June 2, 2022: Fibre-based materials producer Ahlstrom-Munksjö said on April 7 it had started production of an absorbent glass mat line in Italy.

The Finland-headquartered firm said the line is at its plant in Turin, where it has invested in additional manufacturing capacity for filtration and energy storage materials — although it did not give investment or production details.

The AGM line will serve applications where glass microfiber media is required, supporting Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s expansion into industrial filtration as well as in supplying the lead batteries market, the company said.

Giuseppe Costa, vice president of filtration and performance solutions for Asia and EMEA, said the launch signalled a “a strong step into the energy storage market by bringing on-stream a platform which will be fully qualified for the manufacture of AGM media”.