Kemira Investor Presentation
Pulp & Paper: Continued margin
improvement
Market environment in Q1 2023
.
Market volumes soft due to slowdown in the
economy and inventory destocking in customer
value chain. China recovering, but slower than
expected.
Organic growth Q1 2023: +12%
REVENUE AND ORGANIC REVENUE GROWTH (Y-ON-Y)
EUR million
537
556
488
505
447
420
370
378
391
2%
9%
11%
11%
17%
22%
29%
28%
12%
•
Organic growth driven by higher sales prices
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
2021
2022
2023
•
Sales volumes declined due to soft market
demand and exit from Russia
•
Bleaching capacity expansion in Uruguay being
completed, ramp-up to start in Q2 2023
OPERATIVE EBITDA AND OPERATIVE EBITDA-%
EUR million
Strong operative EBITDA
•
Operative EBITDA margin improved to 21.7%.
Improvement across product groups.
Still high market prices of caustic soda had a
positive impact on operative EBITDA year-on-
year; impact smaller than in Q4 2022
Kemira
APRIL 25, 2023
INVESTOR PRESENTATION
110.9
109.4
92.3
21.7%
73.6
62.9
63.5
71.3
19.9%
57.8
60.5
17.0%
17.2%
16.2%
16.0%
15.3%
15.1%
14.4%
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
2021
2022
2023
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