primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message nordkalk corporation type corporation industry minerals founded 1991 headquarters pargas finland area served central and northern europe key people tarmo tuominen ceo operating income 311 m 2015 1 number of employees 970 1 subsidiaries suomen karbonaatti oy website http www.nordkalk.com nordkalk limestone quarry at pargas v st boland finland . nordkalk is a manufacturer of limestone based products based in finland . it operates at more than 30 different locations in finland sweden norway poland estonia and russia . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit limestone has been quarried in pargas at least since the 17th century possibly as early as the 14th century citation needed . industrial quarrying began on the 26th of november 1898 when the joint stock company pargas kalkbergs aktiebolag was established by otto moberg . pargas kalkbergs aktiebolag later changed its name to partek . nordkalk was part of partek until february 2003 . in august 2010 rettig group ltd becomes the sole owner of nordkalk . nordkalk corporation continues to quarry and process limestone as a member of the rettig group . nordkalk is a member of cleantech finland . products edit the main product groups of nordkalk are limestone products calcite or calcium carbonate and dolomite quicklime calcium oxide and slaked lime calcium hydroxide raw materials for paper pigments flotation calcite quicklime wollastonite special products limestone is pure natural produce . it is a versatile and often irreplaceable raw material with many areas of application . it plays a role in the production of many familiar daily products that are necessary in maintaining our current standard of living . each one of us uses daily products the manufacture of which has required the use of limestone based products . in environmental applications limestone based products are needed to provide society with the basic prerequisites of life clean air pure water and fertile soil . references edit a b external links edit nordkalk factory in sipoo finland official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nordkalk & oldid 743601421 categories mining companies of finlandmanufacturing companies established in 19911991 establishments in finlandhidden categories articles lacking reliable references from march 2013all articles lacking reliable referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2010 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 languages deutschlatvie upolskisuomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 10 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view