# Kruger completes $250M PM10 paper machine conversion in Trois-Rivières

Kruger completed the conversion of its No. 10 newsprint machine at the Trois-Rivières mill in Quebec into a lightweight linerboard line with 360,000 tonnes annual capacity, creating 270 jobs. The project was first announced with the Government of Quebec in September 2015.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2015-09-01
- Where: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Value: $250.0M
- Jobs: 270
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 360,000 mt a year
- Products: lightweight linerboard, XTR recycled linerboard
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Kruger Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/245.md)
- [Government of Quebec](https://endata.com/companies/924.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [packaging-gateway.com](https://www.packaging-gateway.com/projects/kruger-pm-10-rebuild-project-trois-rivieres-quebec/), 2017-06-20: "The $250m project saw the conversion of the mill's No. 10 Newsprint Machine (PM10) to enable it to manufacture 100% recycled lightweight linerboard commercialised as XTR™."

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