Ahlström Capital Oy is one of Finland’s largest investment companies and part of the Ahlström family heritage – one of the most significant industrial families in Finland from the 1850s onwards.

Ahlström Capital Oy was established in 2001 as A. Ahlström Osakeyhtiö was divided into Ahlstrom Corporation, Ahlström Capital Oy and A. Ahlström Osakeyhtiö. Ahlström Capital was established to continue A. Ahlström Corporation’s successful industrial and investment business. Its start-up capital consisted of industrial shareholdings, real estate, forest land and liquid funds, which were transferred to the company in the demerger of A. Ahlström Corporation.

Ahlström Capital’s portfolio consists of the listed companies Ahlstrom Corporation, Munksjö Oyj and Suominen Corporation as well as of the non-listed companies Destia Group Oyj and Enics AG, cleantech fund and real estate and forest investments.

16 decades in brief

2016
Fiber-based materials, cardboard and flexible packaging, industrial electronics, specialty paper, nonwoven fabrics, infra construction and maintenance, cleantech investment, real estate and forest

1950–2000
Paper, sawn goods, cardboard and flexible packaging, cellulose, nonwoven fabrics, plywood, fiberboard, art and packaging glass, electrical accessories, glass wool, fiberglass, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding, production control systems

1900–1950
Paper, sawn goods, cellulose, cardboard, plywood, fiberboard, art and packaging glass, electrical accessories, glass wool, iron and mechanical engineering, shipbuilding

1850–1900
Shipbuilding, shipping, sawn goods, iron and mechanical engineering, paper