Cray Valley

What Cray Valley does

Cray Valley is a specialty chemical additives company and wholly-owned affiliate of TotalEnergies, operating within the Refining and Chemicals Branch's Polymers Business Unit. The company develops and manufactures low molecular weight functional additives organized into three product families: liquid polybutadiene resins under the Ricon, Ricobond, and Krasol brands; pure monomer tackifying resins under the Cleartack brand; and bio-based resins under the Krasol F-series, the latter leveraging Amyris BioFene farnesene monomer for 100% renewable carbon content. These resins serve industrial customers across rubber and tire manufacturing, adhesives and sealants, coatings, polymer modification, and electronics applications, providing rheology control, crosslinking, adhesion promotion, tackification, and hydrophobicity. Production occurs at three sites — Carling Saint-Avold (France, European HQ with R&D), Grand Junction (Colorado, USA), and Kralupy (Czech Republic) — supplemented by sales offices in France, the USA, and Guangzhou (China). The product portfolio is anchored by ISCC PLUS mass balance certification enabling drop-in renewable resin grades that require no re-homologation at customer sites.

The company's business model is direct B2B enterprise sales of specialty chemical inputs through regional sales teams, with quote-based pricing and multi-year contracts typical of industrial chemical supply. Customer engagement is supported by sample request workflows, downloadable technical data sheets and safety data sheets, and participation in industry events such as the Global Polymer Summit 2026. In 2023 Cray Valley divested the Wingtack, Poly bd, and Dymalink product lines (including four US production sites, the Cray Valley Italy affiliate, and associated customer portfolio) to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, refocusing on core specialty C4 and pure-monomer resin operations. Strategic priorities center on scaling sustainable resin offerings — with a stated ambition to source more than 30% of total volume as sustainable resins by 2030 — exemplified by a 2025 multi-plant European supply agreement with Continental for ISCC Plus-certified Cleartack and Ricon resins derived from used cooking oil. Customers span enterprise OEMs (Continental in tire manufacturing) and a broader unspecified base across adhesives, coatings, polymer synthesis, and electronics segments. The parent-company structure means revenue, headcount trends, and capital allocation are managed within TotalEnergies' broader portfolio rather than through standalone financial disclosure.

Name

Cray Valley

Legal name

Cray Valley S.A.

Website

https://crayvalley.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Cray Valley is a TotalEnergies-owned specialty chemical additives company that manufactures liquid polybutadiene resins (Ricon, Krasol, Ricobond), pure monomer tackifying resins (Cleartack), and bio-based resins (Krasol F-series) for industrial customers in tire, adhesives, coatings, polymer modification, and electronics markets worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Chemical Additives

NAICS

Resin and Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (32521), Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211), Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing (325212)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821), Plastic Material, Synth Resin/Rubber, Cellulos (No Glass) (2820), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Additives & Plasticizers (bio-plasticizers, stabilizers, compatibilizers) (IMANANAH)

Keywords

• Specialty chemical additives
• Liquid polybutadiene resins
• Tackifying resins
• Bio-based resins
• Rubber tire additives

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Specialty Chemical Additives Sales: Cray Valley generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of specialty liquid polybutadiene resins, pure monomer tackifying resins, and bio-based resins to industrial customers in rubber, adhesives, coatings, and polymer markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cray Valley manufactures and sells specialty chemical additives, specifically low molecular weight functional liquid polybutadiene resins, pure monomer tackifying resins, and bio-based resins, for industrial customers in the rubber (tire), adhesives, coatings, and polymer modification markets. The company's products (Ricon®, Krasol®, Cleartack®, Ricobond®, Ricacryl®) deliver properties such as rheology control, crosslinking, adhesion, tackification, and dispersion. Cray Valley increasingly supplies certified renewable versions of these resins using the ISCC PLUS mass balance approach with bio-based and advanced recycling feedstocks.

Product overview

Cray Valley is a specialty chemical additives company and part of TotalEnergies' global Polymers Business Unit. The company develops and manufactures low molecular weight, functional additives including three main product families: Liquid Polybutadiene Resins (Ricon®, Ricobond®, Krasol® brands), Pure Monomer Tackifying Resins (Cleartack® brand), and Bio-Based Resins (Krasol® F series). These products serve adhesive, rubber, coatings, electronics, polymer modification, and other industrial markets, providing properties such as rheology control, crosslinking, adhesion, sealing, and polymer synthesis intermediates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ricon: Liquid polybutadiene resins product line for tire tread compounds and industrial rubber applications
• Krasol
• Cleartack
• Ricobond
• Ricacryl

Products and services

• Ricon® Liquid Polybutadiene Resins

Quantifiable outcome

• Resins enable identical properties to virgin polymers with significantly reduced environmental impact
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ContinentalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2025Cray Valley signed agreement to supply tire manufacturer Continental with ISCC Plus-certified Cleartack® and Ricon® resins derived from used cooking oil. Using mass balance approach, these resins enable Continental to increase renewable materials in tire value chain while maintaining safety and performance standards. Cray Valley will supply to different Continental tire plants in Europe.
• Resins Solutions LLCminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 18 July 2023Following sale of Wingtack®, Poly Bd®, and Dymalink® product lines to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, Resins Solutions LLC became the entity responsible for those product families. Cray Valley maintains business relationships for supply continuity of affected products.
• AmyriscoreTechnology or Integration · 2 June 2021Amyris supplies BioFene® monomer (100% renewable carbon sourced farnesene) to Cray Valley for production of Krasol® F3000 and Krasol® F3100 bio-based diols. This enables Cray Valley to produce sustainably sourced poly(farnesene) resins with unique bottlebrush backbone structure.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eastman Chemical Company: Eastman produces tackifying resins (Regalite, Piccotac, Kristalex) that compete directly with Cray Valley's Cleartack® pure monomer tackifying resins in hot melts, pressure-sensitive adhesives, and rubber compounding applications, and offers bio-based and circular polymer additives.
• Synthomer: Synthomer is a specialty emulsion polymer and resin supplier serving adhesives, coatings, and rubber markets, competing with Cray Valley's liquid polybutadiene and tackifying resin offerings across similar industrial customer segments.
• Kraton Corporation: Kraton manufactures hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers and specialty polymers for adhesives, sealants, and tire applications, overlapping with Cray Valley's Cleartack® and Ricon® resin portfolios in performance-driven polymer modification.
• SI Group: SI Group (which absorbed Addivant) supplies specialty polymer additives including rubber additives, tackifiers, and performance additives, competing directly with Cray Valley's specialty resin portfolio in tire and industrial rubber applications.
• PMC Group: PMC Group is a privately held specialty chemicals and additives manufacturer producing polymer additives, plasticizers, and rubber chemicals that overlap with Cray Valley's specialty additive and tackifying resin offerings.
• Valtris Specialty Chemicals: Valtris is a specialty plasticizer and polymer additive manufacturer serving PVC, rubber, and adhesive markets, competing with Cray Valley's specialty additive portfolio in industrial and polymer modification applications.

Broad incumbents

• Arkema: Arkema is a major specialty chemicals incumbent with significant positions in adhesives, advanced materials, and coating solutions; its tackifying resins and bio-based polymer additives compete with Cray Valley's portfolio across multiple end markets.
• Evonik: Evonik's specialty additives division supplies rubber additives, silica-based compounds, and polymer specialty chemicals that compete with Cray Valley's Ricon® and Krasol® offerings in tire and industrial rubber applications.
• Lanxess: Lanxess is a leading supplier of rubber chemicals, specialty additives, and performance chemicals for the tire and rubber industry, directly competing with Cray Valley's specialty additives in tire manufacturing and industrial rubber.
• BASF: BASF is a global chemical incumbent with broad portfolios in performance chemicals, dispersions, and additives for rubber, coatings, and adhesives; overlaps with Cray Valley's specialty resin offering as part of a much wider chemicals portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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