# Kruger converts Trois-Rivières paper mill to cardboard packaging production with C$250M investment

Kruger is investing C$250 million with Investissements Québec to convert its Trois-Rivières newsprint mill to make lightweight cardboard packaging, starting production May 7, and plans to hire about 100 workers within five years.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-25
- Where: Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- Value: $187.5M (250.0M CAD)
- Jobs: 100
- Status: under construction
- Products: lightweight cardboard packaging
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Kruger Inc.](https://endata.com/companies/245.md)
- [Investissements Québec](https://endata.com/companies/818.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [tvanouvelles.ca](https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/01/25/des-clients-pour-son-futur-carton-demballage), 2017-01-25: "En partenariat avec Investissements Québec, Kruger investit 250 millions $ pour convertir à la fabrication du carton son usine de papier journal de Trois-Rivières."

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