Industrial salts are defined as sodium chloride, manufactured industrially, through extraction from rock salt or seawater. Salt is an essential building block in the chemical industry, the chemical industry is by far the largest consumer of salt. Its compounds make salt is one of the most important materials in the industry as it is used for the chemical synthesis of more than 50% of chemical products.

Industrial Salt is used in the manufacturing of thousands of commodities such as glass, paper, rubber, and textiles as well as in water softening systems for industry and domestic use. It is also useful for water purifying & treatment, de-icing, agriculture, among others things, it is used as drilling salt on oil and gas rigs or for refining at oil refineries. The meat-packing, sausage-making, and food-processing industries use salt as a preservative, seasoning, or both. It is employed for curing and preserving hides and as brine for refrigeration. Industrial salt is also used in fish processing or fishery and for hide treatment. In fishery, the salt is used to cure fish. In hide treatment, the hides are covered with several kilos of salt for hide treatment to remove the moisture and kill the bacteria.

SOPRIM is one of the biggest industrial salt producers in the region and has been engaged in local and international markets. We produce a comprehensive range of different industrial grades of salt, catering to major industries in Pakistan and abroad that include Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Textile Dyeing, Hide/Leather Processing, Fish Processing of fisheries, Oil Drilling and Petrochemicals Industry etc., fulfilling the specific requirements of each.