SA Adhesives (Pty) Ltd is the statutory responsible for the manufacture of water-based adhesives with Chemsol Adhesives being the holding company. The product brand Chemsol specialises in solvent-based adhesives for the footwear and furniture and bedding industry. The adhesive and plastic facility is based in KwaZulu-Natal with sales offices in Durban and Gauteng.

SA Adhesives is a South African company consisting of qualified professionals with the skills, experience, and commitment that they believe will make a difference in the chemical and plastics manufacturing sector.

SA Adhesives was founded in 1995 and the company is now owned and driven by a woman. Premi Subramany was given the opportunity to buy the business in 2005. Subramany, through proper research in the chemical and plastics industry, aims to provide a service in the marketplace that is both outstanding and competitive without compromising on quality and professionalism.

Due to their high-quality products and persistent efforts, Chemsol Adhesives has carved a niche for itself in the national as well as international market. The company’s commitment towards quality, accuracy and innovation has enabled Chemsol Adhesives to move the brand Chemsol towards the path of success and to take up a respectful position in the national market.

Products
SA Adhesives’ products are very specialised, and the company is involved in the design and manufacture of industrial chemicals such as water-borne adhesives, solvent-borne adhesives and speciality polymers and coatings for the paper and packaging, furniture and bedding, footwear, and leather industries.

SA Adhesives’ non-toxic water-based adhesives are environmentally safe and contain zero volatile organic compounds that are ideal for the food packaging industry. Furthermore, they can be used to manufacture even the most complex laminates.

There are several advantages to working with Chemsol’s solvent-based adhesives in fast-paced industries because they have a short fixing time, substantially decreasing the amount of time waiting for an item / frame to set. Applications that may require Chemsol’s solvent-based adhesives are wood working, furniture manufacturing, and PVC piping and sheeting.

The manufacturing processes in the woodworking industry calls for adhesives that are efficient, process reliable, flexible, and durable and that meet very stringent ecological standards. Equal in versatility and matching these high standards are the adhesives from SA Adhesives.

Decades of experience and industry knowledge in the field of food dyes, reactive dyes, leather dyes and pigments endow SA Adhesives to reach its targets of value, quality, and commitment.

Chemsol is committed to establishing and maintaining itself as a leading supplier of industrial detergents and chemicals.

Team Approach
One particular strength of Chemsol Adhesives is its people and their ability to work across many industries in the engineering of adhesive, detergent, and dye applications for the company’s customers. Chemsol Adhesives believes in complete teamwork, which is the basis for the success of the enterprise.

Chemsol Adhesives’ aim is to provide excellent customer service and reliability by empowering and encouraging its employees to always do their best. The company supports its employees by providing further education with the goal to improve their standards of living. Consequently, the employees acquire their daily performance outcomes with the proper mindsets to build suppliers’ and customers’ trust, which are within the parameters of sound business ethics.

As such Chemsol Adhesives has received numerous awards for their outstanding customer service, excellent product quality and continuous innovations.

Quality Assurance
Chemsol’s motto is to engage in the production, testing and training of adhesives and speciality chemicals while providing intellectual support in all sectors of its business and to their partners. This approach enables the company to concentrate on the latest product and process developments.

The laboratory monitors and continues to keep the specifications of products to the best quality with stability and manufacturing practicality. It is pivotal for the raw materials suppliers to issue the relevant approval specifications. Chemsol Adhesives products are registered with the National Regulator for compulsory specifications. The company is ISO quality accredited and is currently in process of acquiring the FDA ISO accreditation.

Chemsol Adhesives treats quality as a pledge and work towards achieving it in all ways possible. In order to maintain the quality, stability, and performance of Chemsol products, they undergo stringent quality checks at various levels of production.

Chemsol Adhesives is a signatory to responsible care and waste management systems which monitors the safe use of resources. Furthermore, the company is committed to the preservation of the environment.

Orange Foundation
The years 2020 and 2021 were certainly a journey of many challenges and lessons. The pandemic has opened the window to many opportunities including being more creative and self-sufficient. In these difficult times, the plastic division has increased capacity and acquired many more customers for the supply of plastic packaging.

In addition, with the exponential growth of the plastics division, the ‘Orange Foundation’ was born. This is a non-profit organisation that supports feeding schemes to underprivileged homes and schools.