Home Stretch of the Crabtree Machine
Kruger Products provided an update on the new No. 8 Paper Machine (PM8) Project at its Crabtree Plant and invited a few media and partner representatives in Lanaudière to visit the soon-to-be-completed project. The Company also took the opportunity to reveal its recent acquisition of a new $12-million winder, which brings investment in new production equipment at the Crabtree Plant to $67 million over the past year.
“This new and more efficient paper machine and the additional winder will give the Crabtree Plant plenty of room to grow for many years to come, which is very motivating for our employees,” said Mario Gosselin, CEO of Kruger Products L.P. “We are particularly pleased with the progress of this project that we expect to complete on time and on budget.”
By the time the 11-month project is completed, it will have required 180,000 hours of work by 260 people and generated an estimated 200 indirect jobs. Construction of the new building housing PM8 alone will have generated $7 million in labour expenses. Click Read More below for additional detail.