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INTRODUCTION
ABOUT SASOL
STRATEGIC OVERVIEW
CREATING VALUE
PERFORMANCE
GOVERNANCE AND REWARDS
SASOL CHEMICALS AT A GLANCE // Attractive markets; unique opportunities
ADMINISTRATION
PROGRESSING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SASOL
Specialty chemicals are formulated to create a specific effect in an end-use product. They are found in a wide range
of industrial and consumer products, including adhesives, cleaning materials, fragrances, lubricants, paints, polymers
and personal care products.
Specialty chemicals – and the advances they make possible – are vital to our modern way of life. Sasol is at the
forefront of developing these highly customisable building blocks for customers across a range of industries.
Growing our portfolio
Our unique chemistry and asset base give us
a distinct advantage in growing our specialty
chemical portfolio with high-value, high-margin
offerings. By understanding and adapting to
evolving consumer and industrial needs, we create
growth by extending our product line into new
end uses and industries.
Sasol Chemicals’ advantages
Relationships make a difference
With proprietary technologies, a global asset
base and a history of customer-focused
innovation, we are uniquely positioned to
take advantage of the long-term potential
that the specialty chemicals market presents.
Sasol’s long-standing relationships with global
customers play a major role in our market
leadership. Understanding our customers’ business
needs – both short- and long-term – and our
employees’ willingness to go above and beyond to
provide excellent service make us a partner of
choice for the world’s largest manufacturers of
fabric, home care, health and beauty products.
Our customers benefit from our:
• Significant investments in our asset base
in China, Europe, South Africa and the
United States over the past decade.
• Diverse alcohols and surfactants portfolio, the
broadest and most customisable in the world.
• Innovation ecosystems that focus on highmargin opportunities, including a Ziegler
process that has been used in more than
400 customisable specialty aluminas.
We pride ourselves on collaborating with customers
to help them solve business issues and enhance
their product offerings. As our customers have
moved to enhance the sustainability of their
offerings, they have engaged us to create
meaningful solutions, and we have responded.
• 60+ years of knowledge and experience in
the Fischer-Tropsch chemicals production,
which is critical in the creation of many types
of specialty chemicals.
One example is our line of branched alcohols,
which enhance the effectiveness of lowtemperature laundry washing, requiring less
energy. That is just one way we are creating
opportunities for our customers and the
consumers they serve around the world.
• History of innovation, often in cooperation
with our customers, to help them create more
effective and sustainable end products.
In addition, our high-quality calcined coke is a
preferred source for battery materials, making us
a strategic supplier in a rapidly growing industry.
An example of this line extension is in the
renewable power generation market, where
we work with customers to develop lubricant
packages for wind turbines based on our specialty
Guerbet alcohols.
Another platform for growth is our feedstock
flexibility in our assets in the Americas, Eurasia
and Southern Africa. Because of that flexibility,
we can continue to offer conventional feedstockbased products that enable waste reduction,
enhance efficiency and reduce energy usage –
while progressing toward recycled and biomass
feedstocks that will be increasingly important to
the marketplace.
Given our focus on collaboration and teamwork,
we have been honoured with supplier awards for
our commitment to innovation and sustainability.
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Embedding sustainability
We continue to make significant progress
in enhancing the sustainability of Sasol Chemicals’
assets while making it possible for our customers
– and their customers – to do more with less.
That mindset is embedded in our operations,
in how we think, and in the creative way we
collaborate with our customers.
In the years ahead, we will be well-positioned
to grow our business through continuous
improvement and innovation to help our
customers offer products that use less energy,
produce less waste and have a smaller
environmental footprint.
