Kemira has announced plans to invest a “low double-digit millions of euros” sum to build a reactivation plant for activated carbon at its Helsingborg site in Sweden. Due to be operational in 2H 2027, this will supply the Nordic drinking water and wastewater markets and is part of a long-term strategy to double the water treatment business. It follows the acquisition of Norit’s UK reactivation business, Purton Carbons.

Kemira has announced changes to its operating model with the aim of increasing customer-centricity, strategic focus, speed of delivery, and accelerating growth. This will take effect from 1 January 2025. The composition of the management board will change add three externally reported business units, created, each headed by an EVP:

* Water Solutions (Tuija Pohjolainen-Hiltunen)

* Packaging & Hygiene Solutions (Harri Eronen)

* Fibre Essentials (Antti Matula)

Cabot has agreed to sell its Purification Solutions business, which makes activated carbon for a wide range of applications, to private equity firm One Equity Partners. President and CEO Sean Keohane said that this “will allow us to focus resources on our core business segments and invest in areas where we see strong future growth and innovation potential for Cabot, such as battery materials”.