May 21, 2013. /Lesprom Network/. Ahlstrom announces price increases on its beverage materials produced by the Food and Medical business area. The price increases will be made to compensate for the continued high level of raw materials as well as utilities-related inflation, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.

The price increases will affect all beverage related products worldwide and will be effective for all orders placed as of July 1, 2013. The increase will be up to 5% depending on markets as well as the product and the agreements in place.

Beverage products, manufactured by Food and Medical business area, include materials for teabags and coffee pods. Food and Medical business area's main end-use applications are teabags, coffee filters, food packaging, baking papers, masking tape and surgical gowns and drapes.

Ahlstrom is a global high performance fiber-based materials company.