Water treatment and process chemicals for industrial and municipal customers
Kemira operates a global chemical manufacturing business focused on water-intensive industries, with a 100+ year track record and over 5,000 employees. The tech stack is operations-heavy (SAP PM, Maximo, Distributed Control Systems) rather than software-forward, and hiring skews manufacturing and maintenance roles—reflecting a traditional capital-intensive business model. Active projects center on maintenance system improvement, equipment upgrades, and turnarounds, while pain points cluster around cost efficiency, equipment uptime, and compliance, signaling operational maturity challenges typical of large-scale process industries.
Notable leadership hires: Maintenance director
Kemira is a Finnish public company founded in 1920, headquartered in Helsinki, that supplies water treatment, process chemicals, and specialty solutions to paper, packaging, tissue, and industrial/municipal water sectors globally. The business spans raw water treatment, wastewater handling, wet-end chemistry for pulp and board, and extraction processes. The company operates across 13+ countries with a manufacturing-led organizational structure and an emphasis on sustainable chemistry, resource efficiency, and safety compliance. Sales are supported by a traditional account management approach focused on large industrial customers.
Kemira uses SAP PM, Maximo, SAP EHS, Distributed Control Systems, SQL, and Microsoft Office tools. The tooling reflects a manufacturing-operations focus rather than software development.
Kemira's active projects include maintenance system improvement, capital projects, equipment upgrades, turnarounds, process safety activities, and source-to-pay process development—focused on operational efficiency and reliability.
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