Jung will be responsible for all sales, marketing and market development activities globally for Kraton, reporting to Kevin M. Fogarty, president and CEO.

Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. recently announced that Holger R. Jung, Ph.D., has been hired as vice president, Sales and Marketing. He will be responsible for all sales, marketing and market development activities globally for Kraton, reporting to Kevin M. Fogarty, president and CEO.

Jung joins Kraton from Invista, where he held a number of positions of increasing responsibility, serving most recently as vice president of the North American Polyester & Intermediates business. He began his career at Hoechst AG as a research and development chemist.

“We are extremely pleased that Holger has joined our senior leadership team at Kraton,” said Fogarty. “Holger’s technical background, coupled with his broad commercial experience in the chemical and polymer industry, will enable him to quickly focus his efforts in continuing to advance Kraton’s market-leading innovative application and market development priorities, supporting both existing and new customer relationships globally.”

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