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Essential Care Chemicals

ESSENTIAL CARE CHEMICALS

We are a global customer-focused business dedicated to innovating sustainable solutions for the fabric and home care, industrial and institutional cleaning, personal care, health and wellness as well as technical markets. We use our in-depth knowledge of different markets, applications and chemistry to create high-performance products with our customers. Our business is sized for global leadership with our large-scale integrated value chains, global footprint and market focus aligned to support our customers.

We produce a wide variety of surfactants, surfactant intermediates, fatty alcohols and linear alkyl benzene. We lead with innovative technologies and raw materials, including responsibly sourced sustainable alternatives such as synthetic, palm-free, natural, renewable and/or low carbon footprint. Our Essential Care Chemicals business focuses on three distinct markets - fabric and home care/industrial and institutional cleaning; personal care/health and wellness; and technical formulations to support industrial applications.

 

We offer an extensive range of ingredients and technical solutions to enhance the performance of cleaning products. Our innovative products can be tailored to specific applications and include responsibly sourced sustainable raw materials such as synthetic, palm-free, natural renewable and/or low carbon footprint.

PRODUCTS:

  • linear alkyl benzene and sulfonate
  • fatty alcohols, Alkoxylates and Ether sulfates
  • PEG, solvents, dispersants, diluents esters
  • Biosurfactants – Sophorolipids, both lactonic and acidic form (tradename LIVINEX SL L and LIVINEX SL A)

For more information please contact us:

Fabric-home-care@sasol.com

I&I@sasol.com

Our diverse range of ingredients and solutions can be tailored for use in many personal care, cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications, including emollients, lubricants and emulsifiers; skin-feel modifiers and solubilisers for leave-on products; conditioning agents, surfactants and cleaning ingredients for rinse-off formulations; and pharmaceutical excipients for various dosage forms.

PRODUCTS:

  • macrogol/PEG
  • multifunctional AHA esters, waxes, dispersants and diluents
  • solvents (including ethanol, isopropyl, n-propanol, acetone, MIBK and ethyl acetate)
  • Guerbet Alcohols
  • Biosurfactants – Sophorolipids, both lactonic and acidic form (tradename CARINEX SL L and CARINEX SL A)

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For more information please contact us:

cosmetics@de.sasol.com

We provide functional additives, components and solutions that enable technical processes and the manufacture of industrial goods. Customers use our products as emulsifiers, foamers, defoamers, inhibitors, dispersants, solvents, carriers, cleaning agent, spacer fluids, wetting agents, viscosity modifier and pour point depressant.

PRODUCTS:

  • C6-C20+ alcohols (linear/semi-linear/ branched),
  • Guerbet Alcohols
  • nonionic surfactants: ethoxylates, propoxylates
  • anionic surfactants: carboxylates, sulfates, sulfonates and LAS salts
  • paraffins, ethylene oxide
  • Biosurfactants – Sophorolipids, both lactonic and acidic form (tradename LIVINEX SL L and LIVINEX SL A)

For more information please contact us:

surfactants@de.sasol.com