Ahlstrom's ownership in Jujo Thermal to increase to 50 percent
April 2 2012 Ahlstrom will increase its ownership in its associated company Jujo Thermal to 50 percent from the current 41.7 percent.
Jujo Thermal has decided to redeem the shares of its minority shareholder Mitsui & Co. As a result, Jujo Thermal's remaining shareholders Nippon Paper Group and Ahlstrom Corporation each own 50 percent of the company. Ahlstrom will continue to include Jujo Thermal's financial figures in its consolidated financial statements as an associated company. Jujo Thermal is one of the world's leading suppliers of durable direct thermal papers for label, tickets and tags and point-of-sales use. The company is based in Kauttua, Finland.