Finnish Chemicals

Finnish Chemicals - Produces hydrogen as a by-product in paper chemical manufacturing. 

NExBTI A process for making diesel fuel from vegetable oils and animal fats. Developed by Neste Oil and awarded the 2006 Finnish Chemical Industry Innovation Award. Expected to commercialized in Porvoo, Finland, in 2007. 

Finnish Chemical Letters [Finn. Chem. Lett] (1974-1989). No longer published. 

Vesala, A., and Saloma, E., 1977, Determination of basicity constants by potentiostatic titration Finnish Chemical Letters, p. 160-163. 

The Finnish Chemicals Act of 14 August 1989 came into force on 1 September 1990, and is implemented by various decrees. 

NEGLECTED POTENTIAL THE EMERGENCE OF THE FINNISH CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, 1900-1939... 

Prior to 1940, the development of the Finnish chemical industry was paradoxical. Undoubtedly, chemical production had an impressive history in Finland. In the late 18th... 

Haapaniemi, op. cit. (1983), pp. 510, 527 Karl-Erik Michelsen, Sdhkdstd ja suolasta syntynyt. Finnish Chemicals Oy, Nokia Chemicals 1937-1987 (Jyvaskyla, 1989), pp. 120-127. 

Despite this favourable development, the Finnish chemical industry employed only 3,140 people in 1938, and the output was little more than one tenth of that in the pulping and paper industry. As a whole, the chemical industry failed to achieve a breakthrough in terms of increased output in the hectic interwar years. 

In the early 20th century, Finland had some potential to develop a thriving chemical industry. However, various other industries competed for the same resources, such as waterpower, funding, and qualified experts and managers. The lack of higher education and relevant research facilities were weaknesses in the Finnish chemical industry. Theoretical education was not supported by experimental work in well-equipped laboratories, and, with the exception of two institutes directed by A. I. Virtanen, there were very few research facilities. In the interwar period, industrial companies seldom had their own research staff and laboratories, and R D was, consequently, neglected and the number of professional chemists remained small. Intellectual resources were, therefore, insufficient for basic research and innovative development. 

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