Q3 2025 Kemira Oyj Earnings Call Transcript
Key Points
- Kemira Oyj (KOYJF) maintained a strong profitability with a 20% operative EBITDA margin despite a challenging market environment.
- The Water Solutions unit remained a resilient and profitable backbone for the company, with a strong performance in urban markets.
- The Packaging & Hygiene Solutions unit saw improved profitability due to favorable product mix and cost management initiatives.
- Kemira Oyj (KOYJF) continues to invest in strategic growth areas, such as micropollutant removal and industrial water services, supported by mega trends.
- The company successfully completed the acquisition of Water Engineering in the U.S., providing a platform for future growth in industrial water services.
- Kemira Oyj (KOYJF) experienced a 5% decline in revenues, impacted by foreign exchange rates and weaker demand across all business units.
- The Fiber Essentials unit faced declining profitability due to reduced volumes and market-related downtime in the pulp industry.
- The overall industrial activity slowdown, particularly in Europe, led to lower water consumption and affected the water treatment chemicals business.
- The company acknowledged a slower-than-expected start in achieving its long-term organic growth target of over 4% annually.
- There is ongoing pressure on pricing, especially in the Pulp & Paper market, due to the weak market environment and customer savings programs.
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Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Kemira's Q3 earnings webcast. My name is Kiira Fröberg, and I'm the Head of Investor Relations at Kemira. We reported our Q3 interim report today and maintained good profitability in the weekend market environment.
Here with me today I have our President and CEO, Antti Salminen; and our CFO, Petri Castren. Antti will start by covering our group level performance and our progress on the strategy as well as the outlook. After that, Petri will discuss the business unit performance and will also share some more details on the financials. In the end of the presentation, before the Q&A, Antti will also give a short introduction to our new CFO, Tuomas Mäkipeska.
But now, Antti, please, the stage is yours.
Thank you, Kiira, and good morning, and welcome on my behalf as well. So happy to report here on our strong profitability in
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