Kraton Corporation in the North American Supply Chain
Headquartered in Texas, United States. A large manufacturer with multiple North American plants, holding 2 mapped positions across 2 industries.
TIER 2TIER 3
Positions
Every mapped position Kraton Corporation holds, by industry and tier. A company can sit at more than one tier in the same industry, and in more than one product lens at the same tier; each of those is its own row.
Industry
Tier
Role
Product Scope
NA Footprint
Appliances
Polymers, Resins & Compounds
TIER 2
SBC producer and compounder
Styrenic block copolymers and TPE compounds for overmolded grips, gaskets, and soft-touch handles
TX (HQ), OH, Mexico
Packaging
Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
TIER 3
Block copolymer and tackifier producer
SIS and SBS styrenic block copolymers that are the elastomer backbone of rubber hot melt PSA for tape and label, plus pine chemical derived tackifier resins from the former Arizona Chemical business; the one Tier 3 whose product a converter can actually name
Houston TX; plants in TX, LA, FL, GA
AppliancesTIER 2
Polymers, Resins & Compounds
SBC producer and compounder
Product scope Styrenic block copolymers and TPE compounds for overmolded grips, gaskets, and soft-touch handles
NA footprint TX (HQ), OH, Mexico
PackagingTIER 3
Adhesives, Tapes & Sealants
Block copolymer and tackifier producer
Product scope SIS and SBS styrenic block copolymers that are the elastomer backbone of rubber hot melt PSA for tape and label, plus pine chemical derived tackifier resins from the former Arizona Chemical business; the one Tier 3 whose product a converter can actually name
NA footprint Houston TX; plants in TX, LA, FL, GA
Certifications
Held company-wide, not per position or per plant.
ISO 9001
Reports covering these markets
Where Kraton Corporation sits relative to everyone else in each of these markets, tier by tier.