Transforming the paraffin market Polwax SA, a company from Jaslo, Poland, is one of the European leaders in the paraffin market. It is a producer and distributor of refined, deodorised paraffins, waxes and industrial paraffin products. The company is currently on the brink of a technological breakthrough with a unique slack wax solvent de-oiling installation. Dariusz Balcerzyk reports.
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ecember 31, 2019 will be a significant date in the history of Polwax. On that day, the most modern European slack wax solvent deoiling installation located in Polwax’s plant in Czechowice-Dziedzice, Silesian region, southern Poland, is to be put into use. “For our company it will be a big leap forward. As a result, we will enter a new phase of our development; frankly, launching this installation will drive Polwax to the industry’s top league. On the other side, the company would have no future without this investment,” says Dominik Tomczyk, Polwax CEO.
Experts in paraffin products Polwax has been operating since 1999. In the years 2004–2012, it was a part of Capital Group Lotos SA, well-known for its crude oil production, refining and marketing of oil products.
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