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March (2022)

Kraton Corporation: 2021 Q4 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20212020YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2021/4230.2192.019.9
All SegmentsEBITDA2021/455.125.8113.4
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2021/444.023.984.4
All SegmentsEBIT2021/435.16.9408.9
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2021/417.413.331.0
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2021/4103300.0117900.0-12.4


October (2021)

Kraton Corporation: 2021 Q3 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Higher sales volumes associated and improving demand into high-value upgrade markets. Continued favourable market fundamentals resulting in higher average selling prices, partially offset by higher average raw material and other costs.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20212020YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2021/3229.8174.931.4
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2021/346.828.365.2
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2021/316.311.146.8
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2021/3111500.0110500.0.9


July (2021)

Kraton Corporation: 2021 Q2 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Strong recovery in Chemical segment with Tires giving a 108% volume increase YoY.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20212020YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2021/2215.2151.841.7
All SegmentsEBITDA2021/241.014.7178.2
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2021/235.515.7126.2
All SegmentsEBIT2021/222.0-3.9660.6
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2021/214.76.0145.31
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2021/2115300.087100.032.4


April (2021)

Kraton Corporation: 2021 Q1 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: 2021 Q1 had continued improvement in global demand trends translating into solid volume growth. Notable increases in raw material and energy prices were compensated by appropriate pricing actions. Constrained availability and increased costs of global shipping were also effectively managed.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20212020YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2021/1196.1186.94.9
All SegmentsEBITDA2021/132.828.415.3
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2021/130.326.713.3
All SegmentsEBIT2021/113.510.331.0
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2021/113.211.317.51


February (2021)

Kraton Corporation: 2020 Q4 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Tire product sales up 27.2% YoY for 2020 Q4 with strong performance due to innovation applications.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20202019YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2020705.6751.5-6.1
All SegmentsadjEBITDA202094.6132.4-28.6
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales202041.650.4-17.51
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2020425700.0398600.06.8
All SegmentsEBITDA2020-314.2144.4-317.6
All SegmentsEBIT2020-388.462.1-725.2
All SegmentsSales Revenue2020/4192.0176.19.0
All SegmentsEBITDA2020/425.817.547.8
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2020/423.919.522.3
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2020/413.311.515.1
All SegmentsEBIT2020/46.9-4.8244.2
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2020/4117900.098000.020.3


October (2020)

Kraton Corporation: 2020 Q3 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20202019YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2020/3174.9182.6-4.2
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2020/328.329.8-4.7
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2020/311.112.9-13.9
All SegmentsEBITDA2020/3-383.144.4-963.1
All SegmentsEBIT2020/3-401.719.8-2125.21


July (2020)

Kraton Corporation: 2020 Q2 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Results in the Chemical Segment were impacted by COVID-19, with Tire sales seeing the biggest drop (tire accounts for 5% of Chemical Segment volume). Tire volume was down 39.5%.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20202019YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2020/2151.8197.4-23.1
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2020/215.741.9-62.5
All SegmentsEBITDA2020/214.739.0-62.2
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2020/26.013.0-53.81
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2020/287100.0103800.0-16.1
All SegmentsEBIT2020/2-3.921.2-118.6


April (2020)

Kraton Corporation: 2020 Q1 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: First quarter 2020 results reflect geographic diversification with no material impact due to COVID-19 during the period.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20202019YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2020/1186.9195.4-4.31
All SegmentsEBITDA2020/128.443.6-34.8
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2020/126.741.3-35.3
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2020/111.313.0-13.62
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2020/1110100.0103600.06.3


February (2020)

Kraton Corporation: 2019 FY and Q4 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Increasing evidence that customers are requiring more sustainable products and solutions. This positions Kraton well for evolving market trends based on their feedstock and product development portfolio.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20192018YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2019751.5790.1-4.9
All SegmentsEBITDA2019144.4162.8-11.3
All SegmentsEBIT201962.191.6-32.2
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales201950.448.14.71
All SegmentsSales Revenue2019/4176.1174.41.0
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2019/419.540.8-52.2
All SegmentsEBITDA2019/417.530.3-42.3
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2019/411.59.324.32
All SegmentsEBIT2019/4-4.812.1-139.5


October (2019)

Kraton Corporation: 2019 Q3 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Weakening demand in China, Asian and European regions for main non-tire product groups. Tire sales volumes were up 2.4%.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20192018YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2019/3182.6202.1-9.7
All SegmentsEBITDA2019/344.445.1-1.5
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2019/329.841.6-28.6
All SegmentsEBIT2019/319.827.5-27.9
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2019/312.910.226.6


July (2019)

Kraton Corporation: 2019 Q2 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20192018YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2019/2197.4200.2-1.41
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2019/241.936.913.4
All SegmentsEBITDA2019/239.040.3-3.4
All SegmentsEBIT2019/221.222.6-6.12
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2019/213.011.513.13
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2019/2103800.0110800.0-6.3


April (2019)

Kraton Corporation: 2019 Q1 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20192018YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2019/1195.4213.3-8.41
All SegmentsEBITDA2019/143.647.2-7.6
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2019/141.343.9-5.9
All SegmentsEBIT2019/125.929.4-12.02
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2019/113.017.2-24.4
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2019/1103600.0115900.0-10.6


March (2019)

Kraton Corporation: 2018 FY and Q4 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20182017YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2018790.1760.73.91
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2018163.2151.28.02
All SegmentsEBITDA2018162.8153.95.8
All SegmentsEBIT201891.684.78.1
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales201848.150.0-3.83
All SegmentsSales Revenue2018/4174.4186.5-6.5
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2018/440.834.717.7
All SegmentsEBITDA2018/430.335.4-14.5
All SegmentsEBIT2018/412.117.9-32.1
All SegmentsTire Segment Sales2018/49.312.1-23.4


October (2018)

Kraton Corporation: 2018 Q3 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20182017YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2018/3202.1196.82.71
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2018/341.644.3-6.0
All SegmentsEBIT2018/327.523.716.0
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2018/3105900.0107800.0-1.8


July (2018)

Arizona Chemical: 2018 Q2 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20182017YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsGross Margin2018/260.761.9-2.0
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2018/236.938.7-4.51
All SegmentsEBIT2018/222.625.5-11.4


May (2018)

Arizona Chemical: Q1 Results  Link...

Kraton Corporation: Tire volumes up 7.3% YoY.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

SegmentParameterPeriod20182017YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2018/1213.3187.214.01
All SegmentsEBITDA2018/147.234.536.7
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2018/143.933.530.9
All SegmentsEBIT2018/129.417.766.1
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2018/1115900.0109100.06.22


February (2018)

Kraton Corporation (Arizona Chemical): 2017 Full Year and Q4 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications. Currency values reported in: Millions of USD

Kraton tire resins volumes up.


Kraton's Chemical Segment had a 10% volume increase in sales to the tire segment in 2017, this providing a 17.6% revenue increase.

SegmentParameterPeriod20172016YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2017760.7719.45.71
All SegmentsEBITDA2017153.9119.728.5
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2017151.2171.0-11.62
All SegmentsEBIT201784.758.445.2
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2017426400.0411500.03.6
All SegmentsSales Revenue2017/4186.5176.85.5
All SegmentsEBITDA2017/435.430.117.6
All SegmentsadjEBITDA2017/434.735.2-1.4
All SegmentsEBIT2017/417.917.52.0
All SegmentsSales Vol MT2017/4100900.0103500.0-2.5


October (2017)

Arizona Chemical: Q3 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. Rubber Chemical Consultants tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications.

Arizona Chemical: USD Millions

SegmentParameterPeriod20172016YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2017/3196.8181.28.61
All SegmentsEBITDA2017/340.739.14.0
All SegmentsEBIT2017/323.722.17.3

1 13.4 MM$ Tire Sales driven by higher average selling prices and improved volumes


August (2017)

Arizona Chemical: Q2 Results  Link...

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc manufacture styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers. Kraton acquired Arizona Chemical in January 2016. Arizona Chemical manufacture pine and hydrocarbon based resin products. RCCL tracks Kraton's reporting segment for Chemicals which covers the Arizona Chemical business activities including specialised resins for tire applications.

Arizona Chemical: USD Millions

SegmentParameterPeriod20172016YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2017/2190.2184.53.1
All SegmentsGross Margin2017/261.964.7-4.2
All SegmentsEBITDA2017/243.345.7-5.2
All SegmentsEBIT2017/225.529.5-13.8


May (2017)

Arizona Chemical: 2017 Q1 Results  Link...

Arizona Chemical operates as the Chemical Segment under the ownership of Kraton Corporation. Kraton acquired Arizona at the beginning of 2016.

Arizona Chemical: USD Millions

SegmentParameterPeriod20172016YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2017/1187.2176.95.81
All SegmentsEBITDA2017/134.54.8612.8
All SegmentsEBIT2017/117.7-10.7265.1

1 11.7 MM$ Tire Sales, 24.6% sales volume increase partially offset by lower average selling prices.


February (2017)

Arizona Chemical: Q4 Results  Link...

2015 data is from Arizona Chemical and is for reference only. Data is for Kraton Chemicals Segment (which was formerly Arizona Chemical). This is filed under resins in the MRT system, the resins covering all segments.

Arizona Chemical: USD Millions

SegmentParameterPeriod20162015YoY, %Notes
All SegmentsSales Revenue2016719.4807.3-10.91
All SegmentsGross Margin2016204.4
All SegmentsEBIT201658.4
All SegmentsSales Revenue2016/4176.8186.4-5.12
All SegmentsGross Margin2016/453.2
All SegmentsEBIT2016/417.5

1 42.5 MM$ tire

2 12.2 MM$ Tire Sales, 6.8% volume increase and increased selling prices YOY.

2016 notes:Kraton acquired Arizona Chemicals on 6th January 2016. Tires sales for 2016 were 42.5 MM$.


October (2016)

Kraton : 2016 Q3 Results  Link...

Chemicals Segment: Sales revenue of 181173 thousand USD with an adjusted EBITDA of 41498 thousand USD. This is the third reporting period for the newly acquired Arizona Chemicals.


July (2016)

Kraton : 2016 Q2 Results  Link...

Chemicals Segment: Sales revenue of 184530 thousand USD with an adjusted EBITDA of 53533 thousand USD. This is the second reporting period for the newly acquired Arizona Chemicals.


April (2016)

Kraton : 2016 Q1 Results  Link...

Chemicals Segment: Sales revenue of 176880 thousand USD with an adjusted EBITDA of 40857 thousand USD. This is the first quarter reporting for Arizona Chemicals which was acquired January 2016.


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