Canada: Kruger opens new tissue plant

Kruger, the Canadian tissue and packaging company, has announced that it has inaugurated a new LDC (light dry crepe) tissue plant facility in Sherbrooke, adjacent to an existing plant for Thru-Air Dried (TAD) products.

In a press release, the company said the new facility was part of C$377.5 million ($275.4 million) expansion project that includes the construction of a double-wide tissue machine with LDC technology, and two new converting lines, one in the new plant to produce facial tissue products, and a second in the TAD plant for bathroom products.

The new LDC machine is said to have a capacity of 60,000 tonnes, doubling Sherbrooke Operational Centre’s production capacity as well as increasing total production to over 130,000 metric tonnes per year.

The project is said to have created 205 direct jobs, as well as 1,000 indirect jobs. Kruger claimed it had invested over C$1 billion ($730 million) in the region since 2018.

Source: Kruger