Kruger Products Inc., a company in which KP Tissue Inc. has a limited interest, announced a major increase in its production of Scotties facial tissues at its Richelieu Plant in Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
Through this expansion project, which received investments totalling $14.5 million and created 16 jobs, Kruger Products commissioned a new facial tissue converting line at its Richelieu Plant in November 2023. The additional equipment will increase the production of facial tissue by 25%.
Another component of the project will be rolled out at the Laurier Plant, also in Gatineau, where new equipment will collect tissue production residues. With a view to the circular economy, the residues will be repulped for the manufacture of value-added projects. This component, which is expected to be completed in June 2025, will also enable the Laurier and Richelieu Plants to increase their productivity.
Investissement Québec provided support for the project in the form of a $7.27-million loan granted under the ESSOR program.
Since 2018, Kruger Products has invested more than $1 billion in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities to meet consumer needs. The new converting line in Gatineau consolidates Richelieu Plant as a centre of excellence in facial tissue manufacturing and is part of a broader objective to expand the Company's activities in North America.
As a leader in the facial tissue category, Kruger Products has 10 plants in North America.
