Sasol’s polypropylene (PP) is a highly versatile thermoplastic with an extensive range of applications in many industries. Its intrinsic properties of high stiffness, good tensile strength, relative ease of processability and chemical inertness has resulted in PP being the polymer of choice in a wide range of consumer and industrial products.
Injection molded PP has key applications in packaging crates and containers, buckets and drums, chairs and furniture, thin wall food packaging containers, automotive, electrical and electronic appliances, housewares, cosmetic containers, toys and luggage. Extruded applications include raffia and fiber, film, pipe, conduit and twin wall sheeting. Film grade PP offers excellent clarity and low moisture vapor transmission with applications in the packaging of food, textiles and a variety of consumer goods. PP film types include cast, blown, multilayer extruded, and biaxially orientated extruded film. PP fiber applications include, but are not limited to, use in carpets, clothing, ropes and twine, monofilament, geotextiles, and non-wovens for medical apparel, diapers and packaging. A major use of PP raffia tape is in woven cloth applications for bag manufacture (food, fertilizer and cement packaging), and for flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBC's).