Kraton Receives Third ISCC PLUS Certification for Renewable Polymers
The Mailiao Plant Becomes The Latest Kraton Manufacturing Facility To Produce The Cirkular+™
ReNew Series Enabling The Circular Economy
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Corporation and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation are pleased to announce the ISCC PLUS certification of their HSBC Joint Venture plant in Mailiao, Taiwan. As the inventor of styrenic block copolymers (SBC), Kraton remains committed to delivering innovation and sustainable solutions for customers worldwide.
Kraton's Mailiao certification expands its portfolio of certified SBC manufacturing sites beyond Europe and North America into Asia. The Taiwan facility can now produce up to 100% ISCC PLUS-certified renewable SBC under the CirKular+™ ReNew Series, using the mass balance approach with ISCC PLUS- certified butadiene, styrene, and isoprene. This achievement strengthens Kraton's global presence, providing customers with unparalleled access to locally sourced, sustainable solutions across three key continents.
'The certification of the Mailiao facility underscores Kraton's dedication to advancing the circular economy and providing customers with sustainable, innovative solutions as the global industry leader,' shared Pedro Lopes, Kraton Global VP of Strategic Marketing, Product Management, and Supply Chain. 'Our well-established global monomer supplier network enables us to offer multiple solutions with up to 100% ISCC PLUS-certified content, tailored to customer needs for bio-circular, circular and bio-based waste. Kraton is committed to supporting the transition to renewable materials, reducing carbon emissions, and enabling a more sustainable future.'
The CirKular+ ReNew Series offers ISCC PLUS-certified renewable polymers, further expanding Kraton's existing suite of CirKular+ solutions designed to advance the circular economy. The ReNew Series offers a drop-in solution that reduces the cradle-to-gate carbon footprint* (including biogenic carbon) compared to fossil-based products. In addition to its differentiated portfolio of sustainable solutions, Kraton has an advanced in-house life cycle assessment (LCA) program and product carbon footprint modeling capabilities to support specific customer needs.
Launched in 2020, the CirKular+ Compatibilization Series and Performance Enhancement Series enable high-performance, innovative solutions for plastics upcycling and circular economy initiatives. CirKular+ helps customers transition to circular design with renewable and recycled feedstocks, improve product performance, and lower carbon footprint using a holistic approach to product lifecycle.
The ISCC PLUS certification at Kraton's Mailiao facility marks another exciting milestone in the company's sustainability journey. Kraton remains at the forefront of sustainable polymer innovation, leveraging its expertise and state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to create solutions that advance the circular economy.
* All relevant life cycle stages of the end-product must be considered to identify the overall life cycle impact along the value chain. Kraton Mailiao plant specific carbon footprint information is available upon request.
About Kraton Corporation
Kraton Corporation is a leading global producer of specialty polymers and high-value performance products derived from renewable resources. Kraton's polymers are used in a wide range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and personal care products, sealants, and lubricants, and medical, packaging, automotive, paving and roofing products. As the largest global provider in the pine chemicals industry, the company's pine-based specialty products are sold into adhesive, road and construction and tire markets, and it produces and sells a broad range of performance chemicals into markets that include fuel additives, oilfield chemicals, coatings, metalworking fluids and lubricants, inks, and mining. Kraton offers its products to a diverse customer base in over 70 countries worldwide.
*Kraton, the Kraton logo and design are all trademarks of Kraton Corporation, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, in one or more, but not all countries.
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