Partnerships and collaboration

We believe that collaboration is the key when creating innovations for tomorrow’s world

Our offering contributes to a more sustainable everyday life by providing renewable materials that are alternatives to non-renewables and solutions that make the end product more sustainable. Whether you are a peer company, an academic actor, or a start-up company with an innovative and collaborative mindset, we would be interested in discussing possible partnerships for developing and bringing sustainable innovations to the market.

Partnerships and R&D Network

Our academic and industrial partners, located all over the world are carefully selected according to their competence and expertise to meet our strategic medium and long term objectives. In return,  we offer our partners access to a large diversity of markets, multiple and varied manufacturing platforms, R&D capabilities and expertise in fibers and wet-laid technologies, surface treatment and polymer processing as well as our agility in developing new products and entering the market.

Innovation at Ahlstrom

Our innovation platform allows us to select lower impact materials in our sourcing, improve production processes, and empower customers to create more sustainable solutions using Ahlstrom products, generating benefits within and beyond Ahlstrom.

Why partner with us?

We offer our partners access to a large diversity of markets, multiple and varied manufacturing platforms, R&D capabilities and expertise in fibers and wet-laid technologies, surface treatment and polymer processing as well as our agility in developing new products and entering the market.

Science-based Innovations

Ahlstrom has amazing and unique expertise in analytical science and development capabilities from laboratories to pilots and industrial pilot lines and  located in the two sites of their research center in France.