DEU:SSH

Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG, together with its subsidiaries, mines, produces, and sells salt in Germany, the European Union, and internationally. It operates through Salt, Waste Management, and All Other segments. The company offers sea salt under the Aquasale brand; food grade salt comprising evaporated table, cheese, pretzel, and compacted evaporated salt under the SALTA and JOSAL brands; nitrite pickling salt; feed salt and lick stones under the SALIT brand; and pharmaceutical salt, such as sodium chloride and granulated sodium chloride salt. It also provides industrial salt for use in industrial and trade sectors, as well as electrolysis; water softening, pool, and dishwasher salt under the ALPOSAL, BROXO, CLARAMAT, and KONTRAKALK brands; de-icing salt; and salt brine. In addition, the company offers winter road maintenance equipment comprising silos and grit containers; and conditions, recycles, and stores waste materials comprising flue gas cleaning residues, contaminated soils, construction waste, and salt processing residues. Further, it provides logistics services that include inland shipping, warehousing, and transport services; and financial support to start-ups, as well as operates visitor mines and tourist facilities, which include Bad Friedrichshall and Berchtesgaden salt mines, as well as old saltworks in Bad Reichenhall. The company also offers its products online. The company was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany.