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Shell GTL Waxes

Under the brand name Shell GTL Sarawax, our specialty waxes are produced with high linearity and narrow carbon number distribution, resulting in products suitable for a wide range of applications. The unique opaque white appearance of Shell GTL waxes produces true colour brilliance with minimum colouring agents, whilst the high purity and consistent properties are ideal for automated and precision industrial applications.

High quality waxes for a wide range of applications

 Hot Melt Adhesives (HMA)

Hot Melt Adhesives (HMA)

Key Features and Benefits

  • Reduces viscosity to ensure efficient mixing.
  • Regulates open and set times.
  • Reduces surface tackiness for better transport and storage stability.
SX50 SX55R SX60S SX70 SX70S SX80 SX90 SX105 SX110
 

What Our Customers Say

Customer: Power & Prior Industry Co., Ltd.

Product: Shell GTL Sarawax SX110

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Shell MDS DVR - Power & Prior Industry - Shell GTL Sarawax SX105

Duration = 03:44 Minutes

Description:

Demonstrated Value Record (DVR) for Shell GTL Sarawax SX110

[Background Music Plays]

Fast, upbeat music

[Animated sequence]

{Image of Power and Priory Industry Company Limited. Mr. Kenvi Huang appears on screen walking towards the camera.}

[Text displays]

Power & Priory Industry (P&PI) Plant

Chonburi, Thailand

[Voiceover]

Power and prior industry has a rich background of 40 years in chemicals and specialises in producing PVC stabilisers, rubber additives and lubricants.

[Animated sequence]

{Four packs of Shell GTL SARAWAX SX105 lay on a cardboard box.}

[Voiceover]

We have been using SX105 in our key products for a long time

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears on screen talking towards the camera.}

[Voiceover]

and have first-hand experience of the high standards and quality of Shell’s GTL Sarawax products. Then we found SX110.

[Animated sequence]

{A close of the Shell GTL Sarawax SX110 appears on screen}

[Text displays]

Introducing Shell GTL Sarawax’s newest gamechanger SX110

[Animated sequence]

{Forklift carrying GTL Sarawax SX110 fades in from the left-hand side of the screen}

[Text displays]

The new premium SX110 boasts all the best qualities of Shell’s GTL Waxes and more.

[Animated sequence]

{Two hands in orange gloves pick up the wax from the bag and points it to the screen}

[Animated sequence]

{Screen fades to several short clips focusing on a Shell Employee within a lab}

[Voiceover]

For the current rigid PVC application, a challenge of our end customer is they found out that there is unsmooth surface and poor glossiness due to insufficient external lubrication.

[Animated sequence]

{Three Shell employees standing in a lab holding a clipboard.}

[Voiceover]

To encounter this without any prior consultation with us the add-on extra PE-WAX on top of the original formulation

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

at the end it makes their cost much higher even higher than before.

[Animated sequence]

{A crate of Shell GTL Sarawax SX110 is pulled out of focus showing on screen text behind it}

[Text displays]

So what makes Shell GTL Sarawax SX110 a gamechanger?

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of Sarawax SX110 on crates}

[Voiceover]

So SX110 caught my eyes during an online presentation.

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of employee turning on a machine}

[Text displays]

Superior performance in temperature stability

[Voiceover]

The SX110 offers a far more superior performance in temperature stability

[Animated sequence]

{Footage of machine filling up a bag of SX110. Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

With the introduction of new SX110 it complements the product portfolio of Shells SX105 and SX80,

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Text displays]

Broadens the product application range

[Voiceover]

which broadens the product application range from low to high processing and application temperatures

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of employee wearing a mask and overalls in a warehouse environment.}

[Text displays]

Enables a higher production line speed while reducing energy consumption

[Voiceover]

and enables a higher production line speed while reducing energy consumptions.

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera. Four employees appear on screen wearing hard hats, masks and overalls filling up white bags of product. Footage of the camera zooming into a window of the machine}

[Text displays]

Highest available melting point* for GTL heard wax, with DSC endset at over 120°C

[Voiceover]

The most impressive thing about SX110 is that it has the highest available melting point for GTL power wax with DSC and set at over 120 degrees Celsius.

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

I was blown away by the product that immediately placed an order of one container.

[Animated sequence]

{Forklift carries a crate of products outside the warehouse. Forklift reversing inside the warehouse. Employees folding over the top of the product bags. Employee unloading the product into a stabiliser.}

[Voiceover]

To tackle the challenge of external lubrication PPI proposed using SX110 in our own CA.ZN stabiliser.

[Animated sequence]

{Camera close on a window on the stabiliser. Focus shifts to the stabiliser door opening and employee taking out the bag or product from the machine}

[Voiceover]

The first production child was a success not only did the dosage of PVC stabilizer needed reduced by about 5%,

[Animated sequence]

{Employee placing the bag of product onto a conveyer belt. Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

additional PE-WAX was no longer required resulting cost reduction and saving for the customer.

[Animated sequence]

{Forklift reverses off a platform to reveal on screen text behind}

[Text displays]

Outcome

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of orange gloves picking up the Sarawax products from a bag.}

[Voiceover]

Using SX110 has helped our customers become more cost efficient and improve product consistency,

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

and we at P&PI have more consistent order because of SX110 give customers more confidence and peace of mind. We now cater to two market segments lower and higher end markets.

[Animated sequence]

{Multiple cost ups of employees working in a laboratory environment. Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

SX110 has helped us expand our market opportunities and grow as a business and with it we are well on our way to realising our vision becoming the best in the region

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen with other employees clapping at him. Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen. Employee wearing a hair net, mask and lab coat appears. Pan shot of chemicals sitting on a lab table}

[Text displays]

Looking forward together

[Voiceover]

SX110 is made with Shell high standards of quality, and we plan to continue exploring its use in more project and formulations.

[Animated sequence]

{Birds eye view of inside the warehouse. Two employees unloading the products. Forklift carrying the products away.}

[Voiceover]

We will also further optimise our one pack using both SX105 and SX110.

[Animated sequence]

{A press device is pressing the SX105 and SX110 products. Employee picks up products from conveyer belt.}

[Voiceover]

Even though we get over from various suppliers we at Power and Prime industry will continue to use Shell

[Animated sequence]

{Mr. Kenvi Huang appears back on screen talking to the camera}

[Voiceover]

I hope this relationship with both Shell and Brenntag will endure for a long time to come.

Customer: First Quality Chemicals

Product: Shell GTL Sarawax SX105

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Shell MDS DVR - First Quality Chemicals - Shell GTL Sarawax SX105

Duration = 03:44 Minutes

Description:

Demonstrated Value Record (DVR) for Shell GTL Sarawax SX105

[Animated sequence]

{Products are shown being carried on a forklift. First Quality Chemicals CEO shown walking through a warehouse environment. FQC staff standing around a laptop within a lab. Sergio Chiñas speaking directly to the camera.}

[Text displays]

Sergio Chiñas

CEO of First Quality Chemicals

[Voiceover]

First Quality Chemicals is a company dedicated to the distribution of specialty chemicals.

I am Sergio Chiñas, I am the CEO of First Quality Chemicals.

[Animated sequence]

{Sergio Chiñas walking around the warehouse. Close up of product bag with Shell Pecten on the front, forklift carrying products, Sergio pointing at products within the warehouse. Sergio Chiñas speaking directly to the camera.}

[Voiceover]

Our collaboration with Shell started around 10 years ago. First Quality Chemicals is responsible for maintaining local stock for immediate delivery to all Mexican customers.

[Animated sequence]

{FQC staff carrying projects onto a workstation. Close up of Shell GTL Sarawax SX105.}

[Voiceover]

The most relevant product we currently distribute from Shell is GTL Sarawax SX105. GTL Sarawax is an exceptionally good lubricant.

[Animated sequence]

{Sergio Chiñas speaking directly to the camera. Up close image of pot of PVC Resin. FQC employee up close looking at a product. Sergio Chiñas appears back on screen.}

[Text displays]

PVC and Adhesive Application

[Voiceover]

It is primarily used in the PVC market and the adhesives market here in Mexico.

[Animated sequence]

{FQC employee speaking to the camera. Up close of employee looking at the PVC compounds. Two employees picking up the Sarawax SX105 in a lab.}

[Text displays]

Superb Lubrication in PVC Compounds

[Voiceover]

With GTL Sarawax, especially the SX105, we will achieve superb lubrication in PVC compounds compared to other Fischer-Tropsch waxes available in the market.

[Animated sequence]

{Janet Castillo speaking to the camera. Janet and FQC Employee conducting tests in the laboratory. Sarawax SX105 products being poured into a testing pot. Janet Castillo returns back to the camera.}

[Text displays]

Janet Castillo

Awesome Dreams Manager & Laboratory Leader

[Voiceover]

My name is Janet Castillo, I am the Commercial Manager and leader of the laboratory at First Quality Chemicals. One of the main advantages of the laboratory is that we can conduct comparative performance tests of our materials, such as Sarawax, against the customers' current materials to accelerate projects and close sales faster.

[Animated sequence]

{A forklift is shown carrying the Sarawax products in the warehouse. A FQC employee is looking through the product paperwork. Two FQC employees shaking hands with crates of Sarawax products in the background.}

[Voiceover]

The main competitive advantage of a warehouse and distributor like First Quality Chemicals is to stay one step ahead of our customers' needs.

[Animated sequence]

{Francisco Saldivar speaking to the camera.}

[Voiceover]

On the same day, if the customer calls and requests the material, we can ship it.

[Animated sequence]

{Francisco Saldivar is walking around the warehouse. Francisco speaking to the camera. Screen fades to show multiple clips of Francisco reviewing the GTL Sarawax SX105 products. Francisco returns to the camera}

[Text displays]

Francisco Saldivar - Awesome Quality & Unique Experience Leader

Always On Time Correct Presentation Secure Packaging

[Voiceover]

My name is Francisco Saldivar. I am the Quality and Customer Service Manager, and I am also the leader of the warehouse.

The most significant learning we have gained from Shell is the way we receive materials, as they are always on time, in the correct presentation, and in secure packaging.

[Animated sequence]

{Two FQC employees talking in the warehouse. Francisco speaking to the camera. Sergio Chiñas appears speaking directly to the camera. Multiple clips of Sergio appear walking around reviewing the Sarawax projects within the warehouse.}

[Voiceover]

This has allowed us to implement the same model with our customers, thus achieving product safety and quality.

The 3 most significant achievements in the collaboration between First Quality Chemicals and Shell are:

[Animated sequence]

{Sergio and employee smiling in office environment. Sergio Chiñas speaks directly to the camera. Close up on Shell GTL Sarawax SX105 product.}

[Text displays]

Significant Growth in Sales

No Quality Complaints

Certified by NSF/ANSI 14

[Voiceover]

Number 1 a very significant growth in sales in the Mexican market.

Number 2, we have never received any quality complaints.

And number 3, I believe the most important one, is obtaining Sarawax certification in the NSF listing in the United States.

This demonstrates that Sarawax is a product safe for humans.

[Animated sequence]

{Screen changes to focus on Sergio and Employee looking at a computer. Close up of an employee picking up the Sarawax product with gloves. Forklift carrying Sarawax products through the warehouse. Close up of Shell GTL Sarawax SX105.}

[Voiceover]

Now, all customers who use our Sarawax can export to the United States, and in this way, Shell and First Quality Chemicals significantly increase their sales in the Mexican market.

[Animated sequence]

{Francisco Saldivar speaks to the camera. Franscisco and two other employees interacting with each other in a warehouse environment}

[Voiceover]

The values of First Quality and Shell converge because they are the same.

Despite having a different language, fundamentally, we are heading towards the same goal: to fulfil our customers' desires.

[Animated sequence]

{Sergio Chiñas re-appears talking to the camera and then fades to Sergio walking around the warehouse. Employee appears driving a forklift. Two Employees closing a set of gates. Sergio Chiñas facing back at the camera.}

[Text displays]

Number One in Industry

[Voiceover]

We work with Shell because it is an excellent company in every aspect.

Nowadays, global competition is so intense that to succeed, you have to be allied with the best business partners, and Shell is definitely number one in this industry.

[Animated sequence]

{Francisco Saldivar standing in the warehouse. Sergio Chiñas speaking to the camera. Multiple close ups of Sarawas SX105 products.}

[Voiceover]

I see the future of this collaboration as stronger, and deeper. We will introduce more products to the Mexican market. We will grow our sales significantly. We will be better business partners. I hope it will be forever.

Customer: Colquimica Adhesives

Product: Shell GTL Sarawax SX105

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Shell MDS DVR - Colquimica - Shell GTL Sarawax SX105

Duration = 03:44 Minutes

Description:

{Shell GTL Sarawax SX105 in HMA Application}

[Animated sequence]

{Shell yellow ripple Pecten. Exterior shot of the Colquimica Adhesives building. Pedro Koehler speaks directly to the camera. 5 flags flying outside the Colquimica Adhesives building.}

[Text displays]

Joao Pedro Koehler

CEO, Colquimica Adhesives Group

[Voiceover]

My name is Pedro Koehler. I am the CEO of Colquimica Adhesives Group.

[Animated sequence]

{Pedro Koehler speaks directly to the camera}

[Voiceover]

Colquimica is a family-based company founded in 1953,

[Animated sequence]

{Colquimica Adhesives staff members walking through a factory with forklift in the background.}

[Voiceover]

and we are dedicated to producing hot-melt adhesives.

[Animated sequence]

{Igor Encarnacao speaks directly to the camera.}

[Text displays]

Igor Encarnacao

Procurement Manager

[Voiceover]

Colquimica Adhesives has plants in Portugal, Poland, and the U.S.

[Animated sequence]

{Crates of Shell GTL Sarawax SX105 are carried into the factory on forklifts.}

[Voiceover]

Shell has been a great partner for Colquimica Group. Sarawax SX105 has been a great product we have been buying for decades.

[Animated sequence]

{Interior shots of the factory, Igor Encarnacao speaks directly to the camera.}

[Voiceover]

Shell is supplying all of the three plants as well as our R&D Centre here in Porto.

[Animated sequence]

{Members of stuff working within the R7D lab. Cristina Frutuoso speaks directly to the camera.}

[Text displays]

Cristina Frutuoso

RD&I Corporate Director

[Voiceover]

Here in the R&D lab, we are formulating, we are experimenting. I like to say we play a little bit with the raw materials that we have.

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of the Sarawax SX105 product being poured into a metal dish. Members of staff placing the products into special machines to make the products.}

[Voiceover]

We use Sarawax SX105 into our formulations because it gives the adhesives excellent fluidity properties and the right tensile strength.

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of a press machine pressing carboard.}

[Voiceover]

but also enables us to control the open and setting time of the mixtures that we want to produce.

[Animated sequence]

{Cristina Frutuoso speaks directly to the camera. Close up of staff member placing the Wax into a high heat resistance machine.}

[Text displays]

High Heat Resistance Grades.

[Voiceover]

With Shell Sarawax, we can achieve high heat resistance grades.

[Animated sequence]

{Igor Encarnacao speaks directly to the camera.}

[Voiceover]

Colour is an important parameter for our customers. The colour of Sarawax SX105 has been always very reliable and constant.

[Animated sequence]

{Labels are rolled onto bottles then are placed on a conveyor belt.}

[Text displays]

FDA Compliant

[Voiceover]

FDA compliance is also one of the key factors when we are buying new raw materials.

[Animated sequence]

{Screen transitions into birds eye view of the plant, Shell employee wearing red overalls walking towards the plant, exterior shot of the entrance into Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad. Close up of Fischer-Tropsch waxes.}

[Voiceover]

Shell's Malaysia plant was the first to use GTL technology to produce Fischer-Tropsch waxes.

[Animated sequence]

{Cristina Frutuoso speaks directly to the camera. Shell GTL Sarawas products stacked in boxes in a warehouse.}

[Voiceover]

We formulate almost everything with Fischer-Tropschs especially, of course, with Shell SX105.

[Animated sequence]

{A machine is shown moving the Sarawax Products.}

[Voiceover]

We are very satisfied with the service that Shell has been delivering.

[Animated sequence]

{Igor Encarnacao speaks directly to the camera. Shell Employee shown picking up the Shell GTL Sarawax SX150 product.}

[Text displays]

Consistent Quality

[Voiceover]

Every batch is a consistent quality which is important for us and for our production.

[Animated sequence]

{Female in blue blazer sitting at a desk looking at a laptop.}

[Voiceover]

Supply chain is a big challenge for us.

[Animated sequence]

{Sonia Valadares speaks directly to the camera.}

[Text displays]

Sonia Valadares

Senior Purchaser

[Voiceover]

Since Covid, a lot of difficulties have been placed into the market

[Animated sequence]

{Birds eye view of shipment containers on a large ship.}

[Voiceover]

and Shell been able to cope with all the difficulties that we have been having.

[Animated sequence]

{Footage showing delivery trucks driving across a bridge. Close up of the truck with the sun setting behind it. Sonia Valadares returns back to the camera.}

[Text displays]

Reliable Supply.

[Voiceover]

So, definitely Shell is the right partner, because reliable supply is very critical for our global business.

[Animated sequence]

{Igor Encarnacao speaks directly to the camera. Close up of the GTL Sarawax products being picked up by a forklift.}

[Voiceover]

We operate in an evolving market, and Shell has been helping us throughout these years to overcome the challenges the market presents.

[Animated sequence]

{Screen fades to a close of the word ‘INNOVATION’ shown on a poster image. Pedro Koehler speaks directly to the camera}

[Voiceover]

Innovation is very important to us. We need to differentiate our offer from the rest of the competition by bringing value-added products. For that, the cooperation with Shell is very important.

[Animated sequence]

{Close up of the words ‘Creating Sustainable Bonds’ on a moss background. Sonia Valadares speaks directly to the camera. People sitting with computers in an office environment, K-Melt Hot melt adhesives for the industry products appear in stacks. The products are then carried out by a forklift.}

[Text displays]

Lower Energy Consumption

Less Residue

Less Waste

[Voiceover]

High-performance adhesives like our K-Melt Evolution range, using SX105, allow our customers to have lower consumption of energy, less residues, and less waste.

[Animated sequence]

{Pedro Koehler speaks directly to the camera. Two members of staff close the door of a delivery truck. Pedro Koehler returns to the screen}

[Voiceover]

We at Colquimica are expanding to other locations in the global market. and for that, we are counting on Shell to support Colquimica all the way.

[Animated sequence]

{Delivery truck leaves the warehouse. Shell Ripple Pecten appears.}

Technical Information

Typical Values of Shell GTL Sarawax Range of Products

Test Parameters Unit Test Method SX50 SX55R SX60S SX70 SX70S SX80 SX90 SX105 SX110
Congealing Point ºC ASTM D938 54-56 54-56 60-62 70-72 70-72 82-86 90-95 102-105 106-110
Saybolt Colour - ASTM D156 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
Odour - ASTM D1833 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 Odourless Odourless Odourless Odourless
Oil Content %m ASTM D721 2.2-2.4 1.7-2.4 1.4-1.7 0.3-0.5 0.3-0.5
0 0 0 0
UV Absorptivity   ASTM D2008 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01 <0.01
Form L/gcm   Liquid Slabs Slabs Liquid Slabs Granules Granules Granules Granules

 

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All Shell GTL Sarawax products comply with the United States Food and Drugs Administration regulations for indirect food contact applications.

Shell GTL Sarawaxes SX50 SX55 SX60 SX70 SX80 SX90 SX105 SX110
FDA CFR 21 Parts 175.105 (adhesives) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 175.250 (coatings) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 177.1200 (polymer) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 172.886 (Food contact - Meets the Purity Requirement) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 172.888 (Food contact - Meets the Purity Requirement) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 175.300 (coatings) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 176.170 (Components of Paper & Paperboard, Wet) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 176.180 (Components of Paper & Paperboard, Dry) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 177.1210 (Closure with sealing gaskets for food containers) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 177.1390 (Laminate Structures) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 178.3710 (Food contact - Meets the Purity Requirement) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FDA CFR 21 Parts 178.3720 (Food contact - Meets the Purity Requirement) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

FDA: USA Food and Drug Administration

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