Management is sharpening strategic focus on high-value applications with clear competitive advantages while exiting non-core, low-margin activities to improve the overall operating profile. Engineered Composites (AEC) served as the primary growth engine, driven by broad-based volume increases across commercial aerospace and defense programs. Machine Clothing (MC) performance was pressured by paper overcapacity and softer demand in China, though volumes in that region appeared to stabilize sequentially ...