Color Ad Packaging expanded its 200 Beghin Avenue site in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to include an in-house rotogravure cylinder engraving facility, bringing all flexible packaging steps in-house.
Grundfos Canada broke ground on a roughly C$3.5 million expansion of its Oakville, Ontario facility, roughly doubling it to 48,000 sq ft for warehousing and service. Completion is scheduled for July 2020.
Grundfos Canada plans a $3.5 million expansion of its Oakville service and warehouse location, doubling its size to 2,221 sq. m. Construction starts in July 2019 and is scheduled for completion by July 2020.
Pano Cap Limited has added several new injection molding machines and hired more machine operators at its Kitchener, Ontario plant, increasing manufacturing capacity for plastic closures. The company reports improved lead times as a result.
Kruger has invested $40 million to build a bleached thermomechanical pulp plant at its Trois-Rivières facility and upgrade production at the Wayagamack Mill, which has begun delivering its first shipment as part of its SPEK specialty papers project.
Port Rexton Brewing Company is expanding its Newfoundland operation with a new manufacturing facility and larger processing system, including an automated canning line, creating two jobs. Provincial and federal governments are providing repayable and non-repayable funding.
Évolupak, a maker of recyclable thermoformed food packaging, will build a 40,000 sq ft building costing 10 million dollars to double its floor space in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. About 20 jobs will be created, with completion targeted for June 2019.
24/7 Compression is opening a new 14,000 square foot facility in Grande Prairie, Alberta, in October 2018, expanding its production and service capacity after the merger with Belair.
Kruger has dedicated a new high-speed corrugated packaging converting line at its LaSalle plant in Quebec after investing almost CAD 10 million, producing 24,000 boxes per hour.
CGP Expal is acquiring equipment to shift paper coating and cutting work for the U.S. market from its European plant to Bromont, Quebec, a project of more than $11M that will create 14 jobs. Canadian federal and Quebec governments awarded $3.3M in financial assistance, announced on June 27, 2018.
The Province of Ontario is partnering with Sleeman Breweries to create 15 new jobs and retain 412 positions in Guelph. The brewery is expanding its packaging capabilities and upgrading equipment with support from the Southwestern Ontario Development Fund, announced on 2018-03-13.
Kruger rebuilt its MP10 newsprint machine at the Trois-Rivières mill in Quebec into a 100% recycled linerboard machine under a $250 million modernization project announced in September 2015. Official start-up occurred in May 2017.
Craft brewery À la Fût is investing over CAD 3 million to build a new plant with 14 brewing tanks in Saint-Tite, Quebec, doubling its production, which is currently about 125,000 cans a year.
Laminacorr began a 3-year expansion including a 20,000 sq ft addition in the Cornwall Business Park, Ontario, and an upgrade of one extrusion line. Equipment investment is over $1.5 million and building investment is $1.7 million.
Kruger inaugurated its converted machine number 10 at the Trois-Rivières mill, now producing 360,000 metric tonnes of packaging board for e-commerce, after a C$250 million project. About 80 local companies shared C$40 million of work.
Cascades officially inaugurated its expanded corrugated packaging plant in Drummondville, Quebec, a CAD 26.4 million investment that added 45,000 sq ft and a new fast corrugator, now fully ramped up.
Olymel is spending $8.1 million to expand its La Fernandière plant in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, doubling its surface area and raising yearly production capacity from 14 to nearly 20 million kg. Completion is scheduled for December 2017.
Kruger has completed the conversion of machine 10 at its Trois-Rivières mill, which previously made newsprint, to produce lightweight recycled cardboard. The project cost CAD 250 million and was done with Investissement Québec.
Mars Canada officially opened its C$70 million, 60,000 square foot expansion of its Newmarket, Ontario chocolate factory, which now makes MALTESERS for the first time in North America and is expected to create up to 30 jobs.
Triangle Fluid Controls is launching a C$1.86 million expansion at its Belleville, Ontario plant, adding 12,600 sq ft of floor space and new production and lab testing equipment, and expects to create 10 jobs over three years.
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.
Stanpac Inc. is investing C$45.6 million to add four production lines at its Smithville, Ontario packaging plant, increasing capacity and exports and creating up to 50 jobs. The federal government contributes C$4.5 million through FedDev Ontario.
Kruger is rebuilding Paper Machine 10 at its Trois-Rivières mill to produce 100% recycled linerboard, with about $250 million invested and completion expected in May 2017. About $135 million of the budget has been committed to date.
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.