A quality approach
Dedicated to producing the highest quality of
products and specialist facilities throughout
the world, Sasol Wax’s extremely pure waxes,
petroleum jellies and white mineral oils are
available to the pharmaceutical industry any time,
anywhere.
The Sasol Wax Group is a leading specialist for
natural
and synthetic paraffin waxes, petroleum jellies
and
pharmaceutical paraffin oil. Available worldwide,
Sasol Wax products are used in a variety of markets
and
end products and are produced around the world
at its
specialist facilities in Germany, South Africa,
Egypt and the
US. The company’s headquarters in Hamburg,
Germany,
specialises in products made from mineral oil
hydrocarbons.
In Sasolburg, South Africa, Fischer-Tropsch waxes
are
produced by synthetic means.
The Sasol Wax sales teams are part of a global
network
that can advise and supply clients in any location.
Alternatively, the company base in Hamburg covers
the
whole world and will provide advice on applications
technology. Sasol Wax is committed to working
with the
client to seek new opportunities for its products.
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Sasol Wax produces paraffin
and speciality waxes for a wide range of
industries and production processes.
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Quality characteristics
Sasol Wax’s range includes hard paraffin
wax (Ph.Eur/USPNF/ FDA), microcrystalline wax
(DAC/USP-NF/FDA), petroleum jelly (petrolatum)
white and yellow (Ph.Eur/USP/FDA), synthetic paraffin
wax (USP/FDA) and pharmaceutical white oil/liquid
paraffin (Ph.Eur/USP-NF/FDA). The firm’s
solid, semi-solid and liquid paraffin products
of pharmacopoeia quality are produced by high-pressure
hydrogenation at high-quality standards in an
environmentally friendly and safe way. Sasol Wax
products are largely free of all impurities.
Constant product properties guarantee safe use.
The quality characteristics of the company’s
products are
tested and recorded for each batch by an extensively
equipped quality control laboratory. In collaboration
with
customers, Sasol Wax develops tailor-made products
using
quality control methods, which have made it possible
to
implement unique tests for many products, the
results of
which have been used successfully in applications.
In addition to customer-specific requirements,
Sasol Wax
defines its own standard specifications in such
a way as to
make them considerably more stringent than the
broadly
formulated pharmacopoeia limits, thus guaranteeing
a
higher level of safety in each application.
Sasol Wax is commtted to production in accordance
with
the basic GMP regulations and works to the Joint
IPEC/
PQG Good Manufacturing Practices Guide for
Pharmaceutical Excipients. It has achieved a standard
that
has received unconditional approval from the
VFA, the German Association of Research-based
Pharmaceutical Companies.
Future investment
Quality and security of supply is the main focus
of Sasol
Wax. As one of the largest producers worldwide,
it operates
a comprehensive management system for securing
resources and sources of supply. Constant adaptations
to
technical progress also guarantees quality and
supply
capacity in the future.
Expansion of its capacities for Fischer-Tropsch
waxes,
which is already underway, is helping the company
to
increase its independence against a backdrop of
diminishing crude oil reserves and will enable
the
continued use of paraffin waxes and petroleum
jellies as
indispensable inactive substances in the production
of
pharmaceuticals in the years to come.
To confirm its presence on the global stage,
the company
will present its pharmaceutical product portfolio
at this year’s
CPhI in Frankfurt, Germany, from 25 to 27 October.
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