Kraton Corporation, 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.

"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.