Kemira Oyj (Helsinki; www.kemira.com) will make a multimillion-Euro investment in a production line expansion of process and functional chemicals at the San Giorgio site in Italy. The production commences in early 2015 and is expected reach full production capacity by the end of March, 2015.
The investment includes two separate production lines for anionic and cationic products, which will produce FennoBond strength chemistries for tissue and board customers. FennoBond technologies enhance tissue paper’s dry and wet tensile properties, and are most typically used for home towel, napkin and handkerchief consumer products. The key Kemira products include FennoBond 3300E, FennoBond 46 and FennoBond 85E.