10/20/2005 - Süd-Chemie was given award by Sasol Synfuels

Thanks to its outstanding services, Süd-Chemie´s subsidiary company in Chloorkop/South Africa has been declared by Sasol Synfuels (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg/ South Africa, as the second-best among its some 1,300 suppliers.

Süd-Chemie supplies Sasol Synfuels with catalysts for coal-to-liquids (CTL) systems. CTL processes gasify and liquefy coal to produce synthetic fuels and intermediate products used above all in the chemical and petro-chemical industry. As the world's coal reserves are much greater than the oil and gas reserves, coal gasification and liquefaction is becoming ever-more important. At Secunda/South Africa, Sasol Synfuels operates the largest commercial CTL plant in the world, with a capacity of more than 150,000 barrels per day.

Munich, 20 October 2005

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Süd-Chemie (www.sud-chemie.com) is an independent specialty chemical company headquartered in Munich and operating on a worldwide scale. Key markets served by its Adsorbents Division include the consumer-goods, packaging and foundry industries, as well as the paper and plastics industries. Products manufactured by the Catalysts Division offer solutions for water treatment, petrochemicals processing, energy storage and hydrogen production, as well as off-gas purification. The common denominator of all its products and innovations is the efficient and sparing use of natural resources to enhance the quality of life for humans and the environment. Sales of €862 million were generated in 2004, almost 80% of these outside Germany. Süd-Chemie employs more than 5,100 people at its 62 sales and production sites around the world.