Ahlstrom makes acquisition. (Top of the News).Ahlstrom For the family, see . Ahlstrom is a Finnish wood processing firm and a global manufacturer of specialty papers and nonwoven materials, using natural and synthetic fibers to produce roll goods for customers who turn them into hundreds of products. Corporation, Helsinki Helsinki (hĕl`sĭngkē), Swed. Helsingfors, city (1998 pop. 546,317), capital of Finland, located in Southern Finland prov., S Finland, on the Gulf of Finland. , Finland Finland, Finnish Suomi (swô`mē), officially Republic of Finland, republic (2005 est. pop. 5,223,000), 130,119 sq mi (337,009 sq km), N Europe. , will purchase Papelera del Besos, a Capellades Capellades is a town in Catalonia, located in the south of the comarca of Anoia, some sixty metres above the Anoia river where it cuts through the Serrelada Pre-litoral, or precoastal range, in the Capellades Gorge. , Spain-based filtration filtration: see sewerage; water supply. Filtration The separation of solid particles from a fluidsolids suspension of which they are a part by passage of most of the fluid through a septum or membrane that retains most of the solids media and specialty paper supplier. The acquisition of Besos, which reported sales of 13 million Euro last year, will strengthen Ahlstrom's position as a versatile filtration media supplier for specialty filtration end uses such as laboratory and medical filtration, vacuum bag filters and engine filtration. The acquisition will also re-enforce Ahlstrom's position in Spain, where it now operates out of two sales offices. A family-owned company, Besos was founded in 1946 and uses two specialty paper machines and two converting units to manufacture its products. The company will be renamed Ahlstrom Barcelona and be headed by a managing director appointed by the Ahlstrom Corporation. It will function as a part of the FiberComposites Division. Once the acquisition is complete, Ahlstrom will operate 10 machines and three converting units to serve filtration media customers worldwide. The company's annual sales in the market are approximately 275 million Euro. The acquisition is Ahlstrom's second this year. In September, the company purchased technology related to Fibermark's Rochester, MI plant in a move to boost its engine filtration business. |
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