Glossary - S

SC EXCELLENCE

Group-wide scheme introduced by Süd-Chemie to systematically optimize operational and administrative processes.

Selectivity

A catalyst´s most important property, along with activity. Describes how selectively a catalyst promotes manufacture of a desired end product.

Share

Document certifying that its bearer holds a certain proportion of the total assets in a public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft). The owner of a share, the shareholder, is consequently a »partner« in the assets of the public limited company, i.e. a co-owner. As a result, he has a voting right at the annual general meeting. Shareholders' rights are protected by the provisions of the German Companies Act (Aktiengesetz).

SIX SIGMA

Management method enabling the quality of corporate processes to be improved.

Styrene

An aromatic used to manufacture both polystyrene and several other plastic materials.

Styrene catalyst

Catalysts used to produce styrene by dehydrogenating ethyl benzene.

Synthesis gas (syngas) catalysts

Catalysts to convert natural gas and other hydrocarbons to synthesis gas.