Sasol O&S is a global producer of surfactant intermediates, a leading manufacturer of surfactants to the European market and a leading producer of high purity alumina and related specialty products globally. The company also offers the most diversified portfolio of C6+ alcohol products in the world. Sasol O&S is a main chemical business of Sasol Ltd., an integrated energy and chemical company with about 34,000 employees worldwide based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sasol adds value to coal, oil and gas reserves, using these feedstocks to produce liquid fuels, fuel components and chemicals. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Sasol O&S has a large global footprint with its presence in 15 countries around the world. The company employs about 3,000 people and runs 12 production sites in seven countries: Germany, Italy, Slovakia, Dubai, USA, South Africa and China and participates in a joint-venture with Wilmar China Investment (Yihai) in China running an alcohols plant in Lianyungang. Sasol O&S manufactures over 300 products and serves more than 3,000 customers all over the world. More specifically, the company produces and markets a broad range of organic and inorganic products, such as C6-C22+ alcohols, linear alkyl benzene, surfactants, oleochemicals, and other organic intermediates like ethylene and ethylene oxide, inorganic specialty chemicals such as alumina (hydroxides and oxides), silica-alumina and hydrotalcites. The products are used in detergents, cleaners, paint and coatings, leather and metal processing, personal care products and lubricants as well as in catalysts, high performance abrasives and polymer additives.
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