Organization
Kemira Oyj has organized its business into three customer based segments with P/L responsibilities.
The Paper segment focuses on serving customer segments in the pulp and paper industry, the Municipal & Industrial segment concentrates on serving customer segments in municipal and industrial water treatment and Oil & Mining focuses on serving customers in the oil, gas and mining industries. Other businesses are developed as separate units.
Kemira’s aim to separate the paints and coatings business Tikkurila Oy and list it on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd is part of the Group’s strategic overhaul. The Board of Directors of Kemira proposes to the Annual General Meeting to be held March 16, 2010 that 86% of the shares of Tikkurila be distributed as dividend to Kemira’s shareholders. Tikkurila intends to seek listing of its shares on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd as from the end of March, 2010. The ChemSolutions unit focuses on serving customers on food and feed markets as well as in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
Kemira Oyj’s centralized functions are responsible for the exploitation of internal synergies. The functions manage and coordinate certain company-wide functions, such as human resources, legal affairs, logistics, purchasing and sourcing, treasury, risk management, internal audit, finance, IT management, R&D, environmental protection and communications. These functions are organized globally and they offer their services to all Kemira businesses.
Geographically Kemira’s operations are divided into four regions: North America, South America, APAC and EMEA. The organizations of the geographical regions are responsible for building joint cost efficient infrastructures for all operations.