QUICK FACTS
CRABTREE PLANT
Address:100 1st Avenue, P.O. Box 500
Crabtree, Quebec, J0K 1B0, Canada
Phone: (450) 754-2855
ISO 9001: 2008 certification process of quality management system
FSC® C104904:
Forest Stewardship Council® Chain of Custody certification
GMP:
2009 Good Manufacturing Practice certification
C-TPAT:
2003 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism certification
EcoLogoM:
Manufacture EcoLogoM-certified products
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180˚W
165˚W
75˚N
90˚N
Chukchi Sea
Bering
Sea
75˚N 15˚W
60˚N
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Norwegian Sea
ARCTIC
OCEAN
Saint
Lawrence
Island
Greenland Sea
Beaufort Sea
ICELAND
OPERATIONS
Baffin Bay
Gulf
of
Alaska
The plant manufactures and converts tissue paper into
consumer and away-from-home products, which are
distributed primarily throughout Eastern Canada
L a b r a d o r
S e a
Hudson Bay
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
• T
he facility includes 4 paper machines and 12
converting units
C A N A D A
• The Crabtree plant uses virgin and recycled fibre
ONTARIO
• This facility operates deinking and recycling operations
QUEBEC
CRABTREE PLANT
U N I T E D
S T A T E S
A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
TENNESSEE
More than
72,000 MT
o f
Le
s
S e a
tille
C a r i b b e a n
An
WE’RE THE ONLY TISSUE COMPANY WITH
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES IN BOTH
P A C I F I C EASTERN AND WESTERN CANADA.
of tissue products every year
er
Employees
G u l f
M e x i c o
ss
620
Produce more than
Trinidad
O C E A N
BRAZIL
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ABOUT KRUGER PRODUCTS
Kruger Products L.P. is a leading manufacturer of quality tissue products for
household, industrial and commercial use. We serve the U.S. consumer market with
the popular White Cloud ® brand sold at select Walmart locations; the Canadian
consumer market with such well-known brands as Cashmere® and Purex® bathroom
tissue, Scotties®’ facial tissue, SpongeTowels® paper towels and the White Swan®
line-up; as well as major U.S. and Canadian away-from-home segments, including
healthcare, education, property management, manufacturing, accommodations and
foodservice. We have over 2,300 employees across North America and operate five
FSC® CoC-certified plants (FSC® C104904), four of which are in Canada and one in
the U.S. KP Tissue was created to acquire, and its business is limited to holding, a
limited partnership interested in Kruger Products. L.P.
©2014 Kruger Products, LP® and TM trademarks of Kruger Products, L.P.
®Registered trademark of Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc., used under license.
www.krugerproducts.ca
®Forest Stewardship Council and FSC Logo – Forest Stewardship Council, A.C.
Trademark of TerraChoice, used under license.
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PRODUCTS
The Crabtree plant manufactures away-from-home and consumer products (bath tissue and paper towels), including
Cashmere®, SpongeTowels® and White Swan®. Visit www.krugerproducts.ca to learn more about our products.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Our shared vision: SAFETY…for everyone, by everyone and in everything we do.
• Regular audits from third-party organizations demonstrate our achievements
• The Crabtree plant introduced its own internal safety audit program in January 2013
Reduced OSHA
rate from
MISSION
STATEMENT
8.8
3.1
in
2009
Employees at all
levels throughout
the organization,
working together
to reduce injuries
by building safety
awareness and
controlling hazards.
to
in 2013
HISTORY
1959
PM 3 added
1957 Scott Paper
Canada buys
plant from
Crabtree Mills
Company
1997
Acquired by Kruger
1971 PM 4 added
2007 Installation of
high-speed
bathroom tissue
packaging line
2006
Integration
of distributed
control system
for deinking
process
2009
Installation of double
embossing and
laminating bathroom
tissue converting line;
replacement of PM 2
electrical power supply
system
2008 Upgrades improve quality of recycling
process
2010
Installation
of complete
paper towel
converting
line
2011 Pulp
preparation
plant upgrade
2013
Improvement
of steam and
condensation system
on PM 4
2012 Improvements
of PM #4
winder;
installation of
high-speed
paper towel
packaging line
2014 Installation of heat
recovery system
for PM 6 hoods;
increase paper
trimmings recovery
and recycling
capacity
SUSTAINABILITY 2015
IN ACTION
In 2010, Kruger Products launched Sustainability 2015, our five-year
initiative to reduce our environmental impact.
In 2014, we installed our heat recovery system in the Crabtree facility.
This reduces the amount of energy required to run the plant by
capturing hot, humid air from one of the paper machines and reusing
it to heat process water as well as the facility itself during the winter.
The solution is unique in that it allows a combination of multiple heat
sources into a single recovery unit. This technology reduces energy
consumption by 6% (110,000 GJ) and GHG emissions by 9% (5,500
metric tonnes CO2) annually, which is equivalent to removing 1,400
cars from the roads or planting 750,000 trees.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Corporately, we support a host of community-building and philanthropic endeavours, particularly in the areas of
cancer research, conservation, women’s athletics and children’s health, with major organizations including the
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Ronald McDonald House Charities, the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Earth
Day Canada and Nature Canada.
At our Crabtree facility, we support organizations on a more local level including:
Leucan
Employee fundraising activities
such as the Normand Laurence
Leucan Golf Tournament;
St. Vincent de Paul Supporting the efforts of St Vincent de Paul
to feed families in need during the holiday
season; and
Joliette Cegep Foundation
Donations to the Cegep
Foundation;
Centraide Funds donated to Centraide through
employee payroll program.
RECOGNITION
The plant has been recognized by several provincial organizations:
Cercle d’or Award (2010), Excelsiors – Chambre de commerce du Grand Joliette
e Réseau Écolectrique, Hydro-Québec – Recognition for 5% reduction of annual electricity
L
consumption (2014)