Raisio Chemicals Ltd., Raisio, Finland and Emsland-Stärke GmbH, Emlichheim, Germany, have decided to form a Joint Venture to sell and market the parent companies’ chemicals and starch products to the paper industry in Germany, Austria and Netherlands. "The result of this merger offers customers an advantage, as the strength´s of Raisio´s know how and Technology Centers and Emslands strength as a quality starch producer are made available to customers through new highly qualified sales and technical service organization," says Mr Günter Herms, Chairman of the Board at Emsland-Stärke.