industry chemicals founded 1920 ; 96 years ago 1920 headquarters helsinki finland key people jari paasikivi chairman of the board of directors jari rosendal president and ceo products chemicals for fibre treatment water treatment and separation revenue 2.137 billion 2014 1 profit 89.9 million 2014 1 total assets 2.296 billion end 2014 1 total equity 1.163 billion end 2014 1 number of employees 4 248 end 2014 1 website www.kemira.com kemira headquarters in helsinki kemira oyj nasdaq helsinki kra1v is a chemical industry group that consists of three main segments . kemira is headquartered in helsinki finland . kemira s main shareholder is oras invest oy and its owners members of the paasikivi family . its former main owner the state of finland sold the largest part of its holding to finnish investors in august 2007 . after the sale transaction oras invest holds 17.1 % and the state of finland holds 16.5 % of kemira s shares . jari rosendal president and ceo has acted as the group s managing director since may 1 2014 . the group s deputy ceo is group general counsel jukka hakkila . 2 members of the board of directors as of march 23 2015 3 jari paasikivi chairman b. 1954 m.sc . econ . kerttu tuomas vice chairman b. 1957 b.sc . econ . winnie fok b. 1956 bachelor of commerce juha laaksonen b. 1952 b.sc . econ . timo lappalainen b. 1962 m.sc . eng wolfgang b chele b. 1959 dr. rer.nat . kemira has three segments pulp & paper municipal & industrial and oil & mining focusing on water intensive industries . kemira aims to improve its customers water energy and raw material efficiency . kemira became the world s biggest provider of the pulp and paper chemicals after its acquisition of the pulp and paper chemical operations of lanxess . in 2009 kemira s paper segment s market area is global and it is second in pulp and paper chemicals worldwide . paper segment is further divided into four customer segments pulp printing & writing packaging & board and tissue & specialties . municipal & industrial segment is divided into municipal water and industrial water customer segments . also municipal & industrial segment s market is global and it is 2 in coagulants and 5 in flocculants worldwide . oil & mining segment was launched in june 2008 to develop businesses in the oil gas and mining industries . it is divided into oil & gas minerals & metals and formulation technology customer segments . oil & mining segment has a global market area in which it is 1 in coagulants and 3 in flocculants worldwide . kemira s customers pulp & paper industries municipal water treatment industrial water treatment oil & gas industries mining industry pharmaceutical industry detergent & cleaning industries feed industry food industry other selected industries kemira was originally a state chemical company producing fertilizer . however the corporation expanded and the fertilizer division was separated into kemira growhow which was later acquired by and consolidated into yara international . in 1972 kemira bought the paint manufacturer tikkurila but divested of it in 2010 by distributing the shares as dividend to its shareholders . short videoclip about kemira headquarters in helsinki finland media exterior of the kemira building helsinki 2006 . ogg references edit a b c d e f financial figures 2014 pdf . kemira oyj . retrieved 23 july 2014 . kemira s president and ceo kemira.com kemira board of directors kemira.com external links edit official website v t e omx helsinki 25 companies of finland cargotec elisa fortum kemira kesko kone konecranes metso neste nokia nokian tyres nordea orion corporation outokumpu outotec pohjola bank rautaruukki sampo sanoma stora enso talvivaara mining company teliasonera upm w rtsil yit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kemira & oldid 729146957 categories companies based in helsinkicompanies listed on the helsinki stock exchangechemical companies of finlandcompanies of finlandcompanies established in 1920hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles containing video clips navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages danskdeutsch fran aislatvie unederlandsnorsk bokm lportugu ssuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 july 2016 at 06 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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