‘Knowde is uniquely positioned to improve Sasol’s digital customer experience’

“Sasol Chemicals’ market focus requires us to make our solutions available where our customers want to buy them. Knowde is uniquely positioned to improve Sasol’s digital customer experience, offering a single platform to share information, discuss product applications, order samples and even purchase online in the near future.”

Silke Hoppe, Vice President, Essential Care for Sasol Chemicals 

“We’re thrilled that Sasol Chemicals is helping accelerate the chemical industry’s digital transformation. A storefront on Knowde offers companies like Sasol a competitive advantage for accelerating growth by providing a platform that enables them to move online quickly and meet the new needs of customers who want a better online buying experience.”

Dan Haas, Chief Commercial Officer, Knowde

Sasol Chemicals extends storefront agreement with Knowde

SAN JOSE, CA – JULY 12, 2021 – Sasol Chemicals is enhancing the online experience for its customers on Knowde, the world’s leading marketplace for ingredients, polymers and chemistry.

Sasol Chemicals’ expanded storefront on Knowde offers research and development (R&D) professionals and chemical buyers 24/7 access to the company’s entire brand catalog of high-performance products for key customer markets, including fabric and home care, industrial and institutional care, personal care and health, metal finishing and fabrication, advanced materials, inks, adhesives, and paints and coatings.

“Sasol Chemicals’ market focus requires us to make our solutions available where our customers want to buy them,” said Silke Hoppe, Vice President, Essential Care for Sasol Chemicals. “Knowde is uniquely positioned to improve Sasol’s digital customer experience, offering a single platform to share information, discuss product applications, order samples and even purchase online in the near future.”

R&D and procurement professionals can search Sasol products by chemistry, application, function, technical properties and more in order to find the right product quickly and shorten time-to-market for new product development.  

All buyers receive around-the-clock access to expert advice and insight on all brand and product pages with KnowdeConcierge™, which also facilitates requests for information, documents, samples and quotes.

Procurement and R&D professionals can register on Knowde for free at www.knowde.com.

“We’re thrilled that Sasol Chemicals is helping accelerate the chemical industry’s digital transformation,” said Dan Haas, Knowde’s Chief Commercial Officer. “A storefront on Knowde offers companies like Sasol a competitive advantage for accelerating growth by providing a platform that enables them to move online quickly and meet the new needs of customers who want a better online buying experience.”

Manufacturers interested in activating their storefront on Knowde can contact Haas at dan@knowde.com.

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About Sasol Chemicals

Sasol Chemicals fulfills its purpose of “Innovating for a better world” by offering a broad, state-of-the-art portfolio of specialty and commodity chemicals for a wide range of applications and industries. Our solutions are used by more than 7,500 customers, in 120 countries, in countless products that add value, security and comfort to our daily lives and help our customers meet their sustainability goals. Sasol Chemicals is a business of Sasol Limited, a leading chemicals and energy company focused on creating sustainable value for our customers. For more information, visit https://www.sasol.com/.

About Knowde

Knowde is the leading online marketplace for producers and buyers of ingredients, polymers and chemistry. The Knowde.com marketplace allows buyers to search, compare, sample, quote and purchase products from every producer on earth, all in one place. With more than 100,000 products and thousands of producer storefronts — more than any distributor, marketplace or middleman organization in the history of the industry — Knowde is the largest marketplace of its kind. Knowde is backed by top tier investors Sequoia Capital, Refactor Capital, Bee Partners and Cantos Ventures. For more information, visit www.knowde.com.

Media Contacts

Sasol: Russell Johnson, russell.johnson@us.sasol.com, 281-588-3027

Knowde: John Schmidt, john.schmidt@knowde.com, 973-632-8214