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Products, Sustainability
Aug 28, 2020

Expanding production capacity and capability in sustainable tea, coffee and casing materials to support growing customer demand

Today’s environmentally aware consumers are increasingly looking for fully biodegradable and compostable alternatives for their single-serve tea bags and coffee capsules, pods and bags often made from aluminium or plastic.

Products, Innovation, Sustainability
Aug 28, 2020

The journey of developing a disruptive innovation into a commercial success in the Printed Circuit Board and Copper Clad Laminates industries

Sustainable practices are becoming crucial for future resource utilization and waste reduction in the Copper Clad Laminates (CCL) and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industries.

People
Aug 27, 2020

Family comes first: Tyler’s journey at Ahlstrom-Munksjö

At Ahlstrom-Munksjö, we love to offer new and exciting opportunities to our employees. Tyler Jumper, one of our Sales Managers from the US, found himself in need of a new home and a new challenge – so we helped him get both.

People
Aug 19, 2020

Co-operation model like nothing before: ”Our network has the power to make a difference”

Ahlström Collective Impact, a new corporate social responsibility initiative by Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Ahlström Capital, Antti Ahlström Perilliset, Eva Ahlström Foundation, Destia and Glaston, is committed to creating change by investing in a better future for children in partnerships with UNICEF Finland.

Products, Innovation
Aug 13, 2020

Material matters in face masks – Ahlstrom-Munksjö produces civil face mask fabrics that have a unique filtration technique and high efficiency

“When the COVID-19 broke out, we realized that our expertise and global production platform could be used to answer the growing need of face mask materials both in healthcare and civil use. In Finland, there was demand for a high quality domestic solution that we wanted to respond to.” 

Products, Innovation
Aug 06, 2020

Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s Genuine Vegetable Parchment turns typical plastic packaging into purposeful and sustainable solutions

Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s proprietary Genuine Vegetable Parchment (GVP) technology is proving its eco-friendly value combined with its strength and resilience in its new “Boil in a Bag” application.

Products, Innovation, Food packaging, baking and cooking solutions
Aug 04, 2020

Ahlstrom-Munksjö's new collaborative innovation creating sustainable fresh food packaging

Central Wisconsin based packaging company “The Paper People LLC” announced today the introduction of their new patent pending paper packaging. Developed throughout the past two years in conjunction with several large U.S. based retailers, their new line of automated form-fill seal and stand up pouch paper packaging is the solution for the future in single use packaging products.

Products, Innovation, Sustainability
Jul 28, 2020

New recycling studies support better life cycle analysis for pizza boxes in United States

Industry guidance regarding the recyclability of pizza boxes reduces waste stream.

Innovation, Sustainability, People
Jul 11, 2020

Innovative water-purifying solution using Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s Disruptor® technology to help solve the problem of drinking water shortage

In 2019 Ahlstrom-Munksjö asked its employees to suggest projects or organizations that the company could support. One of the eight selected was Nanomaji, a startup that was born after a successful research collaboration between Aalto University and Ahlstrom-Munksjö in 2015. The company is owned by Jymy Parhiala, Emma-Sofie Kukkonen and Sanna Puhakainen.