Kemira -Innovative Chemical Solutions

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Kari Saari | March 12, 2015

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 applyingour expertise where water meets chemistryKemira 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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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Thank You !