# Kraton expands SBS capacity at Belpre facility by 2024

Kraton Corporation announced a significant expansion of SBS production capacity at its Belpre, Ohio facility, increasing by 24 kilotons annually by 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-03-29
- Where: Belpre, Ohio, United States
- Starts operating: 2024
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 24 kilotons per year
- Products: styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers (SBS)
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Kraton Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/24149.md)

## Sources

- [kraton.com](https://kraton.com/newsroom/kraton-announces-sbs-capacity-expansion-at-belpre-facility-by-2024/), 2023-03-29: "Kraton Corporation announces a significant expansion of its styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers (SBS) supply capability at its Belpre, Ohio facility starting in 2024."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-10111-buscon18), 2023-04-03: "Kraton is expanding styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer capacity at its plant in Belpre, Ohio."
- [pinechemicals.org](https://www.pinechemicals.org/news/kraton-announces-sbs-capacity-expansion-at-belpre-facility-by-2024), 2023-04-17: "We are excited to announce plans to expand our Belpre manufacturing capacity."

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