Polwax S.A. operates as a producer and distributor of refined and renewable paraffin, waxes and paraffin-based products, spanning industrial applications to finished grave, table and container candles manufactured at its Zakład Produkcji Świec i Zniczy plant in Czechowice-Dziedzice.
Polwax S.A. sells fourteen product groups, including wood and paper impregnation products, food-contact waxes, fertiliser anti-caking products, hot-melt adhesives, model masses, rubber-industry products and plant protection products, for buyers in the food, fertiliser, rubber and plant protection sectors plus candle and grave candle makers. The firm implements an integrated management system covering a set of standards and trades on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under the ticker PWX.
Microcrystalline waxes contain a high level of branched hydrocarbons in a fine-crystalline structure giving flexibility, viscosity, tackiness, and temperature resistance.