Kemira focuses its Business in Japan and sells its joint venture company Kemira-Ube Ltd
03 Jan 2008 -
Kemira is selling its 50 per cent ownership in a Japanese hydrogen peroxide joint venture company Kemira-Ube Ltd to the other joint venture partner Ube Industries Ltd. Ube will form a new hydrogen peroxide joint venture company together with the Japanese Mitshubishi Coporation. Kemira-Ube's net sales are about 20 million euros. Kemira aims to enforce its services to Japanese pulp and paper chemicals
customers and is focusing its growing business in Japan into fully owned Kemira Japan KK.