Sasol Germany GmbH
Sasol Germany GmbH
Fritz-Staiger-Str. 15
25541 Brunsbüttel
www.sasolgermany.de
Contact person:
Peter Heberling
Tel.: + 49 (0)4852 - 3920
info [at] de.sasol.com
Location: Brunsbüttel
About the company
Sasol Germany GmbH is a manufacturer of high-quality chemical products with production facilities in Brunsbüttel and Marl and headquarters in Hamburg. Around 1,700 employees and almost 60 trainees produce innovative, sustainable products and develop solutions for the processing industry. The company offers a wide range of products, including substances to produce detergents and cleaning agents, paints and varnishes, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. In addition, specialities such as high-purity and ultra-high-purity aluminas are used, for example, as catalyst carriers in catalytic converters for the automotive industry, industrial applications and high-performance abrasives.
At the plant in Brunsbüttel, the approximately 800 employees ans about 60 trainees primarily produce fatty alcohols and inorganic speciality chemicals.
Sasol Germany GmbH is part of the South African Sasol Group, an integrated leading chemical and energy company, where almost 29,000 employees in 22 countries manufacture and market first-class products.
Two product lines form the focal points of the site: organic and inorganic products. The organic products that Sasol produces in Brunsbüttel mainly include fatty alcohols and derivatives (downstream products based on the raw material). Fatty alcohols are produced at the Brunsbüttel plant from petrochemical (ethylene – petroleum-based) and renewable raw materials (fatty acids from coconut, palm or rapeseed oil, among others). Fatty alcohols are important basic materials to produce cosmetics, detergents and cleaning agents as well as plastic additives.
The second important product line in Brunsbüttel is determined by inorganic products, the high-purity and ultra-high-purity aluminas (chemical: aluminium oxide). Alumina, a white, odourless powder, is mainly used in the automotive and chemical industries.
The applications of high-purity aluminas are manifold. Among other things, they are needed to produce refinery and chemical catalysts, help in the desulphurisation of mineral oil products and are also a sought-after raw material in the production of high-performance abrasives and lightweight but extremely resilient plastics used in the aircraft industry.
Ultra-high purity aluminas are used in the manufacture of a wide variety of everyday products and applications. They are used in the production of monocrystalline sapphires used in the manufacture of LED lamps, scratch-resistant glasses for watches, cash register scanners and consumer electronics.
Sasol relies on the consistent further development of its own technologies and is continuously expanding the Brunsbüttel site.
Production
Production main focuses
Fatty alcohols and derivates, high-purity and ultra-high-purity aluminas.
Production areas: Organic and inorganic speciality chemicals
Peter Heberling
