Pulp & Paper

Cellulosic fiber, the renewable and abundant raw material, plays a key role in the circular economy. With our chemistry know-how, we enable a wide range of traditional and new end products, from recyclable paper and board packaging and tissue products to textiles. We help our customers achieve efficient and compliant production processes and functional and safe end products by providing best-in-class expertise, a complete chemistry portfolio, and digital services.
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Gain insights into the future trends of the industry, learn about compliance and sustainability, and discover how chemistry enables functional and safe end-products.

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Turning a hunch into transparency

Mari Zabihian, Senior Manager for Digital Services at Kemira, discusses the change in the papermill working culture when algorithms and people join forces and start learning from each other.

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Chemical products and digital services

Kemira offers a unique combination of more than 100 years of chemistry-application expertise, an end-to-end portfolio of products from pulping and bleaching chemicals to process and functional chemicals, coating, and water treatment, and a selection of digital services to optimize the papermaking process.

Barrier coatings Biocides and preservatives Bleaching chemicals Coating and surface specialties Coating binders Creping adhesives Defoamers Deinking and pulping additives Deposit control Dry strength additives Internal sizing Colorants Retention and drainage chemicals Surface sizing Temporary wet strength Tissue specialties Water treatment chemicals Wet strength additives
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Visibility, predictability, and insights you need for running efficient and sustainable processes.

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Total Chemistry Management

Kemira Total Chemistry Management (TCM) is a partnership program tailored to take care of all your chemistry requirements.

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Board
Producing strong, lightweight, visually appealing, protective and safe packaging board requires special expertise in chemistry. With the help of our broad experience, you can add value to board making and tailor products that meet the strictest of end-use demands – from food safety to brand appeal.

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Tissue
Tissue is a very special grade of paper, largely driven by the end-user preferences for softness, strength, absorbency, flexibility and sustainability. It’s extremely lightweight and produced at very high speeds, which makes runnability a challenge. We help tissue makers optimize the wet end and Yankee Dryer creping process for highest machine productivity, while at the same time enhancing sheet quality to fully meet end-user requirements.

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Pulp
The beauty of all papermaking begins with the right pulp quality. We work together with pulp producers to reach targeted pulp properties for strength, brightness and cleanliness. Combining your mill knowledge with our deep pulp and paper process know-how we can help you improve total production efficiency and save costs. Our pioneering chemical island concept shows the level of commitment we have for the industry.

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Paper
Smart paper companies are finding new pockets for growth and efficiency in the digital age. Using deep paper-chemistry expertise, Kemira can help you create profitable new grades for dynamic digital markets, and squeeze costs out of your present paper-making operations.

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Meet our expertPulp & paperDigital solutions

Data – the new pair of eyes for the papermaking process
Mari Zabihian, Senior Manager for Digital Services at Kemira, discusses the change in the papermill working culture when algorithms and people join forces and start learning from each other.

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Meet our expertPulp & paper

Making an impact in the cellulose fiber value
Cellulosic fibers are renewable raw materials that have multiple applications. One of the most rapidly growing end-use areas is cellulosic textile. Meet our expert Anna-Stiina Jääskeläinen, who in this article talks about Kemira’s expertise in the cellulose fiber applications and how it can now support the textile industry in its sustainability transformation.

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WebinarPulp & paperDigital solutions

Better decisions in the paper mill control room
Join our webinar to hear how the unique combination of automated machine learning, chemistry and process expertise, and data creates the needed visibility in the papermaking process. We’ll introduce KemConnect ™ Harmonizer, our digital service for papermakers, and show you how it enables the right decisions at the right time in the paper mill control room.

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