Nalco Africa Pty Ltd

Contact Information

Telephone: +27 10 590 9120
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Website: www.nalcoafrica.co.za

Company Profile

Nalco Africa (Pty) Ltd is a joint venture between Nalco Company (NYSE: NLC) and Protea Chemicals a company of the Omnia group. Nalco Africa is headquartered in Johannesburg (Gauteng, South Africa) and is a provider of chemical and equipment solutions optimising natural resources and driving prosperity through unrivalled engineered and sustainable solutions.

Nalco Africa is divided in three divisions:

1) Water & Process Services;

2) Mining Services and

3) Energy Services Downstream.

Our sales & marketing team serves a wide variety of industries such as food & beverage, medium and light manufacturing, chemicals, steel, mining and mineral processing, petrochemicals, refining, automotive, power generation and pulp and paper in process and water applications. Our services provide integrated solutions that improve customers’ products and positively impact their operations through greater asset reliability, decreased total cost of operation (TCO), improved operating and production efficiencies and minimised environmental, health and safety concerns.

Nalco Company

Nalco Company (NYSE: NLC), with global corporate and research headquarters in Naperville, Illinois (USA), provides essential expertise for water, energy and air — delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to our customers. Nalco helps customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting their bottom line. Together our comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development of customer operations. Nalco is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and is one of the world leaders in water treatment and process improvement applications providing services, chemicals and equipment solutions. In 2009, Nalco sales reached $3.7 billion of which $1,662 million from Water Services, $666 million for Paper Services and $1,418 million from Energy Services. More than 11,500 Nalco employees work at more than 50,000 customer locations, in more than 150 countries supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centres to serve a broad range of end markets.

Protea Chemicals

Protea Chemicals is the chemical division of Omnia Holdings Limited, a diversified and specialist chemical services company with a turnover of ZAR2.8 billion (approximately $400 million), listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: OMN), is a well known manufacturer and distributor of speciality, functional chemicals, and polymers in southern and East Africa. It has a presence in every sector of the broader chemical distribution market, with an extensive branch network located in all major business centres across South Africa – in close proximity to our customers. An extensive range of products, assured quality, timely delivery, and experienced technical support all contribute to making Protea Chemicals a leader in the chemical manufacturing and distribution industry.

Our Vision

We aim to achieve long-term partnership with our customers while enhancing the lives of our stakeholders (employees, communities, shareholders and customers) and protecting our planet

Our Mission

Our mission is to lead the industry in creating value for customers and Nalco through differentiated services and technologies that save water and energy, enhance production and improve air quality while reducing total costs of operation.

Sustainability

Nalco Africa is committed to sustainable development. We believe in “Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (UN Brunt land Report 1987).

Our Air Protection Technologies combines Nalco-Mobotec's (a Nalco Company subsidiary) patented combustion improvement technology with innovative Nalco chemistry and application expertise to reduce many critical pollutants, including greenhouse gases, nitrogen and sulphur dioxides (NOx/SOx), mercury, hydrogen chloride and particulates.

Nalco continuously looks for ways to extend its innovative solutions to more industries, geographies and systems. The ability of 3D TRASAR® technology to measure key system parameters, detect upsets and take appropriate action in cooling water systems has saved more than 757 million cubic meters of water worldwide since its introduction.

Our Greatest Asset is Our People

Our highly trained sales engineers, who specialize in water-related and process chemical solutions, work on-site to optimize customer operations and their bottom line. As Nalco Africa we invest heavily in recruiting and training our personnel, with more than half of the first year spent in formal training with accelerated universities set for rapid-growth industries – Nalco University and Nalco Downstream University. Nalco Africa’s district managers averages 15 years experience, the collective knowledge of the company exceeds 50-years of experience in water and process related industries.

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE)

At Nalco Africa, our commitment to broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) is focused on the spirit, beyond the letter, of transformation. Our aim is to play an active role in the transformation process in a manner that is sustainable, credible and of benefit to the Nalco Africa, our stakeholders and the country as a whole. We are determined to broaden the base of the South African economy and promote participation in the economy by all citizens.

We follow measurements and scorecard targets as set out in the Department of Trade and Industry’s Codes of Good Practice for Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment. Nalco Africa was granted a Level 7 Contributor rate.