# Canada invests $2M in Kruger Biomaterials for cellulose filament facility in Trois-Rivières

The Government of Canada invested $2 million in Kruger Biomaterials Inc. to upgrade its existing plant in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, making it the first commercial-scale facility manufacturing cellulose filaments.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-08-06
- Where: Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Value: $1.50M (2.00M CAD)
- Status: announced
- Products: cellulose filaments
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Kruger Biomaterials Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/41184.md)

## Sources

- [newswire.ca](https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/canada-invests-in-new-forest-sector-technologies-in-trois-rivieres-813652928.html), 2019-08-06: "The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne... today announced an investment of $2 million to Kruger Biomaterials Inc., making them the first in the world to operate a commercial-scale facility manufacturing cellulose filaments."

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