Industries Using Bitumen, Base Oils & Waxes

Where refinery and plant grades go to work, with grade and documentation support for each industry.

Road Construction, Roofing & Waterproofing

Asphalt plants, road builders and waterproofing makers use paving bitumen as their binder, with waxes, extract oil and sulphur as modifiers.

Lubricant blenders and grease makers build engine, hydraulic, gear and industrial oils on base oils chosen by viscosity and solvency.

Tyre and technical rubber manufacturers use process oils, waxes, carbon black feedstock and sulphur from the mixer to the finished part.

PVC compounders, calenderers, plastisol users and masterbatch makers blend resin, plasticisers and waxes to set flexibility and processing.

Paint, ink and adhesive makers use hydrocarbon and aromatic solvents to dissolve resins and set drying speed, and waxes for slip and tack.

Transformer builders, utilities and cable makers buy insulating oils, plasticisers, PVC resin and waxes for their electrical properties.

Candle makers, board converters, match and firelighter producers and polish formulators work with paraffin, slack and synthetic waxes.

Chemical, pharmaceutical, gas-processing and detergent plants buy aromatics, alcohols, glycols, amines and pure hydrocarbons as feedstocks.