Ahlstrom's Global Filtration Technical Center advances filtration testing
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Ahlstrom Corporation PRESS RELEASE February 2, 2012
Ahlstrom Corporation, a global high-performance materials company, announced
that it has completed significant upgrades to its Global Filtration Technical
Center in Turin, Italy.
Ahlstrom has been investing in testing and processing equipment in its Global
Filtration Technical Center in Turin during the last year. Now the state of the
art technical center is equipped with various filtration testing and simulation
equipment. Testing can be carried out as finished filters or flat sheet
configuration, and the testing facility focuses on research and development for
all transportation, air and liquid filtration applications.
In addition to the several filtration testing equipment, the center provides
access to pleaters and processing equipment in order to build prototypes and
simulate real life filtration conditions in order to achieve the specific
performance needed for filtration norms and applications.
Investments made at the Technical Center offer support and expertise knowhow to
all Ahlstrom global customers. "Our investment to the testing and development
facility is yet another example of our commitment to the filtration market. We
are now better equipped to collaborate with our customers and work together to
develop the next generation filtration ideas," states Tommi Björnman, Executive
Vice President, Filtration.
Ahlstrom is the world's largest filtration material producer. Ahlstrom
Filtration has 5 other Technical Centers in North and South America and in Asia,
which offer research and development support globally for testing and
development of filter media.
For more information, please contact:
Fulvio Capussotti, Vice President, Advanced Filtration
Tel. +390 119 260 111
Gary Blevins, Vice President, Transportation Filtration
Tel. + 1 864 234 8145
Liisa Nyyssönen, Vice President, Communications
Tel. +358 10 888 4757
Ahlstrom in brief
Ahlstrom is a high performance materials company, partnering with leading
businesses around the world to help them stay ahead. Our products are used in a
large variety of everyday applications, such as filters, wallcovers, flooring,
labels and food packaging. We have a leading market position in the businesses
in which we operate. Our 5,200 employees serve customers in 28 countries on six
continents. In 2011, Ahlstrom's net sales amounted to EUR 1.6 billion. The
company's share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. More information available
atwww.ahlstrom.com.
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