Kemira expands production capacity at its Telêmaco Borba plant in Brazil

/INS. Kemira will invest in an expansion of facilities and a new reactor capable for multipurpose chemicals production at its Telêmaco Borba plant in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.

“With this two-year, multimillion investment we want to support paper and board production in Brazil by rolling out new technologies. These state of the art technologies for surface sizing, strength properties and surface treatment have been newly launched in Europe and in USA. Kemira will now be launching these in South America”, says Hilton Casas, Kemira’s head of South America’s region.

“This investment supports Kemira’s strategy to further strengthen its position as a key supplier of the pulp and paper chemicals in South America.”

Kemira is one of the global leaders in the pulp and paper chemicals. The revenue of the Paper segment of Kemira amounts to approximately USD 1,5 billion.

For more information, please contact:

Hilton Casas, Region Head Kemira South America
Tel. +55 11 2189-4904, e-mail: Hilton.Casas@kemira.com

Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries. We provide expertise and chemicals that improve our customers’ water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2012, Kemira had annual revenue of EUR 2.2 billion and around 4,900 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com