| 1904 |
Montréal,
QC
Joseph Kruger establishes a wholesale
fine paper company
|
| 1950 |
Brompton,
QC
Acquisition of first newsprint
mill |
| 1952 |
Sherbrooke,
QC
Opening of first corrugated packaging
plant |
| 1956 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Start-up of No. 3 paper machine
- total papermaking capacity 100,000 MT |
| 1956 |
Venezuela
Acquisition of Papeles Venezolanos
by the Kruger Family interests |
| 1960 |
Colombia
Fondation de Papeles Nacionales |
| 1960 |
Place
Turcot, Montréal, QC
Opening of recycled linerboard
mill |
| 1960 |
LaSalle,
QC
Relocation of Sherbrooke corrugated
plant to LaSalle |
| 1964 |
Toronto,
ON
Opening of corrugated packaging
plant |
| 1972 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Installation of world's first
Papriformer |
| 1973 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Acquisition of pulp and paper
manufacturing facility; papermaking capacity now at 200,000
MT |
| 1978 |
Corporate
Total annual papermaking capacity
surpasses 500,000 MT |
| 1979 |
Montréal,
QC
Opening of Turcal paper recovery
and sorting facility |
| 1984 |
Corner
Brook, NL
Acquisition of newsprint mill
and hydroelectric plant (Deer Lake) |
| 1985-2001 |
Corner Brook, NL
Total modernization investment
on No. 7 paper machine $ 87 million |
| 1987 |
Mauricie,
QC
Acquisition of an interest in
Gérard Crête & Fils
|
| 1988 |
Brompton (Sherbrooke),
QC
Total conversion of production
to thermomechanical pulp (TMP) |
| 1988 |
LaSalle,
QC
Start-up of state-of-the-art
packaging plant |
| 1988 |
England
Acquisition of Disley Paper Company |
| 1989 |
Venezuela
Acquisition of bleached TMP mill
|
| 1989 |
Colombia
Start-up of deinking plant |
| 1990 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Start-up of No. 10 PM and auxiliary
equipment; installation of 100% TMP |
| 1991 |
Michigan
Acquisition of Manistique Papers,
Inc. |
| 1991 |
Albany,
NY
Construction of paper sorting
and recovery facility |
| 1991 |
Parent,
QC
Acquisition of Scierie Parent |
| 1992 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Construction and inauguration
of deinking plant |
| 1993 |
England
Acquisition of Kent Paper Products |
| 1994-
1998 |
ISO
9002 Certification:
Corner Brook, Trois-Rivières,
Bromptonville, Rexdale
ISO 9001 Certification:
LaSalle and Place Turcot |
| 1995 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Brompton (Sherbrooke), QC
Construction of secondary effluent
treatment systems |
| 1995 |
Corner
Brook, NL
Installation of new solid residue
boiler |
| 1995 |
North
Shore, QC
Full-ownership acquisition of
Scierie Jacques Beaulieu in Longue-Rive and Scierie HCN
in Forestville, QC |
| 1996 |
Longlac, ON
Acquisition of Longlac Wood Industries |
| 1996 |
Abitibi,
QC
Acquisition of interests in Scierie
Landrienne, Scierie Gallichan, and Scierie Amos, QC
|
| 1996 |
Maine
Acquisition
of interests in Moose River Company |
| 1996 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Construction of 9.9 MW hydroelectric
power plant |
| 1996 |
Montréal,
QC
Modernization of the Place Turcot
Paperboard mill |
| 1996 |
Corner
Brook, NL
Construction of secondary effluent
treatment system |
| 1996 |
Toronto,
ON
Creation of a strategic alliance
between Kruger and Canada Fibers Ltd. in Toronto, Canada,
to become a major supplier of recovered paper and board
to all Kruger mills |
| 1996 |
England
Consolidation of Kruger Tissue
operations |
| 1997 |
Corporate
Acquisition of Scott Paper mills
in Canada |
| 1997 |
Ragueneau,
QC
Construction and start-up of
Scierie Manic on Québec's North Shore |
| 1998 |
Montréal,
QC
Consolidation of Québec
Sawmills and Woodlands operations under Kruger, Forest
and Wood Products Division |
| 1998 |
Rexdale,
ON
ISO 14 001 certification |
| 1998 |
Manistique,
MI
ISO 9002 certification |
| 1999 |
Sherbrooke,
QC
Opening of new Scott Paper Canada
converting facility |
| 2000 |
Calgary,
AB
Opening of new Scott Paper Canada
converting facility |
| 2000 |
Marathon,
ON
Marathon Pulp Inc., Tembec/Kruger
partnership |
| 2001 |
Manistique,
MI
ISO 14 001 certification of environmental
management system |
| 2001 |
LaSalle,
QC
ISO 9001 and ISO 14 001 certifications |
| 2001 |
Longlac,
ON
ISO 14 001 certification |
| 2001 |
Abitibi,
QC
Acquisition of Scierie Gallichan |
| 2001 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Acquisition of the Wayagamack
mill and creation of Kruger Wayagamack Inc. in partnership
with the Société générale
de financement du Québec (Rexfor) |
| 2001 |
Corner
Brook, NL
Woodlands ISO 14 001 certification |
| 2001 |
Parent,
QC
Certification ISO 14 001 –
Système de gestion environnementale de Scierie
Parent |
| 2002 |
Ragueneau,
QC
ISO 14 001 certification of Scierie
Manic's forest operations |
| 2002 |
Place
Turcot, Montréal, QC
ISO 14 001 certification of Place
Turcot mill |
| 2002 |
Corporate
Total annual papermaking capacity
reaches 2.2 million MT |
| 2002 |
Rexdale,
ON
Amalgamation of Kruger packaging
plant and Craftwell Containers and Packaging Limited;
HACCP (Food Contact) and
OHSAS 18 001 (Occupational Health and Safety) certifications
|
| 2002 |
Mississauga,
ON
Opening of DRIcore® mill |
| 2002 |
Corporate
Creation of five business units:
- Publication Papers
- Containerboard
- Tissue
- Forest and Wood Products
- Recycling
|
| 2002 |
North Shore, QC
$5 million investment in two voluntary
environmental programs |
| 2002 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Kruger Wayagamack Inc. Construction
of Ultralightweight Coated Paper machine (PM 4) |
| 2002 |
Memphis, TN
Acquisition of tissue mill KTG
(USA) |
| 2002 |
Calgary, AB
$12 million investment in Scott
Paper's Calgary converting facility |
| 2003 |
Crabtree, QC
Scott Paper - Installation of a
new paper machine and converting equipment |
| 2003 |
North Shore, QC
ISO 14 001 certification of all
forest activities of the Kruger Forest and Wood Products
Division on the North Shore |
| 2003 |
Corner Brook, NL
Start-up of cogeneration plant |
| 2003 |
Parent, QC
CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 registration of
forest located on common area 043-20 |
| 2003 |
North Shore, QC
$11 million investment in Longue-Rive
drying and planing mill and consolidation of Kruger sawmilling
activities on the North Shore |
| 2003 |
England
Merger of Kruger Tissue (Industrial)
and Charles Turner Company |
| 2004 |
Montréal, QC
Place Turcot mill obtains OHSAS
18 001 Occupational Health and Safety certification |
| 2004 |
LaSalle, QC
The LaSalle Packaging plant obtains
ICI ON RECYCLE attestation from the Québec Ministry
of the Environment |
| 2004 |
Trois-Rivières,
QC
Inauguration of new Ultralightweight
Coated Paper machine at Kruger Wayagamack |
| 2004 |
Corporate
6th Dow Jones Gold Award |
| 2004 |
Corporate
Creation of a 6th business
unit,
Kruger Energy |
| 2004 |
Scott Paper
Transition from Cottonelle to Cashmere |
| 2004 |
Corner Brook, NL
Defined forest area certification
to CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 |
| 2005 |
Scott
Paper
Transition from ScotTowels to SpongeTowels |
| 2005 |
Memphis, TN
US $30 million investments by Scott
Paper in two expansion projects at
KTG USA (LP) |
| 2005 |
Brompton
(Sherbrooke), QC
Start-up of biomass cogeneration
plant - $85 million project |
| 2005 |
North Shore, QC
Certification of Kruger activities
on North Shore to CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 |
| 2005 |
Corporate
7th Dow Jones Gold Award
and Mill of the Year Award 2004 |
| 2005 |
North Shore/Mauricie,
QC
Renewal of certifications to ISO
14 001 (2004) and CAN/CSA-Z-809-02 of Kruger Inc.'s environmental
management and sustainable forest management systems |
| 2005 |
Québec, QC
Inauguration of Gene H. Kruger
Pavilion at Université Laval |
| 2005 |
Port Alma, ON
Ontario selects Kruger Energy to
build a 101,2 MW wind farm |
| 2006 |
Brompton (Sherbrooke),
QC
Biomass cogeneration project completed
at Brompton (Sherbrooke) |
| 2006 |
Corporate
Kruger Inc. receives three newsprint
supplier of the year awards for 2005: the Dow Jones Gold
Award for the 8th consecutive year, Knight-Ridder’s
Award for Excellence, and Best Supplier of the Year from
Gannet Supply (for the 16th time in the award’s
25 year history) |
| 2006 |
Corporate
Acquisition of the Maison des
Futailles and creation of Kruger’s 7th
business unit, wines and spirits |
2006 |
Mauricie, QC
Kruger Inc. acquires
the total shares of Gérard Crête & Fils
|
2006 |
Scott Paper
Scott Tournament of Hearts Changes its name to Scotties®’ Tournament of HeartsTM |
2006 |
Krupack Packaging
Krupack Packaging Ontario builds Brampton Plant |
2007 |
Kruger Products
Scott Paper Limited changes its name to Kruger Products |
2007 |
Trois-Rivières, QC
Kruger invests $200 million in a de-inking plant at its Trois-Rivières mill |
2007 |
Corporate
Kruger obtains PricewaterhouseCoopers chain of custody certification for the sourcing of fibre |
