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KemFine

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KemFine Ltd.was a customfine chemicalsmanufacturer, producingactive pharmaceutical ingredients (API)and intermediates,agrochemicals,andspeciality chemicals,[1]which was acquired by the German speciality chemicals companyCABB[de]in 2011[2]and renamedCABB Oy.

KemFine's sites were inKokkola,FinlandandGrangemouth,Scotland,with headquarters inHelsinki,Finland.[3]In 1984, the Finnish chemical conglomerateKemiraerected a multipurpose plant in its Kokkola chemical plant complex. The division was calledKemira Fine Chemicals.In 2004, Kemira sold the business to the investor company3i.3i proceeded to complement the new spinoff by buying Avecia Fine Chemicals fromZeneca(originally fromImperial Chemical Industries) and merging it into the company in 2005.

KemFine marketed custom synthesis in the scale of 10 to 100 tons for agrochemicals, and produced pharmaceutical intermediates according toGMP(ICHQ7a) guidelines.[4]It had long-term supply agreements with the top global agrochemical companies,[3]and its customers were other companies.[5]

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  1. ^"CABB Oy: Private Company Information - Businessweek".investing.businessweek.com.Retrieved2016-06-20.
  2. ^"Error | 3i Group".
  3. ^ab"KemFine, General industrial, Buyouts, Current investment".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-01-16.Retrieved2010-01-17.
  4. ^":: KemFine - Welcome".Archived fromthe originalon 2004-10-24.Retrieved2016-06-20.
  5. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-04-14.Retrieved2010-01-17.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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