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Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX, announced plans to expand the capacity of its Brazilian plant by one quarter in response to increasing demand from markets in Latin America, the U.S. and Europe.


Kraton Kraton may refer to:
  • Kraton (Indonesia), an Indonesian name for palace
  • Kraton (polymer), a family of polymers
  • Craton, an old and stable part of the continental crust, formerly spelled kraton
  • Keratins, a family of fibrous structural proteins.
 Polymers, Houston Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy


The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry;
, TX, announced plans to expand the capacity of its Brazilian plant by one quarter in response to increasing demand from markets in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. , the U.S. and Europe Europe (yr`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). . The expansion, to take place at the company's Paulinia facility, will be carried out by a series of debottlenecking exercises in different units at the plant. Kraton Polymers announced earlier that it has awarded a detailed engineering contract to Aker Kvaerner to begin work on the capacity expansion for Kraton G polymers at its Belpre, OH, plant.
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Title Annotation:Acquisitions, Expansions
Publication:Rubber World
Date:Aug 1, 2003
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