/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.

Kemira and General Electric (GE) are excited to announce that, effective immediately, Kemira’s Paper Segment will furnish GE Water & Process Technologies’ boiler and cooling water chemical product technologies to the pulp and paper industry.

Kemira presents its novel strength chemistry solutions for tissue and board makers at PAP FOR 2012, the largest pulp and paper event in Eastern Europe. PAP FOR attracts thousands of visitors interested in the latest technologies in pulp and papermaking, both from Russia, CIS and other countries. The event will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia on October 30 – November 2, 2012.

Kemira launches a new chrome and aldehyde free tanning system Tanfor T™ that gives superior results compared to the current aldehyde based wet white and in many respects also to wet blue leathers. This revolutionary sustainable leather tanning system outperforms traditional tanning systems when it comes to dyeability and requires only minor adjustments to the traditional production process of leather. Tanfor T can be used for all major applications like automotive, upholstery, shoes and garments.

Kemira is introducing KemFlite™, a new concept to reduce paper and board machine problems that are caused by deposits due to the agglomeration of hydrophobic particles. These particles typically originate from wood pitch, stickies or binders in coated broke and have previously been difficult to detect and control. Under certain conditions the particles agglomerate to a larger size and eventually deposit on paper machine wet-end surfaces, wires, felts and dryer cans.