Canada’s Kruger Products (KPLP) is to double the capacity of its Sherbrooke expansion project by constructing a double width Light Dry Crepe (LDC) tissue machine with a capacity of at least 60,000tpy, instead of the previously announced 30,000tpy LDC tissue machine.
The total estimated cost of the Sherbrooke expansion project – which also includes the previously announced addition of a bathroom tissue converting line to the existing TAD Sherbrooke plant, and a new plant that will house a facial tissue converting line with the double width LDC tissue machine – has increased from $240m to $351.5m.
Dino Bianco, KPLP Chief Executive, said: “The additional capacity will allow us to accelerate the growth of our business and continue to provide our customers across North America with high quality tissue products in Canada and the USA.”
The construction schedule remains the same, with the bathroom tissue converting line and the facial tissue converting line commissioned in 2022 and 2023 respectively, while the LDC tissue machine is expected to start up in 2024.
