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The outbreak of World War II led the company to convert much of its production to support the
Finnish war effort. Following the war, the company played a major role in Finland's reconstruction and in its war reparations obligation. Ahlstrom alone accounted for nearly 15 percent of the country's total
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The completion of the merger of
Ahlstrom Corporation into Munksjö Oyj was registered with the Finnish Trade Register on 1 April 2017. Following the completion of the merger, the name of the combined company has changed to Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj (“Ahlstrom-Munksjö”). Trading in the new Ahlstrom-Munksjö
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In 2001, the group split into three companies. The manufacturing divisions were transferred to the now public
Ahlstrom Corporation. Ahlstrom Capital Oy was established as a private investment company. And A.Ahlstrom Osakeyhtio was established as a private forestry and real estate management company.
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During the 1980s, Ahlstrom left the newsprint and magazine paper market and focused its operations on specialty papers. One of the most profound decisions in
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products. At the end of 1996, Ahlstrom
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In 2022, Ahlstrom-Munksjö divested its Decor business to a newly formed
Swedish company named Munksjö AB. Following the ownership reorganization, the company renamed itself as Ahlstrom, with a renewed logo where the symbol remains the same and the name is changed to Ahlstrom.
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as well as Viknum and
Belgrano Inversiones completed a tender offer for all shares in Ahlstrom-Munksjö. Ahlstrom-Munksjö became a privately held company (Ahlstrom-Munksjö Holding) and its shares were delisted from Nasdaq Helsinki and Nasdaq Stockholm.
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Ahlstrom manages a broad platform of businesses, focusing on three divisions: Filtration & Life Sciences, Food & Consumer Packaging, Protective Materials.
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reparations. The company continued to expand into the 1950s, stepping up its engineering operations while also expanding into chemical wood processing technology.
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and rifle cartridge paper. This was the first significant international acquisition made by a Finnish company and made Ahlstrom a pioneer among major
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In 2012, Ahlstrom Corporation announced that its Label and Processing business area will be combined with Munksjö Group.
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Ahlstrom Corporation began to rapidly grow internationally in 1963, by acquiring a majority interest in a paper mill in
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the relative value of Ahlstrom's specialty paper and engineering units.
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