Cascades invests $21M to increase its production of innovative and environmentally friendly packaging for fresh foods

Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in the recovery and manufacturing of green packaging and tissue products, announced today a  $21-million  investment in its Cascades Inopak (  Drummondville  ) and Plastiques Cascades (Kingsey Falls) plants in order to acquire equipment enabling it to increase its production of food packaging, primarily for the fresh protein market.

The Cascades Inopak plant in  Drummondville  will benefit from a  $15-million  investment. This will be used to expand the existing building and to install a high-performance rPET film manufacturing line that is unique in  Canada  and which includes a built-in, cutting-edge decontamination unit. This will make it possible to significantly increase the production capacity of Integral  TM  packaging, which is made from recycled PET, is recyclable and allows food in certain markets—such as fresh protein—to be kept for double the amount of time, thus radically reducing food waste.

Nearly  $6M  will be invested in the Kingsey Falls Plastiques Cascades plant to modernize equipment, notably by adding a new extrusion line and two recycling lines, which will increase the production capacity by 25% and double the plant’s internal recycling capacity. The  Kingsey Falls  plant produces EVOK ®  , the first polystyrene foam tray in  North America  to contain at least 25% recycled materials. These investments will facilitate an eventual increase in this percentage and, by extension, further reduce the CO  2  emissions of products marketed by our customers.

“The strategic investments announced today will strengthen Cascades’ position in the food packaging segment, by increasing our production capacity thus providing the tools to increase our market share. They will generate more than 10 new jobs, primarily in the production and sales sectors, and will consolidate the 216 jobs that already exist in these two units. We are particularly proud of the fact that we lend our recovery expertise to the food sector and that we are taking the fight against food waste to yet another level,” said Cascades President and CEO Mario Plourde.

“In addition to our fresh protein containers, we are pleased to provide our customers with produce packaging that offers unique environmental added value. Cascades is the first company in North America to manufacture low-density PET packaging containing 80% recycled PET. Compared to the competition we can reduce the quantity of materials by approximately 10% for each container made. In addition to using fewer resources, our products are recyclable and provide optimum performance,” added Luc Langevin, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cascades Specialty Products Group.
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