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'''KemFine Ltd.''' was a custom [[fine chemicals]] manufacturer, producing [[active ingredient|active pharmaceutical ingredients (API)]] and intermediates, [[agrochemical]]s, and [[speciality chemicals]],<ref name="businessweek">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=9665099|title=CABB Oy: Private Company Information - Businessweek|publisher=investing.businessweek.com|accessdate=2016-06-20}}</ref> which was acquired by the German speciality chemicals company {{ill|CABB|de}} in 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.3i.com/media/press-releases/3i-sells-kemfine-to-cabb.html|title = Error &#124; 3i Group}}</ref> and renamed '''CABB Oy'''.
KemFine's sites were in [[Kokkola]], [[Finland]] and [[Grangemouth]], [[Scotland]], with headquarters in [[Helsinki]], Finland.<ref name="3i">{{Cite web |url=http://www.3i.com/portfolio/companies/kemfine.html |title=KemFine, General industrial, Buyouts, Current investment |access-date=2010-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116042639/http://www.3i.com/portfolio/companies/kemfine.html |archive-date=2010-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1984, the Finnish chemical conglomerate [[Kemira]] erected a multipurpose plant in its Kokkola chemical plant complex. The division was called ''Kemira Fine Chemicals''. In 2004, Kemira sold the business to the investor company [[3i]]. 3i proceeded to complement the new spinoff by buying Avecia Fine Chemicals from [[Zeneca]] (originally from [[Imperial Chemical Industries]]) and merging it into the company in 2005.
KemFine marketed custom synthesis in the scale of 10 to 100 tons for agrochemicals, and produced pharmaceutical intermediates according to [[Good manufacturing practice|GMP]] ([[International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use|ICHQ7a]]) guidelines.<ref name="kemfine">{{cite web|url=http://www.kemfine.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024212043/http://www.kemfine.com/ |archive-date=2004-10-24 |url-status=dead |title=:: KemFine - Welcome |accessdate=2016-06-20 }}</ref> It had long-term supply agreements with the top global agrochemical companies,<ref name="3i" /> and its customers were other companies.<ref name="themanufacturer">{{Cite web |url=http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk/profile/6171/KemFine |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414125042/http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk/profile/6171/KemFine |archive-date=2009-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [http://cabb-chemicals.com/en/ CABB Home page]
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