{"id":178179,"date":"2026-07-07T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=178179"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:49:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:49:45","slug":"kemira-and-iff-joint-venture-relocates-planned-biobased-materials-manufacturing-site-to-hanko-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/kemira-and-iff-joint-venture-relocates-planned-biobased-materials-manufacturing-site-to-hanko-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemira and IFF joint venture relocates planned biobased materials manufacturing site to Hanko, Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Kemira and IFF today announced an update to the previously communicated plans regarding the future location of their Alpha Bio joint venture manufacturing plant for biobased materials at a commercial scale. Project engineering and permitting activities will now transition to\u00a0Hanko. Following a detailed evaluation, the location of the previously planned manufacturing plant will be changed from IFF Kotka site to another IFF manufacturing plant in Hanko, both in Southern Finland. The IFF Hanko site specializes in industrial enzymes for the home and personal care, and food and beverage sectors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint venture, originally announced in 2025, represents an estimated total investment of approximately EUR 130 million. Both companies will continue to hold a 50% stake, and commercial production is now expected to begin in 2029. The original estimate for the commercial production start was late 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint venture will continue to leverage IFF\u2019s proprietary Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial\u2122 (DEB) technology platform, which uses plant\u2011based sugars to produce high\u2011performance biobased materials for a wide range of industrial applications. Kemira retains global exclusivity for commercialization of DEB solutions in the Paper, Board, and Water Treatment markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Kemira<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kemira <\/strong>is a global leader in sustainable chemistry for water-intensive industries. We operate globally and serve a wide range of customers including municipal and industrial water treatment companies and the fiber industry. Our solutions and services help secure clean water for millions of people every day and support our customers in advancing circularity and responsible resource use throughout their value chains. In 2025, Kemira\u2019s revenue totaled EUR 2.8 billion, and we employed approximately 4,900 people. Kemira\u2019s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki (symbol: KEMIRA) www.kemira.com<\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kemira and IFF today announced an update to the previously communicated plans regarding the future location of their Alpha Bio joint venture manufacturing plant for biobased materials at a commercial scale. Project engineering and permitting activities will now transition to\u00a0Hanko. Following a detailed evaluation, the location of the previously planned manufacturing plant will be changed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":178196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The IFF Hanko site specializes in industrial enzymes for the home and personal care, and food and beverage sectors","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,8793,5840,13064],"supplier":[22652,4427],"class_list":["post-178179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-biomaterials","tag-enzymes","tag-personalcare","supplier-iff-international-flavors-fragrances-inc","supplier-kemira-oyj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178205,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178179\/revisions\/178205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178179"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=178179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}