CHEMISTRY IS PART OF KOKKOLA’S IDENTITY
The chemical industry and chemical expertise have a long tradition in Kokkola. The creation of a strong industrial area in Kokkola has clear grounds that have held sway and devel-oped over decades: an excellent location, a stable operating environment, outstanding infrastructure, diversified educa-tion opportunities and an ample supply of committed and competent labour are factors that provide a great premise for successful business operations.
In the 21st century, Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP) and the whole of Kokkola as a chemical cluster have developed at an astounding rate. In the past five years, 413 million euros have been invested in the KIP area, and KIP already has more than 2,200 employees.
The City of Kokkola has played a strong role in enabling KIP’s success. Zoning has been flexible, the needs of busi-nesses and industry are served smoothly and decisions are made without delay. The area has 70 hectares of land zoned for industry.
“The chemical cluster in Kokkola is much more than KIP. Strong growth in the industrial area has fuelled development on the other side of the fence, and excellence in chemistry at the Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius has given a new boost to the industrial area. The inhabitants of Kokkola have embraced KIP with open arms. Chemistry has become part of the Kokkola identity,” says Jonne Sandberg, Develop-ment Director of the City of Kokkola.
Anne Pesola, Managing Director of KOSEK
(Kokkolan-seudun Kehitys Oy – a regional development company), contemplates new approaches for Kokkola and KIP.
“New business activities, new ideas and improving their chances for success are at the core of KOSEK’s operation.
“KIP is an excellent operating environment with a long tradition as a high-quality hub of the chemical industry. It is a truly wonderful and valuable thing for Kokkola. KIP is also a great location for many different types of enterprises. Bio-economy, which is recorded in the Finnish Government Pro-gramme, is one of the sectors where KIP provides a first-rate operating environment for development. New opportunities in digitalisation open interesting views for the development of KIP,” envisions Pesola.
One important operator alongside the City of Kokkola and KOSEK is KIP Service Oy, a leading service company in the large-scale industrial area that ensures that new busi-nesses quickly obtain precisely those services they need.
“KIP Service is responsible for the operation of services in the area: properties, infrastructure, commodities, admin-istrative services, security services and plenty of support services that enterprises need from training to transport. In addition to our own services, we have a strong network of partners through which we can arrange the services or contacts businesses require,” promises Managing Director Olli-Matti Airiola.
Welcome to Kokkola and KIP!
JONNE SANDBERG Development Director City of Kokkola ANNE PESOLA Managing Director Kokkolanseudun Kehitys Oy OLLI-MATTI AIRIOLA Managing Director KIP Service Oy
PORT OF KOKKOLA
– FIRST-RATE CONNECTIONS TO THE WORLD
One vital partner for companies in the large-scale industrial area in Kokkola is the Port of Kokkola, located in the im-mediate vicinity. The industrial companies and the Port have grown side by side, supporting each other’s development.
The Port of Kokkola is the largest bulk port and third largest general port in Finland. In December 2014, the Port posted a new record, with more than 8 million tons in cargo volume for the first time.
The Port of Kokkola has a long list of first-grade proper-ties: the only covered All Weather Terminal (AWT) in the Nordic countries, a 13-metre access channel to the Deep Port, a rail wagon tippler terminal (RWTT) for train wagons, and the same track gauge directly from the Port all the way to China. Kokkola has regular container traffic directly to the heart of Europe, the Port of Antwerp, and from there to the rest of the world.
KOKKOLA – AT THE TOP
OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
For decades, the industrial area by the shore and the ed-ucation opportunities in the Kokkola region have fuelled each other in a cycle of positive growth and expertise. To-day, this is strongly evident in both the KIP businesses and the high-quality hub of education and research in the indus-try. Along a few hundred metres of a street in Kokkola there are education institutions that offer the entire chain of edu-cation in the chemical sector, from basic to doctoral studies. In the 2010s, a total of 413 million euros have been in-vested in the KIP area, and the combined turnover of all the companies is 1.2 billion euros, with as much as 1.1 billion in exports. All in all, enterprises in the KIP area account for 5.3 per cent of the total exports of the Finnish chemical and metal industry. The region’s global corporations, lead-ers in their respective fields, have fine-tuned their process expertise to be at the top of the world in Kokkola.
This systematic and persistent work has led to the crea-tion of unique research, development and learning environ-ments. One particularly significant investment is a battery materials laboratory that boasts a dry room, which is nec-essary for the manufacturing process of lithium-ion batter-ies. This state-of-the-art operating environment opens new opportunities for research into battery chemicals and the development of lithium-ion battery technologies.
The operational heart of Chemplant, a chemical test plant, consists of two pilot-scale reactors. Chemplant pro-vides businesses with a unique setting for demanding R&D activities, and it also functions as a high-level learning en-vironment. The laboratory environment, which serves the test plant, enables tests to be made on a laboratory scale before piloting.
SERVICES
The service company KIP Service Oy offers all the services needed by a business that re-locates to the area. A new operator is pro-vided with land and premises, commodities, professionals and partners for the management of statutory safety and environmental matters, training events, as well as maintenance and transport services. Our solid cooperation network guarantees a great scope of services.
COMMODITIES
KIP has plenty of commodities available for immediate use in industry: seawater, freshwa-ter, domestic wafreshwa-ter, deionised wafreshwa-ter, ammonia, argon, oxygen, steam, lime, district heating, compressed air, heavy fuel oil, sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, uninterruptible power supply and hydrogen.
LOGISTICS
KIP has an excellent location. Kokkola is lo-cated along the main railway, and a rail track leads directly to the heart of the area; the track gauge is the same all the way to China. Kok-kola is situated at the crossroads of major highways, and the airport is only 15 minutes away. The airport offers non-stop flights to Helsinki and Stockholm. Underscoring the excellent logistics is a top-of-the-line port with an All Weather Termi-nal (AWT), a deep access channel and regular container traffic to Europe.
INFRASTRUCTURE
KIP has everything at the ready: great roads, business premises, land zoned for industry, pipe racks, fibre-optic connections and a sew-age disposal system. Safe, complete and op-erational.
The Port Tower is a KIP landmark and an entry point where access control, guarding, guidance and a logistics centre have been centralised. The building also has plenty of of-fice and conference facilities and comprehensive restaurant services.
SECURITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
One of KIP’s trump cards is strong cooperation between enterprises in the area: access control, guard-ing and other security services, fire and res-cue duties, as well as statutory environmental monitoring and other control systems that a new business can join. Cost-efficient collaboration facilitates both the activities of companies already in the area and the relocation of new operators.
TAILORING
All the services provided in the KIP area can be tailored to a company’s needs. The compre-hensive offering makes it easy for businesses to choose what they require.
KIP HAS
01 02A 02B 02C 04 03 06 08 09 10 11 05 03 VT 07 12 09 07 • Size of the area: 700 ha • Vacant, zoned land: 70 ha • Number of companies: > 70 • KIP employees: 2,200 - 8% of all the jobs in Central Ostrobothnia • Turnover: 1.2 billion E K I P I N FI G U R ES 2 014 :
KIP – A STRONG TEAM OF TOP EXPERTS
The PORT TOWER brings together the KIP area’s access control, guarding and guidance duties as well as the logistics centre. The Port Tower, the area’s landmark and entry point, also provides ample conference and office facilities as well as excellent res-taurant services.
PORT OF KOKKOL A is the third largest general port in Fin-land.
A) General Port B) Silverstone Port C) Deep Port
YAR A SUOMI OY provides farmers and forest owners with an extensive range of fertilisers. The Kokkola plant produces fodder phosphates and potassium sulphates.
OY WOIKOSKI AB has produced gas since 1882. The com-pany has a carbon dioxide plant, an air gas plant and a hydro-gen plant in Kokkola.
CABB OY is a well-known manufacturer of fine chemicals. TETR A CHEMICALS EUROPE OY has a plant in Kokkola that is the largest calcium chloride factory in Europe, producing road, tech and food-grade calcium chloride.
KOKKOL AN ENERGIA OY is responsible for the maintenance of both of the power plants operating in the large-scale industrial area. These power plants produce electricity, district heating and process steam.
FREEPORT COBALT OY is the world’s largest manufacturer and producer of cobalt. In Kokkola, the company manufactures cobalt powders and chemicals as well as battery chemicals. BOLIDEN KOKKOL A OY is one of the largest and most mod-ern zinc plants in the world. Its main products are pure zinc and alloy products made from it.
NESTE OYJ is a refining and marketing company that special-ises in high-quality fuels for cleaner traffic. The largest warehouse terminal in Finland is located in Kokkola.
KIP SERVICE OY focuses on providing services required by all the industrial companies operating in the large-scale industrial area in Kokkola. KIP INFR A OY VACANT L AND 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 • Exports: 1.1 billion E
- 5.3% of the total exports of the chemical and metal industries • Investments in 2010-2014: 413 million E - new investments: 227 million E - maintenance: 186 million E • Investments in 2014: 85 million E - new investments: 45 million E - maintenance: 40 million E 12 VL VL VL VL VL VL
Woikoski has great experience of starting factory opera-tions all over Finland. In Kokkola, everything has been so much easier than anywhere else. Our experience has been extremely positive. The actions of public authorities, zoning, complete infrastructure and joining a ready-made entity have made it a pleasant journey. We are very happy with the way we have been received in Kokkola. City officials even came to work from their summer holidays and said they would put the permits in order so we could focus on our own work.
KALEVI KORJALA Managing Director
Oy Woikoski Ab Kokkola has long been in an excellent recruitment position.
There have been many competent and motivated appli-cants for vacant jobs. This is largely due to the education institutions in our region and to the universities providing education in our industry. I hope and believe that the seats of learning in our region will continue to offer high-quality education that specifically supports the industry in this re-gion.
JARMO HERRONEN Managing Director Boliden Kokkola Oy
Extensive, high-level research and development activities are extremely important to the world’s leading cobalt manu-facturer and refiner. They support process and product de-velopment and provide our customers with the best service. We have great opportunities for this in Kokkola. We are engaged in constant, close cooperation with education and research institutions in our region. As an acknowledgment of the work done, we were selected as the organisation with the most positive approach to education in our region.
JÖRAN SOPO Managing Director Freeport Cobalt Oy
Our customers – the world’s largest chemical companies – expect their manufacturers to possess flexible operating methods and the ability to react to rapid changes. We have been able to respond to these customer expectations very well, because in Kokkola investments related to projects are managed as smooth cooperation between several different parties.
Our diverse and high expertise profile will enhance our ability to cope with intense global competition in the future.
JUHA HIIRONEN Site Director CABB Oy Kokkola
Ville Honkala Executive manager Tel. +358 44 780 9098 ville.honkala@kip.fi www.kip.fi
