Kemira Oyj is a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries. Kemira has two main segments, Pulp & Paper and Industry & Water. Kemira is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

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Kemira aims to improve its customers’ water, energy and raw material efficiency.

Kemira is one of the largest companies in the water chemistry industry. In 2010, its competitors were Nalco, Ashland and GE Water in the United States and competitors in China, usually manufacturing the same chemical. In 2019, its largest competitors were Ecolab, Nouryon, SNF, Solenis and Solvay. Kemira’s strengths are its wide range of water chemicals and its commitment to solving the customer’s problems as a whole. Its customers operate in water-intensive industries: the pulp and paper industry, municipal and industrial water treatment, and the oil and gas industry Kemira is therefore involved in the production of drinking water, the purification and reuse of industrial process water.