Sasol Launches New Lower Footprint Carbon Wax for Hot Melt Packaging Adhesives
Sasol Chemicals reports that it recently launched an industrial wax grade with a 35% lower carbon footprint. The latest addition, SASOLWAX LC100, is designed for use in packaging adhesives, delivering superior capabilities while achieving significant cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) benefits.
The company reports that in the packaging and adhesives market, where Hot Melt Adhesives (HMA) are prevalent, their new 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.
“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.”
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.”
Source: Sasol Chemicals