What does Safripol do?
We are a leading polymer producer and marketer, serving valued customers and markets in South Africa, Africa and beyond.
How does Sasol make plastic material?
Sasol Polymers and Safripol polymerise the ethylene and propylene into polymers called Polyethylene and Polypropylene (PP). These polymers are now in a powder form.
Does Sasol produce plastic?
Sasol’s Polymers division is an expert supplier in industries such as Construction and Infrastructure, Packaging, Household and Consumer Goods, Plastics and Polymers, Agriculture, Industrial Products and Textile.
What products does Sasol produce?
Some of the main products produced are diesel, petrol (gasoline), naphtha, kerosene (jet fuel), liquid petroleum gas (LPG), olefins, alcohols, polymers, solvents, surfactants (detergent alcohols and oil-field chemicals), co-monomers, ammonia, methanol, various phenolics, sulphur, illuminating paraffin, bitumen.
What is the difference between polyethylene and polythene?
There is no difference between Polythene and polyethylene. Polyethylene is also a polymer of ethylene and polythene is also a polymer of ethene. Ethene and Ethylene are the same.
How polythene is formed?
Polyethylene (PE) is a made by the reaction of multiple ethylene molecules in the presence of catalyst to break the double bond and connect the carbon atoms into a chain (Figure 1). The longer the chain, the higher the molecular weight. Polymers can have molecular weights in the millions.
What does Sasol company do?
Sasol is an integrated oil gas company with substantial chemical interests. In South Africa, these operations are supported by mining coal and converting it into synthetic fuels and chemicals through proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology. It also produces jet fuel, fuel alcohol and illuminating kerosene.
Does Sasol produce electricity?
Sasol can generate power at its Sasolburg and Secunda plants from gas, as well as from steam turbine generators integrated within its operations.
What makes Sasol unique?
Sasol is an integrated oil and gas company with substantial chemical interests. Sasol uses proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technologies for the commercial production of synthetic fuels and chemicals from low-grade coal and natural gas. It manufactures more than 200 fuel and chemical products that are sold worldwide.
What is polythene made from?
Polyethylene plastic: a Carbon-Hydrogen molecule. Polyethylene is made up of ethylene molecules with 2 carbon and 4 hydrogen atoms.
What are uses of polythene?
The primary uses of polyethylene are in packaging film, garbage bags, grocery bags, insulation for wires and cables, agricultural mulch, bottles, toys, and houseware. Polythene is also used in trays, fruit juice containers, milk containers, crates, and food packaging products.
Where is the head office of safripol Pty Ltd?
The products our polymers go into seriously uplift people’s lives. Safripol (Pty) Ltd consists of a Commercial Head Office in Bryanston as well as key operations in Durban and Sasolburg.
Why is safripol important to South Africa’s economy?
As a leading polymer producer and as a strong industry leader in South Africa, Africa, and beyond, Safripol has a responsibility to the markets that we serve and the environment in which we operate. The products our polymers go into touch almost everything.
What are the different grades of safripol resin?
Safripol produces a variety of PP grades as impact copolymers, random copolymers and homopolymers for injection moulding, extrusion, blow moulding, thermoforming and fibres. Advance• 150® PLUS Polypropylene Resin is a clarified random copolymer designed for the extrusion- and injection blow moulding of high gloss bottles.
Who are the converters and associates of safripol?
Safripol contributes actively to CAIA as a member as well as having multiple directors on CAIA’s management team. Packaging SA is a voluntary industry body. Its members are in two broad categories, Converters and Associates. The Converters represent 70% of the revenue generated by the industry.