Kemira establishes a manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to enhance customer service in the growing Chinese water treatment markets. The investment is expected to be at 25 million Euros. The facility will be a state of the art regional production hub for a range of specialty process chemicals, serving all of Kemira's customer segments. The plant will be located in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, about 300 kilometers northwest from Shanghai.Kemira and IVRCL, a leading water company in India, have agreed to form a joint venture. The joint venture will include an inorganic coagulant manufacturing facility to be constructed in Vishakapatnam in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Inorganic coagulants are essential chemicals used in industrial and municipal water treatment. The manufacturing facility is expected to be operational during the second half of 2011. The joint venture is 51 percent owned by Kemira and 49 percent by the Promoters of IVRCL.In addition, Kemira, Hindustan Dorr-Oliver and IVRCL are forming a strategic alliance to serve Indian water treatment markets.