# Ahlstrom-Munksjö expands Malmedy plant with EUR 10M investment

Ahlstrom-Munksjö is expanding production capacity at its Malmedy plant in Belgium with a EUR 10 million investment, doubling capacity and adding filtration materials production. The investment will create 40 new jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2021-06-18
- Where: Malmedy, Belgium, Belgium
- Value: $11.9M (10.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 40
- Starts operating: Jan 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: double the capacity
- Products: nonwovens for wallcovering, filtration materials
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Ahlstrom-Munksjö](https://endata.com/companies/9152.md)

## Sources

- [ahlstrom.com](https://www.ahlstrom.com/Media/releases/press-releases2/2021/ahlstrom-munksjo-advances-with-investment-at-malmedy-plant-to-expand-production-capacity/), 2021-06-18: "This investment will further strengthen Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s position in delivering unique fiber-based solutions for both wallcovering and filtration markets."
- [newclothmarketonline.com](https://www.newclothmarketonline.com/international-business-pages/ahlstrom-munksjo-advances-with-investment-at-malmedy-plant-to-expand-production-capacity/), 2021-06-19: "This investment will further strengthen Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s position in delivering unique fiber-based solutions for both wallcovering and filtration markets."
- [nipimpressions.com](https://www.nipimpressions.com/ahlstrom-munksj-oyj-advances-with-investment-at-malmedy-plant-to-expand-production-capacity-cms-12262), 2021-06-21: "This investment will further strengthen Ahlstrom-Munksjö's position in delivering unique fiber-based solutions for both wallcovering and filtration markets."
- [textilevaluechain.in](https://textilevaluechain.in/news-insights/industry-cluster-news/ahlstrom-munksjo-expands-capacity-at-its-malmedy-factory), 2021-06-24: "The €10 million expansion, announced in January 2020, would more than quadruple the plant’s capacity and expand output to include filtering materials."
- [globalpapermoney.com](https://www.globalpapermoney.com/ahlstrom-munksj-oyj-advances-with-investment-at-malmedy-plant-to-expand-production-capacity-cms-13735), 2021-07-06: "The EUR 10 million investment, announced in January 2020, will double the capacity of the plant and diversify the production to also cover filtration materials."

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