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Kemira Strengthens Water Polymers Line

by Michael McCoy
January 28, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 4

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Researchers test water treatment chemicals at Kemira’s Espoo, Finland, R&D facility.
Researchers test water treatment chemicals at Kemira’s Espoo, Finland, R&D facility.
Credit: Kemira
Researchers test water treatment chemicals at Kemira’s Espoo, Finland, R&D facility.

Kemira has licensed a biocatalyst-based acrylamide manufacturing technology from Japan’s Mitsui Chemicals. The Finnish water chemistry firm says the technology produces acrylamide, a water treatment polymer building block, with less energy than the traditional copper-catalyst-based process. Separately, Kemira has completed a two-year project that increased polymer capacity across three U.S. sites by 60%.

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