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Ahlstrom upgrades filtration test facility

High-performance materials company Ahlstrom Corporation has announced that it has completed a significant upgrade to its Global Filtration Technical Center in Turin.

2nd February 2012

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Turin

Industrial, Protective, Construction

 

High-performance materials company Ahlstrom Corporation has announced that it has completed a significant upgrade to its Global Filtration Technical Center in Turin.

The company has been investing in testing and processing equipment at the Italian facility during the last year and now the state of the art centre is equipped with a range of filtration testing and simulation equipment. Testing can be carried out on finished filters or in flat sheet configuration.

The newly upgraded testing facility will focus on research and development for all transportation, air and liquid filtration applications.

In addition to the filtration testing equipment, Ahlstrom says the centre provides access to pleaters and processing equipment in order to build prototypes and simulate real life filtration conditions in order to achieve the specific performance needed for filtration norms and applications.

Through investments made at the Technical Center, Ahlstrom aims to offer support, expertise and knowhow to all of its global customers.

"Our investment to the testing and development facility is yet another example of our commitment to the filtration market. We are now better equipped to collaborate with our customers and work together to develop the next generation filtration ideas," explains Tommi Björnman, Executive Vice President, Filtration.

Ahlstrom Filtration has 5 other Technical Centers in North and South America and in Asia, which offer research and development support globally for testing and development of filter media.

Ahlstrom’s products are used in a large variety of everyday applications, such as filters, wallcovers, flooring, labels and food packaging. Its 5,200 employees serve customers in 28 countries on six continents. In 2011, Ahlstrom's net sales amounted to EUR 1.6 billion. 

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