Sasol Chemicals Expands Its Lower Carbon Wax Portfolio With a New Solution for the Adhesive Packaging Industry
01 Agosto 2024 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
Innovative production process delivers
proprietary Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) Fischer-Tropsch (FT) wax with a 35%
lower carbon footprint without compromising performance
Sasol Chemicals today introduced SASOLWAX LC100, an industrial
wax grade with a 35% lower carbon footprint, further expanding its
growing sustainable product portfolio. The latest addition is
designed for use in packaging adhesives, delivering superior
capabilities while achieving significant cradle-to-gate Product
Carbon Footprint (PCF) benefits.
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In the packaging and adhesives market,
where Hot Melt Adhesives (HMA) are prevalent, Sasol’s SASOLWAX
LC100 grade provides the same exceptional properties and
performance benefits as Sasol's industry standard SASOLWAX H1
including: enabling odourless, crystal clear HMA formulations in
combination with metallocene polymers, through low viscosity, high
crystallinity and stability; smoother, thinner adhesive
application, resulting in more box closures with less adhesive per
closure; enabling high-speed packaging lines due to fast set times;
Improved durability and stability; and outstanding thermal
stability, boosting operational efficiency for HMA
manufacturers.
The new SASOLWAX LC100 follows the recent introduction of
SASOBIT LC, Sasol’s lower carbon solution for the asphalt industry.
Both wax grades offer drop-in alternatives to the benchmark grades,
enabling customers to significantly reduce their Scope 3 greenhouse
gas emissions without compromising on performance.
“With a 35% reduction in carbon footprint without compromising
on quality, our lower carbon product range allows customers to
significantly improve their sustainability performance while
meeting the highest industry standards,” said Dirk Uys, Vice
President Sales. “We are committed to expanding this significant
improvement in the PCF to more markets and applications, enabling
customers across other industries to benefit from our sustainable
solutions.”
Third-party verification and industry-leading
standards
Sasol's Chemicals model for calculating PCFs for its GTL FT wax
value chain has undergone a critical third-party review and
complies with ISO 14067, an international standard that outlines
the requirements and guidelines for quantifying the carbon
footprint of products throughout their life cycle.
“Our teams have worked hard to come up with a solution which our
customers have been seeking: significantly reducing carbon
footprint, but keeping superior performance,” Uys said. “An
independent 3rd party verified our methodology to calculate the
PCFs. This rigorous approach ensures our customers can confidently
choose our more sustainable wax solutions as drop-in alternatives
to significantly reduce their Scope 3 emissions.”
Sasol offers more sustainable alternatives for its industry
benchmark products.
In the packaging and adhesives market, where Hot Melt Adhesives
(HMA) are prevalent, Sasol’s SASOLWAX LC100 grade provides the same
exceptional properties and performance benefits as Sasol's industry
standard SASOLWAX H1, including:
- Enabling odourless, crystal clear HMA formulations in
combination with metallocene polymers, through low viscosity, high
crystallinity and stability.
- Smoother, thinner adhesive application, resulting in more box
closures with less adhesive per closure
- Enabling high-speed packaging lines due to fast set times.
- Improved durability and stability
- Outstanding thermal stability, boosting operational efficiency
for HMA manufacturers.
In the asphalt industry, wax additives help to improve the
workability, stability and recyclability of asphalt. Sasol’s
SASOBIT LC offers asphalt formulators the same proven benefits as
Sasol's industry-benchmark SASOBIT, including:
- Lower asphalt production and paving temperatures, saving energy
and reducing emissions, thereby reducing construction worker
exposure.
- Reduces rutting and road deformation due to bitumen stiffening
at operation temperatures.
About Sasol Chemicals
Sasol Chemicals partners with our customers, suppliers,
employees and communities to create innovative solutions for a
better world. Our unique chemistry provides the building blocks for
a sustainable future and is used by more than 6,500 customers in
120 countries in countless products that improve the quality of
life for people around the world. Sasol Chemicals is a business of
Sasol Limited. For more information, visit the Sasol Chemicals
website.
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Torsten Titze Communications Manager: Advanced Materials &
Performance Solutions Torsten.Titze@de.sasol.com