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Oct 01, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Alexa Marquis

Day to day, Alexa reviews open customer complaints, corrective actions, and material flagged for quality review – digging into production records, lab results, and traceability data to get to the bottom of an issue. In her own words, she “acts as a connection between the customer and the manufacturing floor.”

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Sep 25, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Kelly Guay

With more than 25 years of manufacturing experience Mosinee Plant Manager Kelly Guay brings insights from an array of industries to her role. Today, she describes her work through three priorities: vision, finances, and people. While she keeps a pulse on equipment and performance, her focus is on setting direction, supporting teams and making sure people have the tools and resources they need to succeed.

Products, Innovation, Sustainability
Sep 24, 2026

President & CEO Helen Mets shares why sustainability and commercial success are not competing objectives

Sustainability creates the most value when it is embedded in how companies innovate, operate and serve their customers. In a recent article for Financial Times Sustainable Views, Ahlstrom President and CEO Helen Mets challenges the idea that businesses must choose between sustainability and commercial performance.

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Sep 18, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Piper Stulley

Piper Stulley's work touches nearly every part of plant operations. Her main responsibilities include delivering safety training for new and current employees, overseeing environmental permitting and monitoring, and implementing and maintaining safety and environmental programs and initiatives.

People
Sep 11, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Véronique Théate

Véronique ensures that everyone can work in the safest conditions possible by continuously strengthening our safety culture. Her support of teams in the field, conducting risk assessments, delivering training, and participating in audits, contribute to continuous improvement projects that amplifying safety.

People
Sep 08, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Alexandra Hebert-Markiewicz

With a deep background in manufacturing and operations spanning process engineering, project management, plant leadership, and operational excellence, Alexandra helps teams improve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity through continuous improvement, problem-solving, and employee engagement.

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Aug 27, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Maëlliss Cropsal

Maëlliss joined Ahlstrom four years ago, right after finishing her studies. She came to La Gère to work on her final-year project and then stayed on as a process engineer. As part of her role she analyzes data behind a problem and works with operators to discuss answers and ultimately find a solution.

People
Aug 20, 2026

Women in Operations: Meet Jillian Lough

Jillian works in production management, where she partners closely with manufacturing, continuous improvement, and finance teams to understand performance, costs and opportunities for improvement. She joined Ahlstrom a few years after leaving school, following in the footsteps of her father and uncle, who had both built successful careers with the company.

Products, Innovation, Sustainability
Jul 22, 2026

Growing stronger together: How Stevens Point is expanding Ahlstrom's vision for food packaging

When Ahlstrom acquired the Stevens Point mill, the objective extended well beyond adding manufacturing capacity. It was about strengthening the company's long-term position in one of the fastest-evolving segments of the specialty paper market and creating new opportunities for customers around the world.