HOUSTON, Oct. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Kraton
Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a leading global producer of styrenic
block copolymers, specialty polymers and high-value performance
products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, today provided
an update on impact of Hurricane Michael.
Hurricane Michael has had a significant impact on the
Florida Panhandle and our thoughts
go out to the people and the communities that have been
impacted. As we prepared for Michael to make landfall, the
safety and well-being of our employees was and is our top
priority.
We own and operate a facility in Panama City, and a facility in Pensacola, Florida. We began
preparations to shut down our Panama
City and Pensacola sites on
Monday October 8th, 2018 with a full
stop by 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday October
9th.
Our Pensacola location was
largely unaffected by Hurricane Michael and is currently back on
line and producing product. Unfortunately, our Panama City site sustained considerable
damage. We are currently in the process of assessing the full
extent of this damage, and at this time we do not know when our
Panama City site will be fully
operational. We are actively working to minimize the
impact on our customers, including evaluating our ability to
satisfy the needs of our customers through inventories on hand, and
where possible, production from our other plant sites.
For Further Information:
H. Gene Shiels 281-504-4886
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