Ahlstrom

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Meet our people

Business management
Anna Maija, Finland
Jimmy, China
Andrea, Italy

Sales & marketing
Annelien, France
Robin, Scotland

Production
Roberto, Korea

HR and IT
Martin, Scotland
Kathy, USA
Paul, USA

Our people bring energy and stimulating perspectives together from diverse cultures, forming strong international teams. We employ approximately 6,200 people, serving customers via sales offices and production facilities in more than 20 countries on six continents.

Here we feature profiles from around the world, so you can read what employees say about working at Ahlstrom and how their careers have evolved. Development, process or project engineers are examples of entry-level positions in the technical area. In commercial positions, a person might start as a sales assistant or in a junior management position.

Jimmy, General Manager for Sales Offices in China, Shanghai, China
"Working in Ahlstrom for the past fourteen years since 1993, I have been through from an individual contributor to leading a team of 20 direct reports. Now after four years since I arrived in Shanghai ..." Read more

Roberto, Operations Manager, South Korea
"I started as a process engineer at Ahlstrom Turin plant in Italy where I worked for two years as a Process Engineer. After this experience I worked for three years as ..." Read more

Kathy, Director, Compensation & Benefits North America, Windsor Locks, USA
"Following the acquisition I had the opportunity to work with a wide network of business people within the U.S. and internationally.  In 2001, I was promoted to Benefits Manager and my main responsibility was ..." Read more

Robin, Market Development Manager, Food Product Line, Chirnside, Scotland
"As I was hoping for when I joined Ahlstrom back in 2000, working for Ahlstrom gave and still gives me great opportunities to evolve in different professional and cultural environments. My sales experience in the US allowed me to discover a country and culture I knew very little about and, as a technical engineer who just graduated, challenged me to a great extent from a professional point of view.". Read more