Chemical Initiatives
Chemical Initiatives (Pty) Ltd in which Tiger-Sul Products Products manufacturing, distribution and sales resides is a subsidiary of Chemserve Ltd Group, consisting of over 20 separate divisions. Chemserve in turn is a subsidiary of AECI Ltd, one of the largest chemical conglomerates in South Africa.
Chemical Initiatives (Pty) Ltd, as the name implies, is focused on the manufacturing, importation, distribution, logistics, applications and sales of mainly sulphur based chemicals and their derivatives. Their head office is located at Chemserve Place, Turnberry Office Park, Bryanston - a suburb of Sandton, adjacent to Johannesburg, South Africa. Their main production unit is located in the province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, bordered on one side by the Indian Ocean. The factory is south of Durban at Umbogintwini, part of a larger industrial complex. Chemical Initiatives produces mainly sulphuric acid (H2SO4) and sulphur dioxide (SO2). The Tiger-Sul Products production unit has been built in the same area adjacent to the main production unit. Molten sulphur, a waste product from the local oil refineries, is transported in special tankers to the factory and will be used in the Tiger-Sul Products production unit. Bentonite sulphur nutrient and micronutrients are manufactured under licence using drop form technology into a prill (split pea fertilizer granule), and packed into bags - the largest being one ton. From here they will be loaded onto road trucks and trailers, rail cars or transported to the Durban docks for overseas export.
Umbogintwini
Umbogintwini is the production centre of Chemical Initiatives' business. This facility, situated south of Durban, has been the home of sulphuric acid production since 1908. The current "J Plant" was designed and built by Simon Carves and was commissioned in 1974. This plant is a double absorption, four pass convertor plant and is still in operation. In 2002 a Dynawave scrubber was retrofitted to the plant to further reduce SO2 emissions and bring the operation in line with the best international emission standards. Improving operational and environmental standards at our Umbogintwini factory is a priority with ISO 9002/2000, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 accreditation.
This plant is configured to produce high quality sulphur trioxide, sulphur dioxide and oleum and has a nameplate capacity of 500 tons per day of sulphuric acid.
