# Cascades to build $80M containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey

Cascades Inc. announced an US$80 million investment for a new 400,000 sq. ft. containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey, creating 120 jobs. Operations are expected to begin in Q2 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-06-12
- Where: Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
- Value: $80.0M
- Jobs: 120
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2.4 billion square feet annual production
- Products: corrugated packaging products
- Sectors: [Packaging](https://endata.com/sectors/packaging.md)

## Companies

- [Cascades](https://endata.com/companies/923.md)

## Sources

- [asiapapermarkets.com](https://www.asiapapermarkets.com/cascades-to-build-new-corrugated-packaging-plant-in-new-jersey/), 2017-06-12: "Cascades Inc. today announced an investment of US$80 million for the construction of a new 400,000 sq. ft. containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey (USA)."
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cascades-inaugurates-new-state-of-the-art-tissue-converting-plant-on-the-west-coast-635259943.html), 2017-07-18: "Our new facility will have a production capacity of nearly six million cases per year of virgin and recycled bathroom tissue products and paper hand towels."

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