1997 

           Take over of the French distributor for paraffin waxes and 
           Fischer-Tropsch hard waxes Societé Française de
           Pétrochimie, Paris / France

          Acquisition of the Speicher-Technologie GmbH,
          Hamburg / Germany

Acquisition of the blender Ter Chemicals, Pass Christian / USA by Moore & Munger, Inc.

Acquisition of the blender Schlickum Werke GmbH, Pinneberg / Germany by Paramelt B.V.

Founding of the sales office SCHÜMANN SASOL Sdn. Bhd. , Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia

Founding of the sales office SCHÜMANN SASOL C.A., Caracas/Venezuela

1998

Acquisition of a share of the blender Luxco Wax Inc., Haywatch / CA / USA

Founding of the trading company SCHÜMANN SASOL AG , Appenzell / Switzerland

Acquisition of the paraffin wax activities sector of Engen Oil,
South Africa by SCHÜMANN SASOL Pty Ltd.

1999

Founding of Merkur Vaseline GmbH & Co KG,
Hamburg/Germany, a joint venture with
DEA Mineralöl AG to co-operate in petroleum
jelly and white oil business.

2001

Founding of ALEXANDRIA WAX; Alexandria/Egypt, a joint
venture with Alexandria Mineral Oils Company (AMOC) of
Alexandria/Egypt and Petroleum Products Marketing
Ltd. (PPM), U.K.

2002

          Sasol of South Africa acquires 100% of SCHÜMANN SASOL 
          International AG.

The SCHÜMANN SASOL International AG is renamed to Sasol Wax International AG

2003

The SCHÜMANN SASOL International AG subsidiaries are also renamed to Sasol Wax.

Sasol Wax takes over the production and marketing of ExxonMobil´s Wax emulsions and oil emulsions in most European countries .

2004

Sasol Wax GmbH and Norddeutsche Mischwerke GmbH & Co. KG form the Joint Venture AsphaCell to produce fibre products for the asphalt industry.

Waxman ApS is renamed to Sasol Wax Danmark ApS, Hellerup/Denmark.

Societé Francaise de Pétrochimie is renamed to Sasol Wax S.A.S, Paris/France.

2006

Sale of Rubitherm GmbH, Hamburg/Germany to company Matino GmbH.