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CASE STUDY
KSM Chemicals delivers hand sanitisers across
South Africa with Sasol’s support
A highly coordinated effort to deliver thousands of litres of hand sanitiser
to healthcare facilities and areas in need across South Africa has seen
Sasol support KSM Chemical Solutions, a business that was developed at
Sasol’s incubation centre.
While Sasol’s Research and Technology
divisions in Secunda and Sasolburg have both
begun production of sanitiser liquid, KSM has
produced the bulk of the product. This has
ensured constant supply to communities in
need since the lockdown began in March 2020.
Sasol supplies KSM with an ethanol blend,
which the smaller chemical maker turns into
high-grade sanitiser for delivery to the various
beneficiaries.
KSM was first established in 2015 by founder
Kelvin Jacobs and was incubated at the Sasol
Business Incubation facility in Sasolburg from
2015 to 2019. The business began processing
and recycling used oil from local McDonald's
franchises to make biodiesel and produced
cleaning products for Sasol’s head office.
In partnership with Sasol, Sasolburg-based KSM
Chemical Solutions was tasked with
manufacturing the laboratory-tested, alcoholbased sanitiser. It has been able to get its
production up to 5 000 litres a day.
The business grew to five employees just prior
to the lockdown, but was expected to close its
doors, when Sasol helped it pivot to the
manufacture of hand sanitisers.
Within its first week of production, the
business increased production to 10 000 litres
a day level. KSM plans to ramp up to 15 000
litres as demand continues to increase around
the country.
By 30 June 2020, KSM had already helped
deliver over 250 000 litres of sanitiser to
beneficiaries, which include Sasol Energy, the
Mozambique Government, Sasol Mozambique,
Sasol Satellite Operations and Sasol’s Sandton
head office.
Further shipments were delivered to the
Gauteng Department of Health, which supplied
clinics and hospitals in greatest need around
the province, particularly Tembisa Hospital, Dr
George Mukhari Hospital, Zandspruit Clinic and
others.
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