim@kraton.com

Taiwan
P: +886-2-2545-1539
E: Connie.Lai@Kraton.com

South America
Sales and Market Development
P: +55 19 3874 7270

Backup Tel: +55 19 3874 7272

All Other Requests
P: +55 19 3874 7244

Kraton Performance Polymers, the originator of styrenic block copolymers (SBCs), continues to see growth across key product lines. Kraton was bought from Shell Chemical by private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings (New York) in 2001, and later sold to TPG Capital (Fort Worth, TX) and J.P. Morgan Partners (New York) in 2003.

Lindsey Bewley
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October 2011

With the budgets available today, government agencies need every tool in the toolbox to extend the life of their roads and keep stakeholders happy.

Paul Fournier – Contributing Author
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June 2011

Warm-mix asphalt (WMA) technologies produce asphalt at temperatures that are 25°F to 100ºF (14°C to 38°C) lower than the production temperatures for conventional asphalt concrete, which range from 280ºF to 350ºF (138°C to 177°C). In general, three WMA technologies are in use.

Stacey D. Diefenderfer and Trenton M. Clark
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May – June 2011

Houston's economy remains beholden to energy prices, and as it began to recover last year, the divergence of oil and natural gas manifested itself in the returns of Houston's best-performing companies.

Loren Steffy - Houston Chronicle
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Monday, June 6, 2011

Houston-based Kraton Performance Polymers landed the award for Greener Reaction Conditions for developing the NEXAR family of halogen-free, high-flow copolymer membranes for water and other purification applications. The copolymer’s durable multiblock design enables faster flow rates than current membranes, leading to significant savings in membrane costs and energy use.

Stephen K. Ritter
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June 27, 2011

Going public at the end of 2009 made this chemical compound maker’s debut at No. 63 with $1.2 billion in revenue possible. Even before its 26.9 percent revenue growth in 2010, Kraton would have made the list with its 2009 revenue of $968 million, had it been public.