2. Revenue
EUR 2.14 billion
(2014)
Employees
4,248 (2014)
Focus
• Pulp & Paper
• Oil & Gas
• Mining
• Water management
Revenue split by
customer benefit
Product quality or product yield
optimization 50%
Process and energy
efficiency 20%
Water quality and regulatory
compliance in raw water and
wastewater treatment 30%
We help customers create more value by applying
our expertise where water meets chemistry
Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries
Kemira shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange.
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3. Bringing sustainable value to our customers in water
intensive industries
• 600 billion boxes for packaging
• 150 billion copies of magazines and catalogues
• 20 billion cartons of milk, juice or other liquids
• 1,500 million barrels of oil and gas (MBoE)
• 17,000 million m³ purified water
3
In 2014, Kemira’s innovations and technologies
enabled production of:
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4. In Kemira, our new chemistries enable...
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More
sustainable
chemical
solutions
Improving
product
qualities
Use of new
technologies
Energy
optimization
Utilization of
smart
technologies
5. More sustainable chemical solutions
• Need
– Reduction of environmental footprint
– Improved performance
• Solutions
– New functionality incorporated into product
– Encapsulation of biocide inside micelles
– Micelles have preference to attach to bacteria
• Benefits
– Better performance / cost
– Lower dosing of biocide
– Less biocides to waste water
Case: Encapsulated, targeted release biocide for paper applications
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6. Energy optimization
• Need
– Utilisation of energy content in waste waters
– Purification of organic material containing water
• Solutions
– Novel technology utilizing bacteria to oxidize organic matter
and generate current
– Enables energy production from waste water
• Benefits
– Energy neutral waste water treatment
– Compact, decentralized waste water treatment unit
– Reuse of industrial waste water
Case: Microbial fuel cell for energy production from waste waters
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7. Improving end product qualities
• Need
– Increase of performance of end products (e.g. Recycled fibers)
– Purity of water recirculation
• Solutions
– Novel concepts designed in collaboration with end users
– Utilization of better tools to measure conditions
– Increased retention vs strength properties balanced
• Benefits
– Improved strength of paper product
– Better yield in production (less waste)
– Minimizing the impurities in water loop
Case: Retention-strength concept in paper manufacturing
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8. Utilization of smart technologies
• Need
– Best use of chemistry in process
– Measure – optimize chemistry – control dose
• Solutions
– Novel analytical tools for particle detection
– Data handling and modeling
– WEB based systems
• Benefits
– Improved process performance
– Correct dosing of chemicals
– Reduced amount of waste water
Case: On-line water management in paper industry
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9. Conclusions
• In water related applications, chemistry has an important role
– Reuse of water, nutrient recovery, disinfection ...
– Bioprocesses, solid liquid separation, membranes ...
• Sustainability demands increase
– Good performance / cost is needed
– Ban for harmful chemicals
– Biobased and environmentally benign solutions
• Combination of new technologies and tools is an opportunity
Chemistry solutions are needed in water treatment
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