Our goal is to identify new market opportunities and drive sustainable transformation while solving innovation challenges for our customers through collaboration. Strategic partnerships provide unique opportunities to access new technologies and expertise. We collaborate with startups, established companies and academia, to accelerate growth and innovation for both Kemira and our partners.
Collaborating with Kemira
Through partnership we offer
Access to customers
Kemira operates globally with an on-site salesforce, a broad customer network, and strong relationships. We provide regulatory and legal expertise along with go-to-market support.
Technology expertise
Our deep industry knowledge is complemented by technological and research capabilities, a supplier network for production equipment and raw materials and world-class chemistry expertise. This is supported by our Innovation centers and a strong global patent portfolio.
Funding and facilities
Kemira offers modern laboratory facilities for testing and development, as well as manufacturing capacity for scale-up. We also act as a co-investor for businesses with proven technology.
Where we seek innovation and partnership
We seek innovation and partnerships for solutions that advance clean water, enable circularity, and accelerate decarbonization.
Clean water
- Renewable water treatment: Coagulants, flocculant, antiscalants and disinfectants
- PFAS and micropollutant removal
- Energy & water efficiency optimization
- Water consumption and freshwater usage
Enabling circularity
- Mineral, metal or nutrient removal and recovery
- Material circularity
- Battery materials and components
- Sodium sulfate recovery and value creation
- Biomass utilization & biogas
- Cellulosic textile fibers
Accelerating decarbonization
- Process optimization and energy efficiency
- Biogas
- Hydrogen
- Raw material refining
- Plastic removal
- Bio-based and renewable materials and polymers
- Bio-based and renewable coatings, barriers, binders
Focus areas reflected in the industries we operate in:
Water treatment
Raw water and drinking water
Wastewater
Sludge
Digital services
Fiber production and fiber-based materials
Pulp
Paper
Packaging
Tissue
Digital services
Biogas and bioethanol
Metal and mining
Activated carbon
Digital services
Partnering for innovation and growth
Innovating with customers
At Kemira, we often partner with customers on innovation projects to help solve specific challenges, apply breakthrough technologies, and co-develop transformational solutions. Our joint efforts focus on efficiency and sustainability.
Strategic partnerships
We build strategic partnerships to create new innovations and accelerate growth. Our collaboration can take many forms, such as joint development, venture client relationships, or commercial partnerships.
We can work with you as a customer, co-develop technical solutions, scale innovations together, and support your growth through our extensive customer network and distribution channels. By combining our expertise, resources, and broad industry network, we aim to create value and deliver long-term impact for both sides.
Academic partnerships
Academic research is often one step ahead of industrial applications. That’s why we run collaboration programs that connect cutting-edge academic research with practical commercial challenges. These programs provide an excellent opportunity for all participants to think outside-the-box, while creating value for Kemira’s customers.
Programs
We invite students, start-ups and other partners to join programs that explore areas such as scaling innovations from lab to market, bio-economy, digitalization, emerging technologies, and new sustainable business models.
Kemira is the lead industry partner in EriCa Reactor accelerator program for startups, helping them move from lab to market.
Previous programs include Kemira Boot Camp, hosted in partnership with Aalto University, and KemiraHackathon with BioPaavo.
How we collaborate
Venturing
We want to co-develop new solutions with our partners to access new markets and improve existing core businesses.
Equity partnership
We establish equity partnerships to build competitive advantage within new adjacent markets or core business.
Research
We drive technical knowledge creation through collaboration with universities, research institutes and other academic partners.
Ecosystems
We build new and support existing networks to collaborate with startups and industry partners to explore and accelerate new opportunities.
