The South African SASOL was founded in 1950 in Sasolburg, appr. 80 km south of Johannnesburg. This then state-owned company utilised the Fischer-Tropsch process to produce synthetic fuel, diesel, and other liquid fuels through the gassification of coal on an industrial scale.

The fast growing company rapidly diversified into other chemical sectors and became one of the most important suppliers of chemical raw materials.

The chemical direction and the production of chemical final products were continued with the establishment of Sasol II and III in Secunda. Through privatisation at the end of the nineteen-seventies SASOL became a valued and well-known supplier of specialities in wax and chemicals.

SASOL Wax Limited specialises in the production of Fischer Tropsch waxes. FT- waxes offer a number of application possibilities through the wide range of low-melting to high-melting grades available. Particularly the Sasolwax hard waxes form an integral part of the processing or final make-up of a variety of products such as hotmelt adhesives, polishes, printing inks and coatings, plastics, textiles and leather.