(Press Release)
M.Sc. (Eng.) Kaj Jansson, age 45, has been appointed as Vice President of Kemira’s Oulu Research Center as from November 1, 2007. The former head of the center, Timo Kenakkala, has been appointed as Deputy Mayor of the city of Oulu.
Kaj Jansson has been working for Kemira since 1994. He has worked as researcher and product application manager in Kemira Pulp&Paper business area. Currently he is working as technology manager in Kemira’s corporate R&D, water treatment.
Kemira’s Oulu Research Center specializes in water treatment. In addition to the research center Kemira has a plant and a water treatment competence center in Oulu. – Kemira’s Oulu Research Center concentrates on customer applications that are tightly linked to business, tells Kaj Jansson.
Kemira participates in the new water technology center Cewic which will be established in Oulu. Cewic’s (Centre of Excellence in Water Industry Cluster) goal is to establish a high-standard research center focused on water and wastewater treatment. Besides Kemira, also other companies as well as numerous research and training institutes around Finland are committed to Cewic.
Kemira Water is the world’s leading supplier of inorganic coagulants and ranks third in water treatment polymers.
For more information, please contact
Kemira Oyj
Hannu Toivonen, Executive Vice President, Research & Technology
Phone +358 10 862 1813
Kaj Jansson, Vice President of Oulu Research Center
Phone +358 10 863 9323, Mobile +358 500 852 109
Kemira is a chemicals group made up of four business areas: Kemira Pulp&Paper, Kemira Water, Kemira Specialty and Kemira Coatings. Kemira is a global group of leading chemical businesses with a unique competitive position and a high degree of mutual synergy.
In 2006, Kemira recorded revenue of around EUR 2.5 billion and had a payroll of 9,000 employees. Kemira operates in 40 countries.