Technological watch

WASHINGTON (April 2, 2019)—ACC is pleased to announce that Sasol has joined its Plastics Division. Sasol is a South African-based integrated chemicals and energy company that produces polyethylene plastics in the United States. Adriaan Janse van Rensburg, vice president of polymers at Sasol, will serve on the Division’s Operating Committee.

“Sasol is committed to furthering the plastics industry’s leadership in sustainability, performance, and stewardship of our products and planet,” said van Rensburg. “We look forward to joining with the nation’s foremost resin producers to fulfill these objectives.”

“I’m thrilled to welcome Sasol to ACC’s Plastics Division,” said Steve Russell, vice president of plastics at ACC. “Our members represent leading resin producers who are committed to transforming the plastics industry by achieving a more circular economy for plastics through innovations in design and technologies, expanding recycling and recovery systems, and developing new business models in the United States and around the world.”