In 2019 Ahlstrom-Munksjö asked its employees to suggest projects or organizations that the company could support. One of the eight selected was UNICEF’S Child Protection Program in Zambia – an initiative put forward by HR Manager Karen Volz.
We are spending more time at home than we ever have. For many of us this is a time to rediscover cooking as a way to express our creativity, stay connected, and bring our families comfort. At Ahlstrom-Munksjö, we make Genuine Vegetable Parchment (GVP), a high quality baking paper which helps the home cook create restaurant worthy dishes - like this papillote-style fish which can brighten up your taste buds, and your weekend in a cinch!
Ahlstrom has been actively working on alternative technologies and capabilities expansions, with synergies among its sites and new dedicated production lines. Now the company, and the Medical Business Unit specifically, are taking another step forward, going beyond the scope of the general medical offer.
In 2019 Ahlstrom-Munksjö asked its employees to suggest projects or organizations that the company could support. One of the eight projects selected was Origin by Ocean, a neo-ecology biorefinery start-up focusing on the technology to turn algae-based biomass into natural and biologically sustainable ingredients for use in the food, beverage, cosmetics and pharma industries.
Paper release liners are efficient carriers for self-adhesive labels, adhesive materials and components. Paper release liners are not only serving countless essential applications, their functions and features also meet the needs of sustainable everyday life.
In response to the exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus in Northern Italy at the end of February, a team at Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s Turin plant started to evaluate what they could do to support the safety and wellbeing of employees and local communities.
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has caused an exceptional situation globally, creating an incredible demand for healthcare goods in general, and specifically for protective medical products that are made from Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s fabrics.
The rapid spread of COVID-19 across the world has exposed major gaps in the abilities of most countries to respond to a virulent new pathogen. This has inevitably led to an increase in the demand for healthcare goods in general and particularly protective medical products made of fabrics, medical devices, diagnostics and screening tools.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö provides products that serve many critical industries around the world, including healthcare products and solutions for life science diagnostics, food packaging, and essential shipping materials, which are currently all in high global demand due to the COVID-19 virus.