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Kemira’s Activated Carbon Reactivation Plant in Helsingborg Approved – Site Celebrates 150 Years of Innovation

Kemira Oyj Press release, September 17, 2025 at 8.00 am EEST   Kemira today announced that its previously communicated plan to build a reactivation plant for activated carbon at the Helsingborg site in Sweden has received full investment approval. This strategic decision marks a major step forward in Kemira’s efforts to expand its water treatment capabilities across the Nordic region, invest in activated carbon as a new growth area, and advance its long-term goal to double the size of its water treatment business.   The new plant, which will require a low double-digit million-

Kemira expands into industrial water treatment services with the acquisition of Water Engineering, Inc.

Kemira Oyj, Press release, September 16, 2025 at 8.00 am EEST   Kemira expands its offering into industrial water treatment services and has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Water Engineering, Inc., a company specialized in water treatment services with headquarters in Nebraska, USA, from Nolan Capital, Inc. The purchase price is approximately USD 150 million in cash, subject to the usual purchase price adjustments. The transaction is expected to close before the year-end 2025, following regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.   This acquisition represents a

Kemira to Invest in Tarragona Site to Expand Drinking Water Treatment Portfolio with New ACH Production Line

Kemira Oyj, Press release, July 24, 2025 at 8.00 EEST   Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, today announced a strategic investment to expand its production capabilities in Tarragona, Spain. The investment, of close to 20 million Euros, which was approved earlier this year will enable the construction of a new production line for Aluminium Chloro Hydrate (ACH), a high-performance coagulant primarily used in drinking water treatment.   The new facility will significantly enhance Kemira’s product portfolio and strengthen its

Kemira and CuspAI Forge Strategic Partnership to Pioneer AI-Driven Materials Innovation

Kemira Oyj press release, July 9, 2025 at 8.00 EEST   Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, today announced a strategic partnership with CuspAI, a pioneering materials science artificial intelligence company. This water industry-first collaboration aims to revolutionize materials innovation within the chemical sector through the integration of advanced AI technologies.   As part of this partnership, Kemira will leverage CuspAI’s cutting-edge AI capabilities. By integrating AI-driven insights, Kemira aims to accelerate the

Kemira and Bluepha Announce Exclusive Partnership to Commercialize Fully Biobased Barrier Coatings in APAC

Kemira Oyj press release, June 25 2025 at 8.00 EEST   Kemira, a global leader in sustainable chemical solutions for water-intensive industries, and Shanghai Bluepha Microbiology Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Bluepha"), a leading synthetic biotech company, have agreed on a three-year strategic collaboration to promote the large-scale application of PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) in fully biobased barrier coatings for paper, board and molded fiber, contributing to a move towards sustainable packaging and the elimination of plastic waste.   Through the partnership, Kemira and

This summer holiday, take a dip in the Seine – Kemira continues its collaboration with the Greater Paris Sanitation Authority

Kemira Oyj, Press Release, June 18, 2025   As summer season approaches and the city of Paris is preparing to open public swimming sites along the river La Seine, the Greater Paris Sanitation Authority has once again trusted Kemira with its performic acid based solution, KemConnect™ DEX, to disinfect treated wastewater before discharging.   Last year, ahead of the preparations for the Summer Olympics, Kemira’s KemConnect DEX was the champion working to ensure the wastewater met regulatory requirements and was effectively disinfected before discharge into the Seine. A historical

Change in Kemira Oyj’s Group Leadership Team: Ulrika Dunker appointed as the new EVP People & Culture – Eeva Salonen to retire by the end of 2025

Kemira Oyj, Stock Exchange Release, June 16, 2025, at 14.00 EEST   [Ulrika Dunker appointed as the new EVP People & Culture at Kemira from 2026.jpg]  Ulrika Dunker has been appointed as Kemira’s new Executive Vice President People & Culture and a member of the Group Leadership team, and will start in her new role in the beginning of 2026. She will report to the President & CEO Antti Salminen. She will join Kemira from Alleima where she has been the EVP HR and a member of the Executive Management team. Prior to Alleima she was the EVP HR in Ramirent and has worked in various HR

Kemira and Metsä Group collaborating to create a new textile fiber

Kemira Oyj, Press Release, May 20, 2025 at 8.00 am (EET)   [picture-source-Metsä-Group.jpg]   Kemira and Metsä Group have agreed to collaborate in the development of the new Kuura textile fibre. Kuura offers a fully integrated, cost-competitive and scalable, European-made alternative to other lyocell-type fibers currently available in the market. Metsä Group is developing the new Kuura textile fibre and is currently investigating the potential for launching the Kuura business in an ongoing pre-engineering project. Kemira’s chemistry and process expertise enable process

Kemira continues to expand in water in North America

Kemira has completed the acquisition of Thatcher Group’s iron sulfate coagulant business in the East Coast region of the United States. The transaction includes certain customers and assets of the business. No employees will move to Kemira in the transaction as Kemira will serve the new customers from its existing manufacturing facilities. Annual revenue of the acquired business is less than 10 million US dollars. Thatcher Company, Inc. is a diversified chemicals manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Salt Lake City.   Tuija Pohjolainen-Hiltunen, EVP Water Solutions at Kemira

Kemira invests in the expansion of paper and board chemical capacity in Thailand to serve the growing APAC market

Kemira Oyj, Press Release, March 20th, 2025 at 8.00 am (EET)    Kemira will make a multi-million Euro investment in multiple production line expansion of strength chemical agents for paper, board and tissue at its Wellgrow site in Thailand. The implementation of the expansion project will begin in 2026. The new capacity is expected to be up and running in August, 2026. Kemira is the leading producer and supplier of pulp, paper and board chemicals in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market, and the investment will serve the expanding Southeast Asian and Indian markets.   Strength agents

Kemira Annual Report 2024 published

Kemira Oyj  Stock Exchange Release / Annual Financial ReportFebruary 21st, 2025 at 12 pm (EET) Kemira’s Annual Report 2024 has been published today. The publication consists of the following modules: Annual Review, Corporate Governance Statement and Financial Statements.   Kemira publishes the Sustainability Statement for the first time as a part of the Financial Statements according to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).   The Financial Statements and Corporate Governance Statement are available in both English and Finnish, other documents in English

Change in Kemira Oyj’s Management Board: Simon Bloem appointed as Chief Operations Officer and a member of Kemira’s Group Leadership Team

Kemira Oyj Stock Exchange Release January 29, 2025 at 8.30 (EET)   Simon Bloem has been appointed to lead Kemira’s new centralized Operations unit and will start in his new role on May 1, 2025. He joins Kemira from Envalior where he’s been VP Global Manufacturing Materials since 2023. Prior to Envalior he spent over 25 years in Royal DSM in various global leadership positions in engineering, safety, manufacturing and operations. He has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Delft Technical University in the Netherlands.   “I’m delighted to welcome Simon to Kemira. He

Kemira ranked among the top 10 in the Nordic Business Diversity Index

[Office17.jpg]    Kemira has been ranked among the top ten Large Cap-listed companies in Finland in the Nordic Business Diversity Index 2025.    The Index evaluates publicly reported key diversity aspects in the Board of Directors and Executive Management teams within over 800 listed companies in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. These aspects are  educational background, age, nationality and  gender diversity of the board of directors and executive leadership teams.   “We are delighted to have achieved this prestigious recognition which is a result of our long-

Kemira’s new organization is ready to start in January 2025

In August 2024 Kemira announced changes to its operating model and leadership team to better meet its profitable growth ambitions. The design phase of the new operating model and organizational structure started in August and is now completed. The number of Kemira employees will remain approximately the same even if many roles and responsibilities will change.   Kemira will move to three externally reported business units: Water Solutions, Packaging & Hygiene Solutions and Fiber Essentials. The centralized Operations unit will be established and it includes Kemira’s manufacturing

Kemira’s change negotiations have concluded

Kemira’s change negotiations initiated on October 14, 2024 have concluded. As a result of the negotiations 23 employees will be made redundant. The change negotiations covered all Kemira employees in Finland except those in the manufacturing organization. During the negotiations, the planned changes and their reasons, impacts and alternatives were discussed and it was estimated that the planned changes could lead to the reduction of a maximum of 40 employees.   Kemira’s CEO Antti Salminen: ”We have concluded the change negotiation process in constructive spirit with our employee

Kemira announces agreement to divest most of its colorants business to ChromaScape

Kemira Oyj, press release, September 12 at 5.00 pm (EEST)   Kemira has signed a definitive agreement to sell its colorants dye business to US based ChromaScape, LLC. Revenue of the business in 2021 was approximately 50 MEUR and 67 employees will be transferred to ChromaScape as part of transaction which is expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2023. Scope includes also one Kemira manufacturing site at Goose Creek, Bushy Park in South Carolina. Kemira will keep its APAC related colorants business.   ”We are very happy to see that our strategic objective to streamline

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