Ahlstrom launches consultation process to divest or close its Bousbecque plant and centralize its parchment production activities at Saint-Séverin plant in France
AHLSTROM OYJ PRESS RELEASE APRIL 19, 2024 AT 15:20 EET Ahlstrom has launched today a consultation process with employee representatives at its Bousbecque plant in France about the possibility to divest or close the plant and to centralize parchment paper production to its Saint-Séverin plant in France to ensure the long-term future and competitiveness of the specialty materials business. The Bousbecque plant in the north of France focuses on producing parchment specialty materials. There is overcapacity in parchment and increasing competition. The plant has an annual capacity of