Ahlstrom announces price increases for transportation filtration materials

Ahlstrom Corporation PRESS RELEASE October 10, 2014 at 15.00

Ahlstrom announces price increases for transportation filtration materials

Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces price increases on its air and liquid filter media produced by the Transportation Filtration business area. The price increases will be made to compensate for the continued high level of certain raw material costs, utilities-related inflation and regional currency impacts.

The price increases will affect all transportation filtration products worldwide and will be effective starting from December 1, 2014. The increases will be up to 10% depending on markets, products and the agreements in place.

Air and liquid filter media manufactured by the Transportation Filtration business area are used in air applications including heavy duty and automotive air intake and cabin air as well as liquid applications for heavy duty and automotive oil and fuel. Ahlstrom's Transportation Filtration business area has production sites in six countries.

For more information, please contact:
Gary Blevins
Vice President, Sales
Transportation Filtration
Tel. +1 864 234 8145

Liisa Nyyssönen
Vice President, Communications
Tel. +358 10 888 4757

Ahlstrom in brief
Ahlstrom is a high performance fiber-based materials company, partnering with leading businesses around the world to help them stay ahead. We aim to grow with a product offering for clean and healthy environment. Our materials are used in everyday applications such as filters, medical fabrics, life science and diagnostics, wallcoverings and food packaging. In 2013, Ahlstrom's net sales from the continuing operations amounted to EUR 1 billion. Our 3,500 employees serve customers in 24 countries. Ahlstrom's share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. More information available at www.ahlstrom.com.