North American company Cascades that recovers, manufactures and converts green packaging and tissue paper products has installed a new converting line at its Candiac plant in Quebec, Canada.
This line which will become operational in July 2015 will help the company manufacture paper towels that will be supplied to the retail and away-from-home markets.
The new line will produce an estimated 3.5 million cases annually.
Cascades Tissue Group President and COO Jean Jobin said: "This major investment in Quebec is part of our plan to modernize Cascades' assets to produce higher quality tissue products more efficiently. In addition, this investment will allow us to better serve our customers by making us more competitive while opening new market opportunities."
Cascades Tissue Group is the largest tissue paper manufacturer in Canada, and the fourth largest in North America. The company's mills in Candiac and Kingsey Falls specialise in manufacturing bathroom tissue, paper towels, table napkins and facial tissues for the Canadian and American retail and away-from-home markets.
Cascades President and CEO Mario Plourde said: "As part of its strategic plan, Cascades has chosen to focus its investments in growth areas of the future: the tissue paper and packaging sectors. The new converting line will be paired with the paper machine that was upgraded in 2011 to install the new and innovative Atmos technology.
"The investment follows on the heels of our strategic deployment in the Southeastern United States and on the West Coast, where we are aiming to further strengthen our position on the North American tissue market."
The company is also investing in the upgrade of two converting lines in Candiac and Kingsey Falls producing high-end tissue products that will start operation in the first quarter of 2016.
Cascades will be investing around $25m for both projects, creating 10 new jobs and consolidating the 200 existing ones at the Candiac plant.
