Ahlstrom, a leading high performance fibre based materials company, has announced price increases on its air and liquid filter media produced by the Advanced Filtration business area.

The price increases will be made to compensate for the continued high level of raw material costs, utilities related inflation and regional currency impacts.

Effect

The price increases are expected to affect all advanced filtration products worldwide and will be effective starting from 1 November this year. The increases will be up to 10% depending on markets, products and the agreements in place.

Air and liquid filter media manufactured by the Advanced Filtration business area is used in air applications including high efficiency air, gas turbine, and industrial air as well as liquid applications for laboratory and life sciences, water treatment, and various process industries. Ahlstrom's Advanced Filtration business area has production sites in six countries.

Ahlstrom

Ahlstrom is a high performance fibre based materials company that aims to grow with a product offering for clean and healthy environment.

The company’s materials are used in everyday applications such as filters, medical fabrics, life science and diagnostics, wallcoverings and food packaging.

In 2013, Ahlstrom's net sales from the continuing operations amounted to EUR 1 billion. The manufacturer’s 3,500 employees serve customers in 24 countries.

www.ahlstrom.com