Ahlström Invest’s mission, as an active shareholder together with its consortium members Bain Capital and Viknum, is to develop the investment in Ahlstrom and to generate long-term value for the company’s shareholders by simultaneously investing and managing the substantial funds released in the formation of the company in its new form.
Ahlstrom is the global leader in fiber-based specialty materials. The company’s purpose is to Purify and Protect with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Ahlstrom’s vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all its stakeholders. Ahlstrom serves five growing and distinctive end markets, also forming the basis for its five divisions: Filtration, Food & Consumer Packaging, Healthcare, Building Materials and Technical Materials. Ahlstrom has around 37 production and converting facilities in 13 countries in three continents: Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. In partnership with its customers, the company innovates solutions that make their businesses more efficient and sustainable.