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Ahlstrom is a high performance fiber-based materials company, partnering with leading businesses around the world to help them stay ahead. We aim to grow with a product offering for clean and healthy environment. Our materials are used in everyday applications such as filters, medical fabrics, life science and diagnostics, wallcoverings and food packaging.
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President and CEO: Marco Levi
Main markets in terms of net sales: Europe 48%, North America 28%, Asia-Pacific 16%, South America 6%, rest of the world 2%
Manufacturing plants: 29
Employees: 3,400 employees in 22 countries
Business Areas: Filtration, Building and Energy, and Food and Medical.
Net sales: EUR 1 billion in 2014
Listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki since 2006
Founded in 1851
We need to see where we are going. And to do that, we asked ourselves what kind of company we want to be in five or ten years’ time. We need to be ambitious enough to stretch ourselves from where we are now.
Empowering our people and encouraging personal growth. Great to work with. Employer of choice. The learning organization.
Turning our unique know how and new ideas into innovative high performance fiber-based materials. Recognized by our partners as the driver in sustainability. Always looking for the next great idea.
Anticipating customers’ challenges to make their products better. Being the first choice for our business partners. Earning our partners’ loyalty and helping them stay ahead.
We have three values. Some we are doing well already, others we need to make more of an effort to achieve. They are all important, they are all achievable.
We operate in an ethical manner towards people and environment. We respect people and differences. We do the right things, in the right way, at the right time. We care for our community.
We know our business and customers. We contribute to the long term development of the customers and company. We deliver on promises. We strive for excellence in everything we do.
We are ready to change. We actively look for new ways of doing things better. We share information and co-operate across the organization. We learn from our mistakes.
Our strategy statement outlines that Ahlstrom aims to grow with a high performance product offering for a clean and healthy environment. Our strategy is inspired by global megatrends, such as resource scarcity, increased environmental awareness as well as changing demographics and urbanization. Advancing people’s well-being has a strong foundation in our vision and values.
We are building sustainable growth with our products, and we create value for the society and customers in many ways. With their solid sustainability credentials, our products help to clean air and water, as well as enable cleaner energy production and transportation. Our products also respond to the growing need to provide safety and protection through applications in medical care, diagnostics and food packaging.
Doing more with less is one of our principles. Our products are designed with the aim to minimize the life-cycle impact of our customers’ products. This means that our manufacturing processes are resource-efficient and use less raw materials, water and energy, yet deliver high performance products. We use a growing amount of renewable and biodegradable materials in our manufacturing.
Global megatrends offer a wealth of opportunities for us. Our current and future product offering is driven by the three megatrends that we have identified as the most relevant for us.
Megatrends change the end-user behavior and affect our customers’ needs.
Our three strategic enablers are the key strengths we combine and utilize at Ahlstrom to execute our strategy. The first strategic key enabler is our technology and manufacturing platform; it combines our unique knowhow of fibers, chemistry, materials and environmentally sound technologies, flexible manufacturing capabilities and renewable materials. Our second key enabler needs to be co-creation and open innovation with our customers and partners; this builds on the work done by people with a passion for results, so that we can come up with differentiated products to meet specific customer needs. The third strategic enabler is our global reach and local insights; our global product offering coupled with our sales, marketing and customer service helps us to provide customized responses to market needs and take advantage of in-depth partnerships with our customers.
Our products are used in a large variety of everyday applications, such as filters, medical gowns and drapes, diagnostics, wallcoverings, flooring and food packaging.
Economic responsibility means that we ensure the profitability of our business making ‘products for purpose’ while acting in an ethical manner. Social responsibility means safety, employee well-being, respecting human rights and making Ahlstrom a great and inspiring place to work. In addition, we make products that respond to wider societal needs. Environmental responsibility means minimizing the environmental impacts of both our operations and products, and also helping our customers to solve their sustainability challenges.
| Company Name | Ahlstrom Filtration |
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| Address | P.O. Box 329 FI-00101 Finland |
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| Year Established | 1851 |
| Employees | 5000 |
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| Hours of Operation | NA |
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