14 Mar 2022 --- Kraton Corporation, a global producer of specialty polymers and high-value bio-based products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, is partnering with SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation), a global chemicals company, to produce International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS Certified) renewable styrenic block copolymers at Kraton’s manufacturing facility in Berre, France. The newly launched ISCC PLUS Certified renewable CirKular+ ReNew Series expands Kraton’s existing suite of solutions designed to advance the circular economy.With up to 70% certified renewable content, the ReNew Series allows customers to use the mass balance approach and adopt ISCC PLUS certification to produce renewable products. Earlier this year, Kraton produced CirKular+ ReNew Series Hydrogenated Styrenic Block Copolymers (HSBC) at the Berre plant using SABIC’s renewable butadiene from the company’s Truecircle portfolio of circular solutions.
