22-02-2011

Kemira will construct two new coagulant plants in Germany and Spain. The investment is EUR 40 million and the plants are expected to be operational during 2012.Kemira has entered a strategic partnership with Bayer MaterialScience through which it will purchase hydrochloric acid (= HCl) - a ...

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28-07-2008

The expansion of Kemira's formic acid plant in Oulu has completed and taken in use. The expansion enables Kemira's total production capacity to be increased by 30 percent to over 100,000 t/a. The expansion was performed on the existing formic acid units and involved technological improvements ...

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15-04-2008

Kemira will multiply its production capacity in water treatment chemicals in central China. The investment is done by Kemira Water Solutions (Chongqing) Co. Ltd , of which Kemira owns 80 percent of the stock capital. The company will invest in a new production line for the manufacturing of ...

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04-07-2007

Kemira increases its production capacity of calcium propionate used for feed and food industries by establishing a production site in China. The site's production capacity will be 15.000 mt, and it will be ready by year end 2008 at Kemira's site in Yixing, East China. The investment includes ...

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25-06-2007

Kemira is increasing its production of calcium sulfate pigments in Siilinjärvi by 25,000 tons to 175,000 tons. The investment is worth of EUR 4.9 million. The project includes a new production line and a wet-refining unit in Siilinjärvi and pilot-scale research equipment at the Espoo research ...

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19-06-2007

At the end of year 2006, Kemira concluded an agreement with Rautaruukki on the delivery of a regeneration plant (i.e. recovery plant) for pickling acid used in pickling hot-rolled steel at Rautaruukki's Raahe Mills. The project is part of Kemira's growing water chemicals business and the ...

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16-11-2006

Kemira do Brasil will be building a chlorine dioxide unit in Capitan Bermudez, Santa Fe, Argentina, for Cellulosa Argentina's pulp mill. The companies have also signed a long-term delivery agreement for all the chemicals used in the pulp bleaching. The unit is due to go on-stream early 2008. ...

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25-07-2006

Kemira will invest EUR 10 Million in formic acid production in Oulu, Finland. Kemira's total production capacity will be increased by 25.000 t/a to over 100.000 t/a. The expansion will be done in the present formic acid units and involves technological improvements and energy savings. The new ...

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18-05-2006

Alcro-Beckers AB, part of the Finnish Tikkurila that is responsible for the Kemira Group's paint business, has agreed to sell its factory site located near the centre of Stockholm to Skanska. The preliminary price has been set at EUR 36.3 million (SEK 340 million). The final price will be ...

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South Korean unit sold to Degussaheadwaters

11-05-2006

Kemira will build a hydrogen peroxide plant in South America, on the site of Botnia's pulp mill, which is under construction in Fray Bentos, Uruguay. After this addition Kemira's chemical island includes sodium chlorate, chlorine dioxide, oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Kemira's investment will ...

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