HOUSTON, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton Corporation
(NYSE: KRA), a leading global sustainable producer of specialty
polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood
pulping co-products, is proud to partner with Plastship by offering
CirKular+™ performance enhancement and compatibilization additives
on Plastship Additives Selector platform.
Plastship, a leading European platform for recyclate
procurement, is a subsidiary of RIGK GmbH, a German recycling
scheme operator with more than 25 years of experience in plastics
recycling. The company leverages its qualified supplier network and
online platform to simplify and increase recyclate procurement and
foster the European circular economy. Plastship enables European
converters and recyclers to find recycled materials and additives
suited to their needs, ensures product quality, and certifies the
recyclability of packaging and products. By joining Platship's
Additive Selector platform, CirKular+ can further enhance the
performance and processability of post-consumer and post-industrial
resins and broaden PCR end-use applications.
"Kraton is excited to expand the promotion of CirKular+
solutions with our Plastship collaboration," says Anissa Brahmi,
Kraton Specialty Polymers Sales Director, Europe. "The CirKular+ product line supports
the plastic industry's needs to meet the tightening European
regulations requiring sustainable products with improved
environmental impact. CirKular+ additives provide innovative,
cost-efficient solutions to recyclers, converters, and brand owners
to increase and optimize recycled streams usage and achieve
recyclable design. Collaborations like these are key to making a
positive difference on our path to enhancing circularity."
"The Additives Selector enables us to showcase additives that
can be used to further improve recyclate performance based on a
selected material while predicting the performance effects of the
material-additive combination," says Andreas Bastian, Managing Director of Plastship.
"It was a great pleasure to develop the Additive Selector with
industry leaders such as Kraton. At Plastship, we see this type of
collaboration as a long-term alliance and the beginning of a
promising journey."
Kraton developed and launched the CirKular+ product line in 2020
to support the plastics industry's commitment to sustainability and
circularity through reuse, reduce, and recycling initiatives. With
a holistic approach to the end of the product lifecycle, CirKular+
enables plastics upcycling and circular economy solutions,
facilitating compatibilization and performance enhancement of
versatile multi-resin post-consumer (PCR) and post-industrial (PIR)
plastic waste streams in various applications.
CirKular+ is available for sampling, purchase, and technical
inquiries on the Plastship platform. Order CirKular+ samples at
www.plastship.com
About Kraton Corporation
Kraton
Corporation (NYSE: KRA) is a leading global sustainable producer of
specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from
pine wood pulping co-products. Kraton's polymers are used in a wide
range of applications, including adhesives, coatings, consumer and
personal care products, sealants and lubricants, medical,
packaging, automotive, paving and roofing applications. 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 numerous countries worldwide. Kraton,
the Kraton logo, and CirKular+ are registered trademarks
of Kraton Corporation, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, in
one or more, but not all countries.
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