Cascades starts new packaging plant in New Jersey

Cascades, Kingsey Falls, Quebec, started a new containerboard packaging plant in Piscataway, New Jersey. According to a news release from Cascades, the company invested $76 million in state-of-the-art equipment for the plant. 

The new plant is a converting facility that will make products from linerboard and medium manufactured at other facilities, and the paper it uses will be mostly made of recycled fiber. The Piscataway plant will make corrugated using fast, modern equipment. With an annual capacity of 2.4 billion square feet, the operation will allow Cascades to increase its internal integration of parent roll production. 

“The inauguration of this significant investment highlights our commitment to both the modernization of our asset base, and the consolidation of our containerboard and packaging activities in the Northeastern U.S. It also represents a continuation of the important projects that we have carried out in recent years, including the Greenpac Mill in New York State and the Oregon tissue converting facility. With a strategic location in the heart of the markets we serve, the plant will allow us to pursue our growth strategy in the U.S. I am also pleased to note that the project was delivered both under budget and on time,” says Cascades President and Chief Executive Officer Mario Plourde.

“The Piscataway converting plant is equipped with cutting-edge technology that has already, in recent months, broken global production records. Beyond speed and efficiency, the equipment provides greater flexibility and will allow Cascades to offer increasingly high-performance, innovative products to meet the needs of our customers. Thanks to synergy with other Cascades plants, this new facility will serve both traditional markets and e-commerce markets that require lighter packaging,” says Charles Malo, president and chief operating officer of Cascades Containerboard Packaging.