Day 2

        Day 1 was an absolute great day for all of us involved.  As Nick had mentioned, we were hosted  extremely well by Thermo Scientific, Neles Valves, and the Metso pilot facility. Many thanks to them.

        Day 2 started out much like day 1 with a continental breakfast fit for kings.  After the breakfast, we were ready to set out to to Kemira's R&D facility.  There, we learned about the company structure and also where the company sees itself in the future.  We then toured the facility starting with the pulp and paper chemicals area.  In order to run their tests, Kemira has replicated and miniaturized much of the wet end machinery  in order to recreate the furnish supplied to them from mills.  It was very interesting to see much of the same equipment that I used in my co-op on the counter tops of the lab.  Kemira focuses on the water involved in the process from pulping to waste water.  This was a very interesting area. 

        We also toured several other areas including the water treatment area and the polymer science area.  All of these areas consisted of top of the line equipment.  I know that Emily really enjoyed seeing these analytical tools.  Lunch was greatly appreciated and we thank Kemira for hosting us.

       We continued to visit with the kids from Alto Univesity.  They were more than friendly and we immediately felt welcomed to the foreign campus.  Even though we are from two different areas of the world, we were still very similar.  Jenni provided us with an awesome tour!  We really enjoyed our time there.  We are very thankful to them as well.