Kemira expands investment to increase production capacity in Asia Pacific

Recently, Kemira (Kemira) announced that the company plans to further expand the Nanjing plant sizing agent production capacity, open a new plant in Ulsan (South Korea) for the production of polymer dry powder, and further increase the production capacity in Asia.

The new Ulsan polymer powder plant produces high-quality cationic polyacrylamide products, which are mainly used for paper retention and filtration applications, which is essential for the rapid production of modern paper and packaging board.

Maria Sederholm, director of Kemira’s global polymer product line, said that the paper and paperboard industry is growing fastest in the Asia-Pacific region, especially consumer-oriented packaging paperboard products.

Alexander Wahl, Director of Kemira’s Global Sizing Products, said: “Kemilla will also start the early stages of the Nanjing sizing agent production base to expand the capacity of the project.

Wahl also mentioned that the construction of a modern and highly automated third production line in the Nanjing production base will further strengthen our leading position in the industry and enable us to better meet the market's growing demand for high-quality sizing products.