(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom is reinforcing its position as a leader in the global filtration industry by investing in a new production line for molecular filtration media in Turin, Italy. With a focus on improving air quality in closed environments like … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, a leading provider of sustainable specialty materials, has unveiled PureLid™, a revolutionary fiber-based lid for single-serve coffee capsules aimed at supporting the coffee industry’s sustainability efforts. PureLid™ offers a high-performing, home-compostable alternative to aluminum or plastic lids … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Jyrki Vainionpää has been appointed as a member of Ahlstrom’s Board of Directors, effective December 11, 2023. He also takes on the role of President and CEO of A. Ahlström Corporation as of the same date. Lasse Heinonen, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Ahlstrom, appointment, Board of Directors, CEO, Ivano Sessa, Jyrki Vainionpää, Lasse Heinonen, leadership
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, a key player in the packaging tape industry, is extending its product range with the introduction of MasterTape® Pack, aimed at addressing the global demand for more sustainable packaging solutions. As e-commerce continues to grow, the need … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, a leading producer of sustainable and fiber-based packaging solutions, has achieved Western Michigan Recyclability Certification for several food packaging base papers utilizing its proprietary FluoroFree® technology. These products are used in applications like quick service restaurant packaging, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has initiated the production of new synthetic filter media at its Huyn-Poong plant in South Korea, marking its first commercial orders for these materials. The newly produced filter media, which are calendered and embossed, offer extended filter … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Environment, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Ahlstrom, Kathrin Hueppe, South Korea, sustainability, Synthetic Filter Media
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, a specialty materials company, has announced the appointment of Niklas Beyes as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Wolfgang Laures as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Both individuals will join Ahlstrom’s Executive Management Team, with Beyes assuming his role … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged Ahlstrom, appointment, CFO, COO, Helen Mets, Jorn P. Jensen, leadership, Markus Westerkamp, Niklas Beyes, Wolfgang Laures
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has finalized an agreement to sell its Stenay plant in France to Accursia Capital, a move that aligns with Accursia Capital’s long-term investment strategy to bolster the plant’s position in the paper-based packaging market. The divestment, supported … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Accursia Capital, acquisition, Ahlstrom, France, Mark Ushpol, Martin Scheiblegger, partnership, Stenay plant
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, in collaboration with The Paper People LLC, has introduced a breakthrough in sustainable packaging with a fully fiber-based, recyclability-certified solution for frozen foods. This packaging, designed to replace conventional fossil-based plastics, provides an eco-friendly alternative for frozen … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom, FluoroFree®, Food Packaging, frozen food packaging, packaging, paper, The Paper People LLC
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, a global leader in sustainable specialty materials, has received a binding offer from Accursia Capital to acquire its Stenay plant in France. The offer comes after Ahlstrom launched a consultation process with employee representatives to potentially divest … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Accursia Capital, acquisition, Ahlstrom, partnership, Stenay plant, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, adapa, and Maped have collaborated to develop a groundbreaking flowpack solution for eraser packaging. Using Ahlstrom’s Cristal™ base papers, a transparent paper alternative has been created for traditional plastic or film substrates. The fiber-based window packaging provides … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom and Terre de Couleur have partnered to introduce a biodegradable and reusable hair cap made from fiber-based materials as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional plastic caps. The cap, utilizing Ahlstrom’s Genuine Vegetable Parchment (GVP) paper, is composed … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Environment, Finland, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, biodegradable, cosmetics, Dr. Clothilde Manzano, fiber-based, Genuine Vegetable Parchment, GVP paper, hair cap, Nazish Munchenbach, professional hair salons, reusable, sustainable specialty materials, Terre de Couleur
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has been recognized for its contribution to Taco Bell’s sustainable packaging. The company leveraged its FluoroFree and trulyNatural technologies to develop compostable packaging solutions for Taco Bell, which are free of harmful chemicals. Ahlstrom received the recognition … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, FluoroFree®, packaging, supplier award, Sustainable packaging, Taco Bell®, The S.T.A.R. awards, Travis Dahlke, trulyNatural®
(IN KÜRZE) Ahlstrom hat bekannt gegeben, dass seine Cristal®-Transparentverpackungspapiere die strengen Bewertungskriterien des SAFER™-Programms von ChemFORWARD zur Sicherheit von Mensch und Umwelt erfüllt haben. Dieses Programm bewertet Produkte auf ihre Nachhaltigkeit und Sicherheit, und die Auszeichnung wird nur an Produkte … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, ChemFORWARD, Eva Thunholm, Guillaume Latourrette, PurposeSeal™, recycelbar, Recyclingfähigkeit, SAFER™, SBS-Äquivalenz der Western Michigan University, transparente Cristal®-Papiere, transparente Cristal®-Verpackungspapiere, umweltfreundliche Verpackungen, WMU SBS-E
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has announced that its Cristal® Transparent Packaging Papers have met ChemFORWARD’s SAFER™ program’s rigorous evaluation criteria of human and environmental safety. This program evaluates products for their sustainability and safety, and the designation is given only to … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, ChemFORWARD, Cristal® Transparent Packaging Papers, Cristal® transparent papers, eco-friendly packaging, Eva Thunholm, Guillaume Latourrette, PurposeSeal™, recyclability, recyclable, SAFER™, Western Michigan University SBS Equivalency, WMU SBS-E
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has released its annual sustainability report for 2022, highlighting the company’s commitment to setting near-term company-wide emission reductions in line with climate science with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The report also showcases Ahlstrom’s Platinum EcoVadis … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Management, News
Tagged Ahlstrom, climate science, Finland, Helen Mets, reduce emissions
(IN KÜRZE) Der finnische Spezialpapierhersteller Ahlstrom erwägt die Möglichkeit, sein Werk in Stenay in Frankreich zu veräußern, das einseitig gestrichene Spezialpapiere für spezielle Anwendungen im Verpackungssektor herstellt. Das Werk hat eine Jahreskapazität von rund 55.000 Tonnen Spezialpapier und beschäftigt 127 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, France, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Ahlstrom, Frankreich, Mark Ushpol, Spezialpapiere, Veräußerung, Verpackungen, Werk Stenay
(IN BRIEF) Finnish specialty paper maker Ahlstrom is considering the possibility of divesting its Stenay plant in France, which produces one-side coated specialty papers for specific uses in the packaging sector. The plant has an annual capacity of around 55,000 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, France, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Ahlstrom, divestment, France, Mark Ushpol, packaging, specialty papers, Stenay plant
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 3-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global leader in fiber-based materials founded in 1851, has announced an investment of EUR 2 million in a new laminator at its Louveira plant in Brazil in order to expand manufacturing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom, Andre Pereira, Binzhou, Brazil, Fabriano, filtration, Glass Fiber Tissue, laminator, Louveira, Madisonville, Malmedy, Manufacturing, saturator, Turin, Willy Bordignon
(COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) HELSINKI, 3-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, líder mundial en materiales a base de fibra fundado en 1851, ha anunciado una inversión de 2 millones de euros en una nueva laminadora en su planta de Louveira en Brasil … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom, Andre Pereira, Binzhou, Brasil, Fabriano, fabricación, Filtración, laminador, Louveira, Madisonville, Malmedy, saturador, tejido de fibra de vidrio, Turín, Willy Bordignon
(PRESSEMITTEILUNG) HELSINKI, 2-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom-Munksjö, ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen für faserbasierte Materialien, das 1851 gegründet wurde, hat den Beginn seines strategischen Transformationsprogramms „Stella“ angekündigt, das darauf abzielt, seine Geschäftsplattform mit dem Ziel zu überarbeiten, bis 2025 das bevorzugte … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom, fibers, Geschäftsplattform, Kristiina Lammila, specialty materials, Stella
HELSINKI, 05-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom has completed the sale of its German subsidiary with operations in Osnabrück to Kämmerer Paper Holding GmbH. The transaction was announced on November 7, 2016. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Germany, Industrial, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Kämmerer Paper Holding GmbH, Osnabrück PLANT
Ahlstrom sells its glassfiber business to Owens Corning HELSINKI, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom has signed an agreement to divest its Building & Wind business unit to Owens Corning, a U.S.-based company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The initial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Building & Wind business unit, glassfiber business, Marco Levi, Owens Corning
Composition of Ahlstrom’s Nomination Board HELSINKI, 10-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom Corporation’s three largest registered shareholders on May 31, 2015 have nominated the following persons as their representatives in the Shareholders’ Nomination Board of Ahlstrom: Thomas Ahlström (AC Invest Six … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, has sold 2,000,000 shares in Munksjö Oyj for approximately EUR 20.4 million. Ahlstrom will book a capital gain of approximately EUR 10 million from the transaction in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Management
Tagged AC Invest Five B.V., Ahlstrom, Munksjö Oyj, shares, Viknum AB.
HELSINKI, 13-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom’s investor web pages have today won the first prize in the category of mid-sized companies listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange. The prize was awarded by The Finnish Foundation for Share promotion, which … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Financial, Finland, Internet & Online, Investment, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Juho Erkheikki, The Finnish Foundation for Share promotion
Helsinki, Finland, 17-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom Corporation’s President and CEO Marco Levi has started in his new position today, on June 16, 2014. The Board of Directors of Ahlstrom has on June 15, 2014 decided to grant Marco Levi a total of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Marco Levi, Pertti Korhonen
Helsinki, Finland, 2-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, presents its extensive product range at INDEX 2014. Europe’s leading nonwovens exhibition is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from April 8-11, 2014. Ahlstrom will feature its newest products for the … Read the full press release
Ahlstrom’s restated segment information for 2013 based on new business area structure Helsinki, Finland, 2-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, made changes to its financial segment reporting as of January 1, 2014 as the former Food and Medical … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Industrial, Management
Tagged Ahlstrom, Liisa Nyyssönen
Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that its underwriting of convertible hybrid bond notes issued by Suominen Corporation has ceased. Suominen’s convertible hybrid bond issue with a nominal value of EUR 17.5 million … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, will refine its management structure to accelerate the targeted profitability improvement and rapid implementation of the rightsizing program. The company’s operating model, with five business areas and common … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 25-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that the European Commission and the Brazilian competition authority CADE have approved Perusa Group as the buyer for Ahlstrom’s pre-impregnated décor papers and abrasive paper backings businesses. … Read the full press release
Ahlstrom Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE August 7, 2013 at 09.00 a.m. 08-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — This is a summary of Ahlstrom’s January-June 2013 interim report. The complete January-June 2013 interim report with tables is attached to this release and available at www.ahlstrom.com … Read the full press release
Ahlstrom Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE August 7, 2013 at 8.30 08-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, will initiate a rightsizing program aiming to reach annual cost savings of EUR 35 million by the end of … Read the full press release
Brussels, 27-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Following an in-depth investigation (see IP/12/1338), the European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed merger of Munksjö AB of Sweden and the label and processing paper business of Ahlstrom Corporation of Finland in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Finland, Government, Industrial, Investment, Law, Sweden
Tagged abrasive paper, abrasive products, Ahlstrom, Ahlstrom Corporation, Brussels, deal, décor paper, divestment, European Economic Area, heavy weight abrasive paper backings, Joaquin Almunia, label business, MERGER, Munksjö, Munksjö Oyj, Osnabrück, paper business, pre-impregnated paper, processing paper
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