Kemira GrowHow

This article does not cite any sources. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (February 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Kemira GrowHow Oyj

Type	Wholly owned subsidiary
Industry	Agriculture, Chemicals
Founded	1920
Headquarters	Helsinki , Finland
Key people	, CEO
Products	Fertilizers, Chemicals
Revenue	€1,166.2 million EUR (2006)
Net income	€7.8 million EUR (2006)
Owner	Yara International
Number of employees	2,500 (2006)
Website	www.kemira-growhow.com

Kemira GrowHow is a fertilizer producer headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Its products are sold in over 100 countries but it has market stronghold in Northern Europe. Most of the revenue (55%) comes from Western Europe, particularly from the UK and Ireland (18%).

Kemira Growhow was a division of Kemira, which was originally a fertilizer producer owned by state of Finland. Kemira's operations were started in year 1920, and Kemira Growhow was separated from the rest of Kemira in 2004. In 2004, Kemira Growhow had 2,700 employees, a revenue of 1,220.9 million euros, with profit 47.8 million euros.

On 24 May 2007 Yara International, a Norwegian rival, bought 30.05% of the company from the Finnish State and offered to buy the rest, valuing the company at 671.8 million euros. After the EU approval, Yara completed the acquisition and in March 2008 "Kemira GrowHow" became Yara subsidiary "Yara Suomi" and started re branding its products to Yara.

External links[]

• Kemira GrowHow is now CF Fertilisers