Kraton Corporation is a global leader in specialty chemicals, pioneering cutting-edge solutions that enhance the performance and sustainability of products used in everyday life. With a commitment to innovation, Kraton develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance polymer and pine chemical solutions that serve a diverse range of industries, including tires, adhesives, coatings, personal care, automotive, construction, and more. At Kraton, sustainability is more than a goal—it is the foundation of our business. Our forward-thinking approach focuses on creating eco-conscious materials that help industries reduce their environmental footprint while maintaining quality and performance. By leveraging biobased and circular solutions, we enable our customers to meet growing regulatory and consumer demands for sustainable alternatives. Kraton’s products enhance the functionality and durability of countless applications, from safer and more efficient roads with our polymer-modified asphalt to renewable adhesives in packaging and hygiene products. Our pine-based chemistry solutions also play a key role in fragrances, flavors, and renewable fuel technologies, offering natural and sustainable options for various industries. As a trusted partner in specialty chemicals, Kraton is dedicated to creating value through responsible innovation. Our mission is to shape a better, more sustainable future by developing next-generation materials that drive performance, efficiency, and environmental stewardship. | Kraton Corporation is a leading global producer of specialty polymers used in a broad range of applications. Launched in 2020, the CirKular+™ product line enables high-performance, innovative solutions for the circular economy and plastics upcycling using a holistic approach to product lifecycle. CirKular+ additives help customers shift to recyclable product design, improve PCR performance, lower carbon footprint, and increase reuse of recycled and renewable plastics.
J Rettenmaier USA LP
J. Rettenmaier USA (JRS Group) is a market leader in high-quality dietary fibers and functional system products. Our fiber product portfolio includes organic oat, oat, sugar cane, cellulose, rice, bamboo, wheat, apple, citrus, potato and pea fiber. The functional ingredients that JRS produces are pectin, alginate, colloidal MCC/MCG, MCC and MC/HPMC. JRS products are used in many application fields like meat, meat alternative, bakery, dairy and nutrition. | JRS USA employs functional, organic and inorganic fibers for modern construction chemistry, cements, adhesives, sealants, paints, coatings, asphalt products, welding electrodes, oilfield applications and PU leather. | J. Rettenmaier is the global leader in natural fibers production servicing a broad range of industries with an extensive product portfolio. With over 60 production sites, JRS manufactures a variety of filtration media from natural renewable raw materials for the mining and lithium processing industries. Cellulose filter aids are used in place of diatomaceous earth and perlite to optimize cake filtration systems on a wide variety of filter systems. Our products are specifically designed to improve filtration performance, extend filter cycle times, reduce maintenance requirements, and cellulose aids impart less ionic contamination to the process. | With sales offices and production facilities around the world, the JRS Group is the global leader in manufacturing and supply of natural and synthetic fibers. Our materials enhance the appearance of your products as well as their performance. Fibers are used to improve exterior durability, offer dimensional stability, and be an environmentally-friendly, sustainable filler. JRS will support you with 170+ years of fiber knowledge and expertise! | JRS manufactures spherical and angular exfoliants from natural, biodegradable materials. Cellulose exfoliants are perfect for all skin types. Ask us for samples of our best-selling exfoliants. | J. Rettenmaier is the global leader in natural fibers production servicing a broad range of industries with an extensive product portfolio. JRS manufactures a variety of filtration media from natural renewable raw materials for the mining and lithium processing industries. Cellulose filter aids are used in place of diatomaceous earth and perlite to optimize cake filtration systems on a wide variety of filter systems. Our products are specifically designed to improve filtration performance, extend filter cycle times, reduce maintenance requirements, and cellulose aids impart less ionic contamination to the process.
Finite Fiber
Located in Akron, Ohio, Finite Fiber produces precision cut natural and synthetic fibers and the application technology to improve your polymer products in performance, sustainability, processability, and profitability. Our product line includes cellulose, cotton, nylon, polyester, carbon, and aramid fibers and fiber blends. We pride ourselves in helping to develop the right product for your application. Most of our products can have a positive impact on your sustainability scorecard.
Emissions Analytics
Emissions Analytics in an independent organisation that provides real-world testing and laboratory analysis (GCxGC-TOF-MS) to support manufacturers, regulators, and researchers to tackle to tyre emissions and support greater sustainability. Our expertise spans mass loss testing, particle analysis, chemical profiling, and data-driven insights, all powered by the world’s largest independent emissions database.
EFG Polymers LLC
EFG Polymers markets the EF Global Group’s proprietary recovered rubber elastomer, EFG-SBE (Styrene Butadiene Elastomer). EFG-SBE is over 90% recycled material from EOL waste rubber, principally tire derived material. The EFG low temperature chemical resource recovery process is fast (less than 15 minutes) and recovers typically >85% of the properties of the original compound. In rubber applications, EFG-SBE is a functional black masterbatch and can be used at rations to 100% or simply added on top of formulations at significant ratios to reduce cost, shorten curing time or increase sustainability. Customers have used ratios up to 50% in tread compounds while maintaining product specifications. EFG-SBE is also very successfully used by a sister company, EFG TieTek (www.efgtietek.com) to manufacture composite railway crossties/sleepers, producing the best performing sleepers in the world with a life expectancy of over 50 years and can be fully recycled at the EOL. Exceeding all AREMA standards, fully stable at very high and very low temperatures, the EFG TieTek sleeper is not susceptible to insects, water/rot or chemicals. The operational performance provides over double the weight bearing capacity of alternative product, absorbs noise and vibration and provides exceptional spike/screw retention thus reducing maintenance costs. EFG SBE is also a low cost, superior performance polymer modifier for asphalt both in roofing and road paving applications. Installations of EFG SBE polymer modified asphalt replacing virgin polymers such as SBS, were highly successful with projects in Arizona and Kuwait. In these projects, in very demanding sites, after six years no maintenance has been required despite heavy traffic and very high temperatures. EFG SBE also has very large developing markets in polymer modified asphalt roofing, providing over fifteen benefits while reducing costs, providing sustainability, stable viscosity and increasing haul distances and premixing flexibility.
Circular Rubber Platform
The Circular Rubber Platform is an online community of rubber specialists and companies, that come together on the topic of rubber circularity. We source the latest developments in rubber recycling and biobased raw materials, and share them centrally on the platform and during interactive webinars. In project teams, we tackle industry challenges together like silicone waste mapping and technical rubber recycling.
CFI Carbon Products
At CFI, We Partner with Customers to Achieve Increased Profitability and Sustainable Solutions. Our signature product–Austin Black 325–is one of the most cost-effective and versatile organic fillers available. It can reduce product weight and improve profitability while increasing processability and flowability. Unlike the Carbon Black manufacturing process, our process offers low CO2 emissions. Our consistent, high-quality product and highly attentive customer support position manufacturers for success and inspire long-standing collaborations. With three US plants for processing, eight local sources for raw materials, our on-site lab, and a third-party lab, reliability is ensured. Likewise, on the delivery and logistics side of the business, our 35 years of experience and complete control of operations help us to provide exceptional services and on-time global delivery. https://www.cficarbonproducts.com for more information on Austin Black 325! | Established in 1987 with plant locations in West Virginia and Virginia, CFI Carbon Products drive more profitable innovation for the global industrial leaders we serve with sustainable consistency in quality product, source stability, logistics, and service. Our signature product–Austin Black 325–is one of the most cost effective and versatile organic fillers available, compared to other clay, talc, and calcium carbonate fillers. It can reduce product weight and improve profitability, while increasing processability and flowability. At CFI, our mission is to help each customer improve formulas, end products, and processes in order to achieve more profitable innovation. While being fully dedicated to the daily needs and successes of our customers, we also proudly commit to a culture of manufacturing progress that spans across multiple industries as evident in our research and development initiatives. For more information on our products, please visit www.cficarbonproducts.com or call 1-276-322-4675. CFI Carbon Products – A Finer Choice for Your Formula.