Kruger to Maintain All Critical Activities in Accordance With Government COVID-19 Guidelines
March 26, 2020
MONTREAL (News release) -- As a provider of goods and services that consumers and businesses rely on for their everyday needs, Kruger Inc. announced that it will be maintaining all of its operations that have been declared essential by Canadian and U.S. authorities or COVID-19 government guidelines, including the manufacture of tissue products, food packaging and containerboard, newsprint, publication and specialty papers, as well as recycling services, the bottling of beverages and the production of electricity.
Kruger is working closely with suppliers, contractors, shippers and customers to maintain these activities and ensure that our products continue to meet the essential needs of North Americans.
The Company has also implemented rigorous safety and hygiene protocols to ensure that employees identified as part of its essential workforce remain safe and contribute to preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
Consequently, the following plants will continue to operate until further notice:
TISSUE PRODUCTS
CANADA
Québec Crabtree Plant Gatineau Complex (Richelieu and Laurier Plants) Sherbrooke (Lennoxville) Plant Joliette Distribution Center Ontario Scarborough Plant Trenton Converting Plant British Columbia New Westminster Plant New Westminster Distribution Center
Québec Brompton Mill (Sherbrooke) Kruger Wayagamack (Trois-Rivières) Newfoundland and Labrador Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Mill
RECYCLING SERVICES
Québec Notre-Dame West Recovery Center Henri-Bourassa East Recovery Center Ovide Rouillard Inc. (Sherbrooke) CN Garneau yard - Railroad ties operations (Shawinigan) Kruger Recycling Warehouse facilities in Trois Rivières, Sherbrooke and Beauharnois
BOTTLING SERVICES
Québec Montréal Bottling Plant
KRUGER ENERGY
CANADA
Québec Montérégie Wind Farm (100 MW) Hydro Bromptonville (9.9 MW) Ontario Port Alma Wind Farm (101.2 MW) Chatham Wind Farm (99.4 MW) British Columbia Zeballos Hydro Plant (22 MW)
UNITED STATES
Maine 15 hydro plants (11.45 MW) New York 7 hydro plants (15 MW) Rhode Island 1 hydro plant (2 MW) Virginia 4 hydro plants (7.25 MW)
