Kemira
| Kemira Oyj
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| legal form | Joint stock company (Finland) |
| founding | 1920 |
| Seat |
Helsinki , Finland
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| management | Jari Rosendal (President and CEO) |
| Number of employees | 4,248 (Dec. 31, 2014) |
| sales | 2.137 billion euros (2014) |
| Branch | chemistry |
| Website | www.kemira.com |
Kemira Oyj is a Finnish chemical company founded in 1920 and based in Helsinki .
Business areas
It is divided into three business areas:
- Paper
- Oil & Mining
- Municipal & Industrial
Among other things, it specializes in supplier products for paper technology, in particular sizing agents, dyes and biocides . As part of the restructuring, Kemira acquired the entire paper chemical division of Lanxess , which was part of Bayer a few months earlier. In addition to the reduced number of employees, the company also acquired a number of patents, for example for carbonless copy paper . With this acquisition, Kemira was the world leader in this field for some time.
history
The company was founded in 1920 as Valtion Rikkihappo- ja Superfosfaattitehtaat Oy (German State Sulfuric Acid and Superphosphate Works AG). In 1961 it was shortened to Rikkihappo Oy (German sulfuric acid AG) and in 1972 it was finally renamed Kemira Oy .
Kemira's shares have been traded on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since November 10, 1994, and the company's name was changed to Kemira Oyj .
On April 1, 2005, Kemira bought the Dutch Verdugt BV with a production facility in Tiel and integrated this into the ChemSolutions division .
Since 2008, the company's focus has been on the water segment, in which it offers chemicals and services for water treatment .
On March 1, 2013, Kemira sold the Tiel plant with the food , pharmaceutical and acetate-based chemicals business areas from the ChemSolutions division to the US company Niacet as part of the focusing strategy .
On March 6, 2014 the plant in Oulu for the production of methanoic acid was sold to the then Belgian company Taminco and the ChemSolutions division was dissolved.
In October 2014, a plant was opened in Chempark Dormagen for the production of chemicals for water treatment.
The German headquarters are located in the Leverkusen Innovation Park . In Austria, the company is based in Krems an der Donau .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Financial Statements Bulletin 2014 (PDF) Kemira, February 10, 2015
- ↑ Kemira in letter. (PDF; 121 kB) Kemira, July 2013, accessed on August 20, 2013 (English).
- ↑ Kemira takes action: Lanxess is parting with paper chemistry. In: Handelsblatt . December 20, 2005, accessed June 10, 2017 .
- ↑ a b History. Kemira, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ^ History Tiel plans. Niacet, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Kemira Oyj sells ChemSolutions' food and pharmaceutical businesses to Niacet Corporation. Kemira, December 14, 2012, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Kemira completes ChemSolutions' food and pharmaceutical businesses divestment. Kemira, March 1, 2013, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Kemira Oyj sells ChemSolutions' formic acid business to Taminco Corporation. Kemira, December 23, 2013, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Kemira Oyj completes the divestment of ChemSolutions' formic acid business. Kemira, March 6, 2014, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Kemira celebrates the grand opening of its biggest water chemicals production plant in Europe. Kemira, October 9, 2014, accessed February 1, 2015 .