Finland--March 19, 2009--Ahlstrom Corporation, a leading manufacturer of specialty papers and nonwovens, announces that the very challenging market conditions that impacted Ahlstrom's business in the fourth quarter of 2008 have prevailed in the beginning of this year. Consequently, the demand pattern for most of Ahlstrom's products has continued to weaken in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the fourth quarter of 2008.
In its Financial Statements Bulletin published on February 5, 2009, Ahlstrom anticipated the market environment to be very challenging in 2009 with a very short-term visibility of the demand for Ahlstrom products. The company announced that the demand would vary significantly by product line and depending on the general development of the customer industries.
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