New Lower PCF Industrial Wax for Packaging Adhesives
A new industrial wax grade from Sasol Chemicals, SASOLWAX LC100, developed for packaging adhesives, has a 35% lower carbon footprint than previous waxes. The company reports that this new wax delivers superior capabilities while achieving significant cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint (PCF) benefits.
The new SASOLWAX LC100 follows the recent introduction of SASOBIT LC, Sasol’s lower carbon solution for the asphalt industry. Both wax grades offer drop-in alternatives to the benchmark grades, enabling customers to significantly reduce their Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions without compromising on performance.
“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, at Sasol. “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 model for calculating PCFs for its wax value chain has undergone a critical third-party review and complies with ISO 14040 & ISO 14044, ISO 14067, international standards that outline the requirements and guidelines for quantifying the carbon footprint of products throughout their life cycle.
In the packaging and adhesives market, where hot-melt adhesives (HMA) are prevalent, the new wax grade provides the same properties and performance benefits as Sasol’s industry standard SASOLWAX H1. Among these benefits are: enabling of odorless, clear HMA formulations, especially in combination with metallocene polymers, through low viscosity, high crystallinity, and stability; allowing 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.
Source: Sasol Chemicals