AkzoNobel to divest Paper Chemicals business to Kemira for €153 million

09-Jul-2014 - AkzoNobel announced the intended sale of its global Paper Chemicals business to Kemira for €153 million. Paper Chemicals is part of the company's Pulp and Performance Chemicals business and generated annual revenue of €243 million in 2013.The intended sale of Paper Chemicals follows a strategic ...

Kemira acquires BASF AKD emulsion business

28-Feb-2014 - BASF and Kemira announced that Kemira will acquire BASF’s global alkyl ketene dimer (AKD) emulsion business. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2014. “Kemira is a global leader in paper and pulp chemistry and the leading supplier of sizing products for the paper industry. ...

Evonik completes acquisition of hydrogen peroxide facility in Canada

Production of hydrogen peroxide expanded by 44,000 metric tons per annum

02-Dec-2011 - Evonik Industries has closed the deal to take over the hydrogen peroxide business from Kemira Chemicals Canada Inc. effective to December 1, 2011. The transaction covers the Maitland (Ontario) production plant plus the seller’s customer portfolio, with the Canadian employees also being ...

Wolfgang Büchele has been appointed Kemira Oyj's President and CEO following Harri Kerminen's retirement

02-Nov-2011 - Harri Kerminen will retire on April 1, 2012 after successfully leading the company through a major strategic change into a water chemistry company and turning the company around to a profitable path. This last assignment completes his 26 years of successful career at Kemira. Wolfgang Büchele ...

Evonik purchases hydrogen peroxide business in Canada

Increase in hydrogen peroxide production by 44,000 metric tons per year

31-Oct-2011 - Evonik Industries purchased the hydrogen peroxide business of Kemira Chemicals Canada Inc. The transaction includes the production plant in Maitland (Ontario, Canada) and the customer portfolio. It also covers the employees at the site. This makes Evonik one of the market leaders for hydrogen ...

Kemira sold Galvatek to Folmer Equity Fund I Ky

18-Oct-2011 - Kemira has sold Oy Galvatek Ab to Finnish capital investment company Folmer. Galvatek's services include planning surface and waste water treatment plants, project management and providing of maintenance services. Galvatek's headquarter is in Lahti, Finland and its subsidiary is located in ...

Kemira Oyj: Riikka Timonen appointed Director, Sustainability

19-Sep-2011 - Riikka Timonen (eMBA, DI) has been appointed Director, Sustainability for Kemira Oyj starting from September 2011. Riikka Timonen has previously been responsible for Kemira's product portfolio management process and product safety including REACH."Sustainability is an integral part of Kemira's ...

Kemira Oyj has sold all its shares in Tikkurila Oyj

07-Apr-2011 - Kemira Oyj has completed the accelerated book-built offering of its entire holding of shares in Tikkurila Oyj. Kemira sold 6,175,155 Tikkurila shares, corresponding to 14.0 percent of the total number of shares and votes in Tikkurila. The sale price in the Placing was EUR 15.80 per share and the ...

Kemira has agreed on selling its shares in Tikkurila

01-Apr-2011 - Tikkurila Oyj has received a notification, based on the Securities Markets Act, from Kemira Oyj on March 30, 2011. According to the notification, Kemira Oyj has on March 30, 2011 entered into a Placing Agreement with Danske Bank A/S, Helsinki Branch, and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, according ...

Kemira to build two new coagulant plants at Bayer sites in Europe

22-Feb-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 ...