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ChemSystems received another clear audit from Dr Sthamer Hamburg

Seen here at the official certificate handover is Mason Naidoo of Chem Systems, Jan Knappert of Dr Sthamer, André Schutte of ChemSystems, Dr Matthias Prall of Dr Sthamer, Gerhard Saffy, Louise Peplar and Hugo Basson from Chemsystems.

The ChemSystems manufacturing plant at Chem Park in Chloorkop, Johannesburg, has received another clear audit from Dr Sthamer Hamburg. The biennale audit took place in June this year with representatives of Dr Sthamer Hamburg facilitating the audit. ChemSystems, a division of AECI Ltd, are manufacturers of fire fighting compounds including wetting agents, synthetic class A and B as well as AFFF for polar and non-polar resistant applications since 1970.

The company has been manufacturing Dr Sthamer Hamburg fire fighting foams for more than 30 years. Chem Systems is also the only plant manufacturing Dr Sthamer fire fighting foams outside of Hamburg in Germany.

ChemSystems manufactures its own range of Class A and B foams including wetting agents as well as aerial bombing foams for wildfire applications. The range manufactured under licence from Dr Sthamer includes the Sthamex range of aqueous film-forming foam concentrates (AFFF) 1, 3 and 6 percent, the Moussol APS range alcohol resistant aqueous film-forming foam concentrates

Dr Matthias Prall of Dr Sthamer and Hugo Basson of Chemsystems

Dr Matthias Prall of Dr Sthamer with Louise Peplar of ChemSystems

(AR-AFFF) in 1/3, 3/3 and 3/6. They have also recently introduced Moussol FF 3/6 fluorine free fire fighting foam.

Dr Sthamer is currently researching environmentally responsible alternatives for AFFF and AR-AFFF foams. All foams manufactured under licence for Dr Sthamer are independently tested and verified by a third party laboratory, MPA Dresden GmbH, a testing, inspection and certification centre, to EN 1568 and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standards. ChemSystems also tests products and supplies sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr Sthamer Hamburg started in 1886 and manufactures fire fighting foams for the municipal, petrochemical, industrial and aviation industries.

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the

Production and Quality Control of Fire Fighting Foam Concentrates

implemented by the company

CHEMSYSTEMS

a Business of AECI Chemicals 200 Bergrivier Drive Chloorkop/Kempton Park ZA-1624 Gauteng

is in full conformity with the standards of

Fabrik chemischer Präparate von Dr. Richard Sthamer GmbH & Co. KG

and is hereby authorized to manufacture "Dr Sthamer - Hamburg" branded foams under license.

The company was audited by Dr. Matthias Prall, Chief Chemist of Dr. Sthamer Company, on June 26/27, 2019.

Signature Dr. Prall Hamburg, 27.06.2019