According to Jan Lång, CEO of Ahlstrom, the investment will play a key role in responding to the current market needs for low-grammage papers."As a leading player, we have been continuously improving our offering in flexible packaging and metalized labels. In addition to addressing our customers' specific needs, this investment will also have a highly positive impact on the overall quality of the production output and performance characteristics at customers' end," Jan Lång says.The investment is planned to be completed in mid-2012.The Stenay plant is part of Ahlstrom's Label and Processing Business Area, which operates a total of six production sites in France, Germany, Italy and Brazil.