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Radical Lead Time Reduction (RLTR)

Investments in large production facilities, like chemical plants, are risky and time-consuming. Pure construction times often take 2 to 4 years not even taking front-end loading and extensive permission procedures into account.

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Leveraging Digital Automation Technologies

With the rapid growth of the Industrial Internet of Things and recent advances in Industry 4.0 technologies like cloud computing, machine learning and remote sensing, there’s been a lot of debate about the impact that automation will have on manufacturing over the next few years.

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Modular In Every Respect

“Modular” is currently an often-quoted buzzword in the process industry – in process technology and engineering, automation and supply chain management.

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The Road to Success

Growing complexity, with a strong focus on digitalization and connectivity as megatrends for the whole industry, dictates the business world.

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Who is the Future “Chemazon”?

The traditional business model of chemical distributors is currently fundamentally challenged on one side by digitally enabled activities from principals, logistics providers, customers, start-ups, larger chemical distributors or combinations of smaller players, who try their own online channels, and on the other side by general e-retailers like Alibaba or Amazon, who explore to enter also into chemical & material categories.

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Leading Transformation

As Executive Vice President of International Chemicals since early 2024, Antje Gerber has been steering Sasol through a pivotal reset—focused on resilience, innovation, and bold sustainability goals.